Enhanced federal subsidies and more state aid for out-of-pocket costs have made health insurance purchased through California ...

California and Massachusetts are teaching immigrants their rights while Florida and Texas are collecting patients’ immigration status. As states offer differing guidelines for interacting with ...

Catastrophic wildfires are common in California, and mental health specialists have become a key part of local governments’ ...

Birth centers, where midwives deliver babies with emergency backup from hospitals, can offer an alternative for families as ...

California has a few major changes coming to its health policy landscape in 2025. New laws that took effect Jan. 1 ban ...

Independent Pharmacy Will Open Jan. 13 In Santa Rosa: A new, independently owned pharmacy, Santa Rosa Pharmacy, is coming to the downtown area, aimed at filling the need not just for prescriptions but ...

Patients are evacuated from the Brighton Care Center during the Eaton Fire in Pasadena, California, on Jan. 8. (Josh ...

Daniel Chang, Florida correspondent, covers Florida and the South. He joined KFF Health News in 2022 after 22 years at the Miami Herald, where his health care reporting focused on access to care for ...

Despite the hype over artificial intelligence in medicine, the systems require consistent monitoring and staffing to put in place and maintain. Checking whether an algorithm has developed the software ...

Bernard J. Wolfson, senior correspondent and columnist for California Healthline, reports on the business of health care and writes a monthly consumer health column, “Asking Never Hurts.” Previously, ...

Many older adults living alone, isolated and vulnerable, struggle with health issues. But a noteworthy slice of this growing group of seniors maintain a high degree of well-being. Meet Hilda Jaffe, ...