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In Search Of A Vaccine To Vanquish The Plague

By Lydia Zuraw January 10, 2017

The scourge of the Middle Ages could still be pretty scary as a bioterrorism weapon, so scientists are trying to find a way to immunize people against it.

Kratom Gets Reprieve From Drug Enforcement Administration

By Lauren Silverman, KERA October 13, 2016

The agency has decided to leave kratom off its list of highly restricted drugs for now. The DEA is asking for public comment and help from the Food and Drug Administration in evaluating kratom.

Gross! Anti-Cig Stories Make For Powerful No Smoking Campaign

By Jocelyn Wiener May 11, 2016

But reaching Spanish speakers might take some extra effort.

Disease Outbreaks Prompt Vaccine Bill, Possible State Action at Preschool Level

by David Gorn, California Healthline Sacramento Bureau February 19, 2015

A bill in the California Legislature seeking to end the personal exemption for childhood immunizations may be followed by a bill calling for immunizations for preschoolers in the state.

The Bitter Truth: Brill’s ‘Bitter Pill’ Changed Nothing.

By Dan Diamond January 7, 2015

The landmark Time story that shook health care two years ago has been resurrected as a new best-selling book. But did author Steven Brill accurately diagnose the industry’s problems, and if so, why didn’t anyone follow his original prescription for a cure?

Another Arrow in the Quiver for Attempt To Reverse Medi-Cal Cut

by David Gorn, California Healthline Sacramento Bureau June 6, 2013

After a series of setbacks — legislative and legal — options have dwindled for provider groups trying to reverse a 10% Medi-Cal reimbursement cut. Attention has turned now toward getting the Legislature to include a reversal in the next budget proposal.

‘The Passage of Power’ and the Passage of Medicare

by Dan Diamond, California Healthline Contributing Editor May 2, 2012

A long-awaited biography of Lyndon Johnson goes inside White House strategy in the early 1960s. Does the battle to pass Medicare hold any lessons for today?

Dueling Polls Offer Alternative Reform Opinions

by George Lauer, California Healthline Features Editor November 23, 2011

Two polls released last week offered conflicting views of public opinion on health care reform. Coming in the same week the Supreme Court announced it would hear reform arguments, the polls also raise a couple of questions: How much influence does public opinion have on the Supreme Court? And vice versa?

Myth-Busting the Reform Law: Sea Change or Scapegoat?

by Dan Diamond, California Healthline Contributing Editor December 1, 2010

A number of organizations have painted the health reform law as a catalyst for changes in their industries. Yet some groups may be invoking the law as a scapegoat for transformations that would have happened anyway, or using it as a convenient platform on which to advance their interests.

Exchanging Challenges in Health Plan Marketplace

by Dan Diamond, California Healthline Contributing Editor September 15, 2010

While California is poised to emerge as a health reform leader with a new health insurance exchange, the state — like many — still faces numerous challenges over the exchange’s operation.

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