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A series of legal challenges against universities’ policies on students’ mental health highlights the way the organizations struggle to respond to the young people in need. In other mental health news, conversion therapy is getting attention because of big-screen movies as states work to limit and ban the practice.
Billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong promised great improvements for the struggling Verity Health System when he took it over last year. Now it stands on the edge of bankruptcy.
Instead of single-payer, the coalition is expected to press for alternatives, which could include expanding state insurance subsidies, allowing undocumented adults to sign up for Medi-Cal and creating a state-based individual mandate for everyone to have coverage.
Gun Control Bills Limiting Access To Weapons Head To Governor’s Desk
One of the measures would impose a lifetime ban on individuals convicted of domestic violence, while another restricts the number of rifles and long guns someone can buy.
Players in the industry skirt around marketing regulations with their connections to “ambassadors” and other social media influencers who have a wide reach to younger generations. Meanwhile, the FDA investigates whether the company that makes Juul e-cigarettes deliberately targeted teenagers with its marketing.
Former CDC Chief’s Arrest Over Groping Allegations May Derail Massive Public Health Initiative
Dr. Thomas Frieden surrendered himself to police on Friday and was charged with groping a woman in his apartment. The former head of the CDC has been raising hundreds of millions of dollars in private funds for an international campaign to address heart disease and epidemics. But his arrest may put his backers in an uncomfortable position.
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) died Saturday, a little over a year after he’d been diagnosed with glioblastoma, a wildly aggressive form of brain cancer. Advocates have been frustrated for years about the lack of research about and progress being made against the disease. Meanwhile, though health care policy was not a primary focus for McCain, he’s remembered for casting the vote that saved the health law he hated.
Mom Who Was Affected By Childhood Trauma Works To Overcome Odds To Give Daughter Best Possible Life
Sabrina Hanes had a childhood filled with pain, which can greatly increase a person’s risk of depression, chronic lung disease and cancer, and can shorten life expectancy by 20 years. But Hanes is building a different future for herself.
Fierce Backlash Continues At Informational Town Hall On Mobile Needle Exchange Program
Residents of the area where the vehicle will operate have been vocally opposed to the program that the California Department of Public Health approved last month. Cries of “Give them treatment, not paraphernalia!” and “You’re just making it easier for them to do it!” disrupted a recent informational meeting on the topic.
On The Edge Of Homelessness: Families Struggle For Security In Midst Of California’s Housing Crisis
California alone accounts for 25 percent of the nation’s homeless population, and with a housing shortage and steep prices, the problem only continues to get worse.