Marjorie Lauderdale, an 80-year-old caregiver in Palm Springs, faces a daunting task caring for her 77-year-old wife, Deidre, ...

Women living in places without adequate maternity care face a 13% higher risk of preterm birth, among other health ...

As they cultivate gardens, seniors in Sacramento find a renewed sense of purpose. Sharon Chandler is one such senior who ...

For two years, I’ve studied Medicaid precisely because it is challenging to understand. Each state operates its programs differently and most states do not use Medicaid in the title. Washington state ...

Amner Martinez still doesn’t really know all the details from when his 74-year-old father Concepcion got really sick with COVID-19 near the beginning of the pandemic. A teenage boy left at a hospital ...

This story was produced as part of a large project by Jessica Bedolla, a participant in the 2020 National Fellowship, who is exploring, researching and reporting the impact of this worldwide pandemic ...

An action plan shared by the FDA earlier this year showed how the regulator is thinking about future regulations for AI and machine learning in healthcare. But the agency still has several big ...

San Luis Obispo County tenants are facing a “housing crisis point” as they struggle to find safe, affordable rentals and hold onto their homes amid the COVID-19 pandemic — and local advocates, ...

According to a number of local experts and law enforcement officials, there are two key components to the domestic violence system that require additional support: funding and a lack of education.

Medical care and safety net programs are not reaching low-income and immigrant communities in places such as SF. The cornerstone of the city’s homelessness fight is to move folks into permanent ...

Arkansas is the only state in the country in which two separate state departments conduct non-criminal investigations of suspected child maltreatment. This is what happens when the hot line receives a ...

Noozhawk review finds local patients being shuttled throughout California due to inadequacy of county’s 16-bed psychiatric health facility. Noozhawk analysis of health care data finds lack of proper ...