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Officials at the San Diego VA Healthcare System say improvements are on the way to reduce wait times for new patients. -
A new Kaiser Family Foundation survey finds a majority of those who bought an individual plan under Obamacare had been uninsured for at least two years. -
KPBS Midday EditionThirty years ago, San Diego's medical community created a new trauma system. The new network made up of six area hospitals has cut the number of trauma deaths in half. -
State officials credit California’s laws that require all school-based sex education to be comprehensive and medically accurate. -
The reaction to embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigning Friday was swift and mixed among San Diego County military veterans and politicians. -
Lorraine Hutchinson, a 24-year veteran of the San Diego fire department and a breast cancer survivor, was named the San Diego Padres' 2014 Honorary Bat Girl for her efforts to raise awareness about the disease. -
New research shows the benefits of close human contact for premature infants can be seen 10 years down the line. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe VA in San Diego is rethinking its drug prescription policies because too many veterans are becoming addicted to painkillers. -
A former software engineer's letter was shared by the president in a televised speech as he announced that 7.1 million Americans have signed up for health care under the Affordable Care Act. -
Uninsured Californians rushed to sign up for health insurance under the federal health care law ahead of Monday's midnight deadline. Many went to enrollment events as the Covered California call center reported waits of more than an hour.
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