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Exemptions Surge As Parents And Doctors Do ‘Hail Mary’ Around Vaccine Laws

By Barbara Feder Ostrov April 4, 2019

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.

More States Say Doctors Must Offer Overdose Reversal Drug Along With Opioids

By Barbara Feder Ostrov February 21, 2019

In an emerging new tactic against the rising toll of opioid deaths, California, Ohio, Virginia and Arizona are among the states requiring physicians to offer patients naloxone when they give them prescriptions for the powerful painkillers. The Food and Drug Administration is weighing a national recommendation to do so.

Big Soda Pours Big Bucks Into California’s Capitol

By Samantha Young April 8, 2019

The soda industry spent $11.8 million to influence policy statewide in 2017 and 2018. As politicians once again consider bills that would tax and label sugary drinks, more big money is expected to flow.

Aumentan las muertes de personas sin hogar en las calles de Los Ángeles

By Anna Gorman and Harriet Blair Rowan April 23, 2019

Un análisis de Kaiser Health News de datos oficiales muestra que las muertes han aumentado un 76% en los últimos cinco años, superando el crecimiento de la población sin hogar.

The Homeless Are Dying In Record Numbers On The Streets Of L.A.

April 23, 2019 By Anna Gorman and Harriet Blair Rowan

Transparent Hospital Pricing Exposes Wild Fluctuation, Even Within Miles

By Harriet Blair Rowan January 24, 2019

A new federal rule requires hospitals to post their prices online. These lists reveal the wildly different charges for basic procedures and services, but consumers will have a hard time putting this information to use.

Más exenciones a medida que padres y doctores burlan las leyes de vacunación

By Barbara Feder Ostrov April 5, 2019

El número de niños de California que recibieron exenciones médicas de las vacunas se ha triplicado en los últimos dos años. Y muchos médicos autorizan estas exenciones.

En más estados, médicos recetan opioides junto con droga para revertir sobredosis

By Barbara Feder Ostrov February 21, 2019

Dos millones de estadounidenses son adictos a los analgésicos recetados, según la FDA. Y casi 218,000 personas murieron por sobredosis de 1999 a 2017, según los CDC.

Crowd At Capitol Demands Immigrant Health Coverage

By Ana B. Ibarra and Harriet Blair Rowan March 20, 2019

Immigrants rallied at the state Capitol on Wednesday, calling for lawmakers to support a proposal to expand full Medicaid benefits to adult immigrants who are in the country illegally. Opponents cited potentially exorbitant costs.

Health Care Industry ‘Pays Tribute’ To California’s Influential Lawmakers

By Samantha Young December 14, 2018

The leaders of California’s legislative health committees who wield power over state health policy have been showered with money from the health care sector, with drug companies, health plans, hospitals and doctors providing nearly 40 percent of their 2017-18 campaign funds.

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