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When You Need A Breast Screening, Should You Get A 3-D Mammogram?

By Michelle Andrews January 19, 2018

The newer images are more expensive, but it’s not yet clear if they are more effective in catching cancers that will kill.

Drug Overdose Deaths Plateau In California, Soar Nationally

By Pauline Bartolone January 4, 2018

Fatalities are climbing in states that have been flooded by the deadly opioid fentanyl, but are remaining flat — or even falling — in many Western states, where it has not yet overwhelmed the drug supply.

Defending Against This Season’s Deadly Flu: 5 Things To Know Now

By Barbara Feder Ostrov January 8, 2018

A particularly nasty flu is widespread in 46 states, including California. Nationally, at least 106 people have died from the infectious disease.

As States Target High Drug Prices, Pharma Targets State Lawmakers

By Jay Hancock and Shefali Luthra February 1, 2018

In Louisiana, the wining and dining of lawmakers by scores of pharma lobbyists proves a valuable lesson on how to win statehouse votes and influence profits, though their efforts fell short in California, which passed a drug transparency bill in 2017 despite massive opposition from drugmakers.

Pharmacy Costs Continue To Soar For California’s Public Employee Health System

By Pauline Bartolone December 14, 2017

The increase has been largely driven by the cost of specialty drugs. The agency, which provides health coverage for 1.4 million people, will address cost containment at a meeting Tuesday and at a panel discussion in January.

Treating The New Hep C Generation On Their Turf

By Pauline Bartolone December 1, 2017

One Northern California physician is a foot soldier in the fight against a surge of hepatitis C, mainly among young drug users who share infected needles.

California Winces At Trump’s Turn Back To ‘Bad Old Days’ Of Health Plan Associations

By Pauline Bartolone November 27, 2017

State leaders vow to protect consumers from a presidential order to resurrect a health plan model that they say could destabilize the insurance market.

Imagining A Single-Payer Health System In California

September 28, 2017

The notion is gaining traction — or at least attention — with the failure of the GOP’s latest overhaul effort. In Sacramento, an expert panel debates the pluses and minuses.

Wrecked And Retching: Obscure Vomiting Illness Linked To Long-Term Pot Use

By Pauline Bartolone November 17, 2017

Emergency room doctors are seeing a growing number of marijuana users with a mysterious condition that causes extreme vomiting and abdominal pain.

Valley Fever Surging Again In California This Year

By Pauline Bartolone November 14, 2017

The state’s Department of Public Health said that suspected cases of the fungal infection increased by more than one-third in the first 10 months, compared with the same period in 2016, putting it on pace to break last year’s record high.

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