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‘I Can Go Anywhere’: How Service Dogs Help Veterans With PTSD
It was supper time in the Whittier, California, home of Air Force veteran Danyelle Clark-Gutierrez, and eagerly awaiting a bowl
Read MoreCalifornia Joins States Trying to Shorten Wait Times for Mental Health Care
When Greta Christina fell into a deep depression five years ago, she called up her therapist in San Francisco. She’d
Read MoreEtching the Pain of Covid Into the Flesh of Survivors
It was Saturday morning at Southbay Tattoo and Body Piercing in Carson, California, and owner Efrain Espinoza Diaz Jr. was
Read MoreStranded by the Pandemic, He Had Only Travel Insurance. It Left Him With a $38,000 Bill.
Duy Hoa Tran, a retired Vietnamese schoolteacher, arrived in Los Angeles in February 2020 to visit his daughter and 2-month-old
Read MoreCalifornia Plans for a Post-Roe World as Abortion Access Shrinks Elsewhere
SACRAMENTO — With access to abortion at stake across America, California is preparing to become the nation’s abortion provider. Democratic
Read MoreA Judge Takes His Mental Health Struggles Public
In 1972, just 18 days after he was selected to run for vice president with Democratic Sen. George McGovern, Thomas
Read MorePatients Went Into the Hospital for Care. After Testing Positive There for Covid, Some Never Came Out.
They went into hospitals with heart attacks, kidney failure or in a psychiatric crisis. They left with covid-19 — if
Read More‘Not Quite on Board’: Parents Proving a Tough Sell on Covid Vax for Teens
Even as the U.S. prepares to roll out a covid-19 vaccine to elementary school-aged kids, its efforts to inoculate teenagers
Read MoreLabs With No One to Run Them: Why Public Health Workers Are Fleeing the Field
There were days, nights and weekends in the early months of the pandemic when Denise Von Bargen was the only
Read MoreDirect Primary Care, With a Touch of Robin Hood
MODESTO, Calif. — Britta Foster and Minerva Tiznado are in different leagues as far as health care is concerned. Foster,
Read More‘Down to My Last Diaper’: The Anxiety of Parenting in Poverty
For parents living in poverty, “diaper math” is a familiar and distressingly pressing daily calculation. Babies in the U.S. go
Read MoreCalifornia’s Mental Health Crisis: What Went Wrong? And Can We Fix It?
Gov. Gavin Newsom is steering a major transformation of California’s behavioral health care system, with much at stake in the
Read MoreChildren With Disabilities Face Special Back-to-School Challenges
LOS ANGELES — Christopher Manzo, a boy with curly brown hair and bright-blue-and-yellow glasses, has lived a third of his
Read MoreQ&A: How Will California’s New 988 Mental Health Line Actually Work?
NEED HELP? If you or someone you know is in a crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at
Read MoreHealth Industry Wields Power in California’s High-Stakes Battle to Lower Health Care Costs
SACRAMENTO — Gavin Newsom put California’s health care industry on notice when he was a candidate for governor, vowing in
Read MoreReluctant Localities Are Being Dragged Into Court to Fix Sidewalks for People With Disabilities
From her Baltimore dining room, Susan Goodlaxson can see her neighbor gardening across the street. But while other neighbors stop
Read MoreCommunity Clinics Shouldered Much of the Vaccine Rollout. Many Haven’t Been Paid.
Community clinics in California say they haven’t been paid for at least 1 million covid-19 vaccine doses given since January,
Read More‘Are You Going to Keep Me Safe?’ Hospital Workers Sound Alarm on Rising Violence
The San Leandro Hospital emergency department, where nurse Mawata Kamara works, went into lockdown recently when a visitor, agitated about
Read MoreNew Law Bans Harassment at Vaccination Sites, but Free Speech Concerns Persist
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It’s now illegal in California to harass people on their way into a vaccination clinic, under a
Read MoreNew California Law Bans Harassment at Vaccination Sites, but Free Speech Concerns Persist
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It’s now illegal in California to harass people on their way into a vaccination clinic, under a
Read MoreNeedle Exchanges Are Targeted by Eco-Rooted Lawsuits. A New California Law Will Stop That.
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — For more than 30 years, public health officials and nonprofits in California have provided clean hypodermic
Read MoreRacism a Strong Factor in Black Women’s High Rate of Premature Births, Study Finds
The tipping point for Dr. Paula Braveman came when a longtime patient of hers at a community clinic in San
Read MoreListen: California Banks on a Bold Treatment: Pay Drug Users to Stop Using
When Billy Lemon was trying to kick his methamphetamine addiction, he went to a drug treatment program at the San
Read MoreYouthful Advisers Help Shape a Mental Health Program for Their Peers
Phebe Cox grew up in what might seem an unlikely mental health danger zone for a kid: tony Palo Alto,
Read MoreJournalists Drill Down on Covid Vaccine Boosters, Misinformation Online
KHN Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber discussed how hospitals are dealing with covid-19 on WOSU’s “All Sides With Ann Fisher” on
Read MoreSanta Cruz Health Officials Honored for Persevering in Covid Battle Against Tide of ‘Denialism’
Two California public health officials who pressed forward with aggressive measures to contain covid-19 even while enduring death threats and
Read MoreFrom the FDA’s Empty Seat to Chock-Full ICUs, Journalists Recap the Week’s Stories
KHN correspondent Rachana Pradhan discussed why President Joe Biden hasn’t yet nominated a permanent leader for the Food and Drug
Read MoreCalifornia Moves on Climate Change, but Rejects Aggressive Cuts to Greenhouse Emissions
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As California trudges into another autumn marred by toxic wildfire smoke and drought-parched reservoirs, state lawmakers have
Read MoreHome Births Gain Popularity in ‘Baby Bust’ Decade
In a back-to-the-future twist on birth trends, California is seeing a sustained rise in the number of women choosing to
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