Health Care Industry North Bay Business Journal: Napa Malpractice Insurer's #1.3 Billion Merger Clears Regulatory Hurdle Napa-based The Doctors Company is set to take an even larger position as the ...

A new care center for homeless people on Los Angeles’ infamous Skid Row embraces the principle of harm reduction, a more ...

Health Care Industry San Francisco Chronicle: UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Workers End Strike Unionized health care workers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland have ended their ...

Newsom Signs Budget That Slashes Health Care Expansion For Immigrants: California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed on Friday a budget that pares back a number of progressive priorities, including a landmark ...

LA County Likely To Reinstate Indoor Mask Mandate Next Week: Los Angeles County is poised to impose new indoor mask rules next week as data show the hyper-infectious BA.5 omicron subvariant is pushing ...

UCSF Health To Lay Off About 200 Workers: UCSF Health will eliminate approximately 200 positions across its network, officials said Wednesday, citing “serious financial challenges” and the need to ...

Hospital Workers Go On Strike In Redwood City: Hundreds of support workers at Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City walked out of the job Monday to strike for better wages, benefits, and working conditions ...

California lawmakers are poised to delay the state’s much-ballyhooed new law mandating in vitro fertilization insurance coverage for millions, set to take effect July 1. Gov. Gavin Newsom has asked ...

The American Medical Association adopted a formal position June 9 recommending that medical certification exams be moved out of states with restrictive abortion policies or made virtual, after 20 ...

Death Valley Came Close To Hottest Temp On Earth: An unfathomable heat descended here on Monday, the hottest place in a rapidly warming world. At the Furnace Creek Visitor Center, a digital ...

Republican proposals to tighten the use of special taxes to fund Medicaid programs could deprive states of billions of dollars for safety net health care. In California, any such limit would come on ...

5-Day Strike Will Shutter Most Of Children’s Hospital Oakland: Health care workers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland plan to begin a five-day strike today over what they say are cuts in take ...