Sharissa Derricott outside of her parents’ home in Lawton, Okla., Derricott has had multiple surgeries and experiences side effects stemming from a hormone treatment given her as a child. (Nick Oxford ...

California Again Has America's Highest Poverty Rate: California continued to have the highest poverty rate in the nation last year at 17.7%, tied only with Louisiana, according to new data from the ...

SACRAMENTO — Medi-Cal, California’s complex, $174.6 billion Medicaid program, provides health insurance for nearly 15 million residents with low incomes and disabilities. The state enrolls twice as ...

When Maira Gutiérrez was diagnosed with Chagas disease in 1997, neither she nor her primary care physician had even heard of the malady. She discovered her illness only by chance, after participating ...

As of Oct. 28, 2025, California Healthline’s original reporting shifted to KFF Health News’ new California Bureau. Our original reporting will remain freely ...

California this year took the final step in opening Medi-Cal, its Medicaid program, to every eligible resident regardless of immigration status. It’s a significant expansion for an already massive ...

Jee Hyo Kim, a community health worker at Asian Health Services, received training in lay counseling to support people who have experienced trauma. (Loren Elliott for KFF Health News) In her first ...

A health system charged a woman for a shoulder replacement at a hospital across the country that she had not visited for years. She didn’t receive the care, but she did receive the bill — and the ...

About four years ago, Dr. Gene Dorio sat on the ethics committee of a Southern California hospital whose administrators insisted they could decide whether to disconnect a ventilator from an ...

Newsom Signs, Vetoes Several Health-Related Bills: Among them, Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have given Californians easier access to HIV prevention medications known as PrEP or PEP. Read ...

Disability rights advocates sued Tuesday to overturn California’s physician-assisted death law, arguing that recent changes make it too easy for people with terminal diseases whose deaths aren’t ...

During her three-year battle with breast cancer, my wife, Leslie, graciously endured multiple rounds of horrifically toxic treatment to eke out more time with our two young children. But after 18 ...