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Hugo Crosthwaite’s animated portrait of Dr. Anthony Fauci was called out in a White House post titled "President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian." -
As San Diego County braces for triple-digit temperatures, pharmacists urge residents to protect heat-sensitive medications like insulin and EpiPens from dangerous exposure. -
The Trump administration has reversed a rule that allowed undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as kids to buy health insurance on Affordable Care Act marketplaces. -
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed suit seeking to overturn an executive order targeting gender-affirming care for people under 19. -
A proposal advancing in the legislature would require California hospitals to pre-screen patients for charity care before sending out medical bills. -
Colon cancer rates are increasing dramatically. San Diego’s Scripps Research and a Seattle company are looking for a better way to find whether precancerous polyps are present in the colon. -
Federal cuts could cause 400,000 Medi-Cal and CalFresh recipients to lose benefits and blow a hole in county and state budgets. -
Doctors regularly need to pay more than $300,000 for medical school, including tuition and housing. New regulations signed by President Donald Trump cap their federal borrowing at $200,000 for medical degrees. -
Lower-income people will be the hardest hit. Over the next 10 years, 3.4 million Californians could lose coverage. -
UC San Diego Health laid off 230 workers — about 1.5% of its workforce — across its clinics and hospitals last week. The cuts include many frontline workers.
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