Trans Rights To Be Marquee Fight For House Republicans Believing voters in the 2024 elections rejected Democrats’ more inclusive positions on transgender rights, Republicans appear ready in 2025 to ...

Homelessness experts and community leaders say vulnerability questionnaires have worsened racial disparities among the ...

Federal law says Native Americans aren’t liable for medical bills the Indian Health Service promises to pay. Some are billed anyway as a result of backlogs or mistakes from the agency, financial ...

Angela Hart, senior correspondent, covers health care politics and policy in California and the West, with a focus on California Gov. Gavin Newsom, government accountability, and political influence.

Healthcare in Action, a California medical group that exclusively serves homeless people, has tapped into growing demand and funding for street medicine services. Three years in, the innovative ...

Colorado approved a new 6.5% tax on gun manufacturers and sellers aimed primarily at supporting crime victim services.

LA County Launches Medical Debt Relief Program: Millions of dollars of medical debt could be erased within the next several months for some residents in LA County, thanks to a new program. Unlike ...

Veteran California public servant Will Lightbourne has stepped in as interim executive director of the state’s mental health commission after its previous executive director resigned following ...

Community health worker Yanet Martinez on Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles. Since Election Day, Martinez says, people are more reluctant to hear her pitch for subsidized health insurance or cancer ...

SACRAMENTO — A growing number of people — many of them older and homeless — are freezing to death during winter. Hypothermia from exposure to cold temperatures was the underlying or contributing cause ...

Network Disruption Halts Some Services At PIH Health Hospitals: A network disruption that started Sunday is impacting services at PIH Health hospitals across Southern California, leaving some patients ...