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One of Montanaās largest safety-net health centers announced it will lay off nearly 10% of its workforce because of revenue losses it attributes to vast Medicaid disenrollments. Such cuts are happening elsewhere too.
Federal officials are offering $75 to dairy workers who agree to be tested for bird flu. Advocates say the payments arenāt enough to protect workers from lost wages and health care costs if they test positive.
Mounting evidence suggests psychoactive drugs including LSD, ketamine, mushrooms, and MDMA can be powerful treatments for severe depression and PTSD. But not everyone is convinced. And even if such drugs gain FDA approval, safety protocols could render them extremely expensive.
Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Hereās a collection of their appearances.
Los Angeles County, the nationās most populous county, is spearheading a comprehensive plan to tackle a $2.9 billion medical debt crisis. Hospitals are still getting on board with the project, which is helmed by the public health department.
Californiaās Medicaid program is testing a novel approach for people addicted to methamphetamine, cocaine, and other stimulants. For every clean urine test, they can earn money ā up to $599 a year.
Two years after increasing state and local public health budgets by $300 million annually, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes to slash the funding in the face of Californiaās $45 billion deficit.
Californiaās Medicaid program is relying heavily on community groups to deliver new social services to vulnerable patients, such as security deposits for homeless people and air purifiers for asthma patients. But many of these nonprofits face staffing and billing challenges and havenāt been able to deliver services effectively.
In contrast to police statements, volunteer medics said they treated serious wounds as UCLAās pro-Palestinian protest was besieged by police and counterprotesters, including some injuries that appeared to be caused by āless lethalā projectiles fired by cops.
The leading causes of pregnancy-related deaths in the United States ā including suicides and fatalities linked to substance use disorders ā stem from mental health conditions. Now a federal task force has recommended strategies to help women who are at risk during or after pregnancy.
A California lawmaker wants the state to craft guidelines for how and when schoolchildren can play or exercise during extreme weather, including heat waves. The bill comes after a 12-year-old boy died after a physical education instructor told him to run as the temperature topped 90 degrees.
Facing an overdose epidemic and public fury over conditions on the streets, famously tolerant San Francisco will start requiring welfare recipients to undergo drug screening, and treatment if necessary, to receive cash public assistance.
California lawmakers have modified a psychedelic drug bill that was vetoed last year, narrowing it to allow only supervised use of psilocybin mushrooms, ecstasy, and other hallucinogens rather than decriminalize more broadly. The current bill would establish new state agencies to regulate the program.
A new analysis shows that students graduating from U.S. medical schools were less likely to apply this year for residency positions in states with abortion bans and other significant abortion restrictions.
The U.S. is one of nine countries that do not guarantee paid sick leave. Since the covid pandemic, advocates in states including Missouri, Alaska, and Nebraska are organizing to take the issue to voters with ballot initiatives this November.
Federal regulators face a growing challenge ā how to prevent rogue health insurance agents from switching unknowing consumersā Obamacare coverage without making the enrollment process so cumbersome that enrollment declines.
Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News and California Healthline staffers made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Hereās a collection of their appearances.
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