Latest California Healthline Stories
Easily Disinfected Keyboard May Play Pivotal Role In Fight Against Germs In Hospitals
The keyboards, which have a covering that enables them to be scrubbed, wiped or sprayed clean, could help cut back on cross-contamination.
State Grants $7M Tax Credit To Centene In Hopes Of Bringing 1,500 Jobs To Sacramento
If the health insurer picks Sacramento over Arizona, Texas or Illinois for its expanded business, it would represent one of the biggest economic development coups for the region in years.
Poll: Health Care Should Be Trump’s Top Priority During First 100 Days
Americans sound off on what they want Donald Trump to focus on when he first gets into office. Meanwhile, The Washington Post offers a primer on the health law and the president-elect and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander predicts it could take years to draft a replace plan.
Advocates Vow To Defend Covered California: ‘What We Have Is Too Important To Lose’
In Covered California’s first meeting since Donald Trump’s win, lawmakers and health care experts promised to stand by the marketplace in these uncertain times.
GOP Targets Inauguration Day For ‘Repeal’ Part Of Plan, But ‘Replace’ May Be Delayed
Some Republicans are champing at the bit to get legislation dismantling the health law on Donald Trump’s desk the minute he’s sworn into office. However, the strategy may mean pushing the “replace” part of the plan back until after the midterm elections so they don’t face backlash for taking away voters’ insurance.
Oxnard Residents Speak Out About Pesticides Near Schools
“It’s the health of our community, the health of our kids that’s being put at risk,” says one resident.
Teen Birth Rates Drop, But Disparity Between Urban And Rural Areas Remains
Researchers speculate that lack of access to health care is part of the problem for the teens in rural areas.
When Everything Else Has Failed, Mental Health Patients Turn To Electroconvulsive Therapy
Doctors create a small seizure that some say “resets” the frontal lobe in patients where other intensive therapy has proven unsuccessful. The procedure was once called electroshock therapy.
New Extended-Release Pill May Finally Outwit Stomach’s Defense Mechanisms
The star-shaped pill can stay in the stomach, withstand its corrosive forces and deliver medicine to the patient for weeks.
After Demise Of Prop. 61, What’s In Store For Efforts To Curb High Drug Prices?
Roger Salazar is a Democratic strategist who was the spokesman for the Yes on 61 campaign joins UC Berkley’s Richard Scheffler to discuss the issue.