Latest California Healthline Stories
Drug Costs, Restrictions Get Hearing
The Assembly health committee heard and passed two bills yesterday dealing with the rising costs of specialty drugs.
A bill directing California to join 15 other states allowing terminally ill patients expanded access to experimental drugs cleared a committee hurdle yesterday.
E-Cigarette Bill Hearing Today
A proposal to regulate “vaping” the same way California regulates smoking tobacco gets another committee test today when Sen. Mark Leno’s electronic cigarette bill is heard in the Senate Appropriations Committee.
California Gets a ‘C’ in Dental Care
A new study from Pew Charitable Trusts shows California is like a lot of other states — not so great — when it comes to making sure kids get dental sealants.
Vaccine Bill Gets Past Education Panel
After getting a ruler slap on its knuckles the first time around, the bill to remove the personal exemption to childhood vaccination was passed by the Senate Education Committee.
End of Line for Doctors Medical Center
After a long and arduous effort to keep all or some part of Doctors Medical Center open, the safety-net hospital in San Pablo closed.
Different Kind of Vaccine Bill Surfaces
Legislation to improve vaccination rates among young children gets its first hearing today.
Youth Immigrants Face Health Risks
A new UCLA study finds half of young immigrants in California delayed getting medical care and concludes their immigration status has affected their health.
California First in Care for Undocumented, UCLA Researchers Say
No state has a proper system of health care for undocumented immigrants, researchers say, but California comes closest.
State Urged To Spend New CHIP Money Only on Children’s Health Care
Medicare legislation passed in Congress this week includes funding for the federal Children’s Health Insurance Program that could send as much as $550 million to California this year. Children’s advocates say it should go only to children’s health care.