Latest California Healthline Stories
Flu Grips Bay Area After Relatively Mild Start To Season
Officials are reminding vulnerable residents that it’s not too late to get a flu shot.
Calif. Prisoner First In U.S. To Receive State-Funded Sex-Reassignment Surgery
California must also provide transgender female inmates housed in men’s facilities with more female-oriented items like nightgowns, scarves and necklaces.
San Diego Hospitals Face $150K In Fines For Preventable Medical Errors
Scripps Mercy Hospital’s Hillcrest campus and Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside are two hospitals that were dinged when the California Department of Public Health handed out 15 penalties last week.
Beleaguered Theranos To Lay Off Nearly Half Of Remaining Employees
In August, the blood-testing company had nearly 800 employees. Now it will be down to 220.
McConnell: Senate To Vote On Repeal This Week, Replace Plan Will ‘Rapidly’ Follow
But the Senate majority leader didn’t offer any specifics. Meanwhile, possible GOP defectors threaten the strategy to dismantle the law without a plan for replacement and the decision over what to do about taxes puts Republicans between a rock and a hard place.
In California, It’s Not Only Democrats’ Constituents Who Will Be Hurt By Repeal
A report shows that 55 percent of people who live in Tulare County — which is represented by three Republicans in Congress — have Medi-Cal coverage
Viewpoints: Fake News Impacts Health Debates; The Cost Of Growing Old
A selection of opinions on health care issues.
Perspectives On Health Law: President Obama Is ‘First To Say We Can Make Improvements’
Read recent commentaries about the future of the Affordable Care Act.
Public Health Roundup: New Peanut Guidance For Babies; Affording Nutritious Food
New outlets report on food and diet challenges. And PBS Newshour looks at the national birth rate decline.
With Treatment Advances, Cancer Death Toll Drops 25% Over Last Quarter-Century
The numbers show a continuing gender gap though, with death rates 40 percent higher for men than women. In other cancer news, spending on oncology eclipses other diseases for first time.