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Study Finds Pesticide Exposure in Pregnancy Linked to Autism
(tpmartins/Flickr) Pregnant women living within a mile of fields where pesticides were applied faced almost double the risk of having a baby who developed autism — compared to women who lived more than...
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Coordinated Care for Those Nearing Life’s End — But Does It Save Money?
Sutter nurse Aileen Capuyan listens to Bob Martinez’s lungs. (April Dembosky/KQED) Bob Martinez has been in the hospital so many times, the surgical staff treats him like a regular at a coffee shop....
View ArticleHobby Lobby decision has limited impact on California
Most women in California won’t be affected by Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court landmark decision in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby. The Christian owners of the craft store chain challenged the Affordable Care...
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Hobby Lobby Decision Has Limited Impact in California
Anti-abortion advocates rally in front of the Supreme Court awaiting the decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores was announced Monday. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Most women in California won’t...
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Opposing Sides Testify Before State Committee over Insurance Proposition
Peter Lee, seen here in a 2012 photo, is the executive director of Covered California and testified Thursday before the joint legislative committee on health. State insurance commissioner Dave Jones is...
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Kaiser, Nurses Union Brace for Upcoming Contract Battle
Members of the California Nurses Association rallied in Sacramento in May to raise awareness around what they say are patient care concerns in California hospitals. (April Dembosky/KQED) Going to a...
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Critics Say Covered California Ill-Equipped to Help Former Foster Youth
Screenshot from CoveredCA.com, the website of Covered California. Former foster youth lined up at Covered California’s last board meeting to complain about the hoops they have to jump through to enroll...
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Resistance to Translating Prescription Drug Labels
Right now, drug labels appear only in English in California, yet 44 percent of Californians speak a language other than English at home. (Getty Images) Every Saturday morning, a steady stream of...
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Online Information About Assisted Living Facilities Hard to Come By
Lorchid Macri, 70, says she couldn’t find any information online when she had to find an assisted living facility for her mother in California. (April Dembosky/KQED) Lorchid Macri wasn’t sleeping. Her...
View ArticleUnions Fight Sale of Safety-Net Hospitals
Six safety-net hospitals owned by the Daughter of Charity Health System are for sale. The company says it’s out of money and needs another organization to take over. The mission of Daughters of...
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Fresno Considers Ending Health Services for the Undocumented
Fresno residents demonstrate their support for a county health program that covers care for undocumented immigrants (Courtesy: Fresno Building Healthy Communities) Update: Fresno County’s Board of...
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Kaiser Agrees to Pay $4 Million Fine Over Mental Health Care
Kaiser had been fighting the fine, levied last year by the California Department of Managed Health Care. (Ted Eytan/Flickr) Kaiser Permanente agreed to pay a $4 million fine over claims that it did not...
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Students Struggle to Access Mental Health Services on UC Campuses
Students at Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley. In the last six years, the number of students seeking health at counseling centers has increased 37 percent across the UC system. (Henry Zbyszynski/Flickr)...
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Drought May Be Driving Increase in West Nile
A security guard walks the perimeter of the Almaden Reservoir in San Jose. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Public health experts say the state’s historic drought is partly to blame for the recent rise...
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Prop. 46, Inspired By Tragedy, Pits Doctors Against Lawyers
After Troy and Alana Pack were killed by an impaired driver, their father became an advocate for change, ultimately writing Prop. 46 on November’s ballot. (Photo Courtesyof Bob Pack) Troy and Alana...
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More Than Half of California’s Hospitals Dinged for Readmissions
Chinese Hospital in San Francisco received the second-highest fine of any hospital statewide. (m./Flickr) The federal government is fining 64 percent of California hospitals for having too many...
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Prop. 45 Fight Worthy of Television Drama
Kevin Spacey stars as Frank Underwood in the Netflix series “House of Cards.” (Kevin Winter/Getty Images) The power play behind Proposition 45 could be fodder for an episode of House of Cards: Dave...
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Ebola Now an Issue in Nurses’ Contract Bargaining
(Centers for Disease Control via Getty Images) Nurses’ calls for better hospital preparation around Ebola have landed on the bargaining table. California’s powerful nurses’ union has been bargaining...
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Gov. Brown Meets with Nurses Over Ebola Preparedness
Gov. Jerry Brown and other state officials meet with California nurses to discuss Ebola preparedness. (Brad Alexander/Office of the Governor) Gov. Jerry Brown met with top public health officials and...
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California Hospitals Prepare for Ebola
Kaiser’s new hospital in Oakland is one of two sites that Kaiser has chosen to treat any Ebola patient that might present in its system. (Lisa Aliferis/KQED) Hospitals in California are adapting to...
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