Un millón de californianos no tienen agua potable. ¿En dónde viven?
By Harriet Blair Rowan
A casi un millón de personas en el estado se les recomienda no beber agua del grifo porque las autoridades locales no cumplen con los estándares para mantenerla limpia.
California’s New Transparency Law Reveals Steep Rise In Wholesale Drug Prices
By Barbara Feder Ostrov and Harriet Blair Rowan
Pharmaceutical companies raised the wholesale cost of their drugs by a median of nearly 26% from 2017 to early 2019, according to California’s first-ever report stemming from a new drug price transparency law. Prices for generic drugs rose nearly 38% during that time.
Vaccine Drama On Display In California’s Capitol
By Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Harriet Blair Rowan
Hundreds of protesters descended on the state Capitol on Thursday, warning against government tyranny and corporate greed. Their target: not taxes, not high-tech surveillance, but a bill that would determine which kids must get their routine shots.
Exemptions Surge As Parents And Doctors Do ‘Hail Mary’ Around Vaccine Laws
By Barbara Feder Ostrov
In California, medical exemptions to skip childhood vaccinations are on the rise. The trend underlines how hard it is to get parents to comply with vaccination laws meant to protect public safety when a small but adamant population of families and physicians seems determined to resist.