Health care providers such as Planned Parenthood and similar clinics are once again eligible to receive Medicaid reimbursements, allowing low-income patients to resume receiving routine care at those facilities in states that permit the payments.
Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced $109.6 million in Proposition 1 funding to create 278 permanent supportive homes in Bakersfield, Contra Costa County, Sacramento and Fresno, including 103 homes reserved for veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
For much of the developed world, childbirth has become safer with each passing generation. Medical advances, better prenatal care, and stronger public health systems have dramatically reduced the chances that bringing a child into the world would cost a woman her life.
Two of Kern County’s largest hospital systems are cutting jobs this summer, even as local health officials continue to describe Kern as a region starved for medical professionals.
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California’s homelessness crisis is increasingly becoming an aging crisis, as a growing number of older adults experience housing instability at a stage of life when health challenges, fixed incomes and mobility limitations can make finding stability far more difficult.
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Benjamin Pinckney, 46, has dreamed of becoming a physician assistant since just after his 20th birthday.
Kern County has one of California’s lowest ratios of primary care physicians to residents, leaving many patients waiting months for care. A new medical training partnership launched this week is designed to reverse that trend.
Crystal Lambert knew something was terribly wrong with her three-year-old granddaughter as she sped down the street trying to get her to the hospital.
Beginning July 1, several new California laws will take effect, bringing changes that affect workers, students, consumers, renters, and families across the state. While some of the new policies are administrative, others could have a direct impact on household finances, education, housing, and public safety.
The ABCDE method to monitor skin cancer can help identify moles or spots that need attention.
Sadly, not much has changed regarding how Black women are treated and viewed, as evidenced by the current Trump administration. However, there has been an alarming rise in Black femicide that has gone far beyond passing headlines and hashtags — it’s become a devastating crisis that can no longer be ignored.
Black men are dying from a mental health crisis that too often goes unseen.
It was a case most gynecologists wouldn’t touch—literally.
The Trump administration has issued final rules on how states should ensure that millions of Medicaid enrollees prove they’re working or completing other activities, such as job training, volunteering, or being enrolled in an educational program.
When Congress allowed covid-era subsidies for health insurance to expire, California used its own funds to offset the hike in Obamacare premium costs for residents with low incomes.
But the reach has been limited.
Kern County built its healthcare system on foreign medical talent. What happens if the international pipeline breaks?
Members of the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC), along with other Democratic lawmakers, are ramping up efforts to push for a $500 million state budget investment to help stabilize California’s 17 public hospital systems.
The City of Hawthorne has joined cities across the country to bring fresh, healthy food options to the “City of Good Neighbors.” The City of Hawthorne opened a weekly farmers market last month, on April 19, 2026. The popular market is held every Sunday from 9:00 am-2:00pm, at the Betty Ainsworth Sports Center parking lot (corner of El Segundo Blvd. and Doty Avenue).
