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A new state law allows California to set its own vaccine recommendations and requires health plans it regulates to cover them.
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Despite laws that say mental health care should be paid for on a par with other medical care, health insurance stopped covering the care a suicidal teen needed before she was stable. -
Arguments on Tuesday center on a powerful tool for fighting fraud in government contracts and programs. The case examines whether major pharmacies knowingly overcharged Medicare and Medicaid. -
First Saniya wrote poems. Then she began rapping. Now she appears on TV and YouTube and before big crowds, spreading her message about justice. Her father the rickshaw driver is her chauffeur. -
States with strong abortion rights protections are seeing many more abortion seekers, mostly from neighboring states with abortion restrictions. -
As the debate over mifepristone makes its way to the Supreme Court, the pharmaceutical industry has raised concerns that ruling against the FDA could chill the development of new drugs. -
Here's what really went down when the FDA originally approved mifepristone in 2000. -
The chances of developing lingering symptoms after COVID appears to fall sharply from the first to the second time someone gets sick, new research finds. The risk is still significant. -
The lawsuit filed this week in a San Francisco federal court alleges the companies' platforms are designed to be addictive and contribute to an escalating mental health crisis among adolescents. -
Even before Pablo Velez takes over as CEO of the El Centro Regional Medical Center, he is reassuring Imperial Valley residents that the hospital will be there long-term. -
Sacramento’s shortage of affordable housing and shelter options makes it difficult to enforce anti-camping laws. But despite obvious challenges, local ordinances designed to crack down on encampments are becoming increasingly common.
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