A USA TODAY investigation has traced a string of casualties back to one nursing home chain, Trilogy Health Services.
Health Insurance and Costs
A seemingly simple question — how many nursing home residents have gotten sick and died — has often turned into a political minefield.
As the population ages and the baby boomer generation retires, nurse shortages are projected in California and on the Central Coast. This challenge comes on top of the already depleted health care workforce due to the pandemic.
Is the government serious about attacking super-high drug prices by paying only for those with proven benefit for patients? The Aduhelm decision will be a critical tell.
In 2021, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reporter Stephen Simpson won a grant from the University of Southern California’s Center for Health Journalism to work on a series about health disparities in the Arkansas Delta.
Three of my relatives, all Mixteco farmworkers in California, died of COVID-19 last year. As we mourn, we wonder if diabetes played a role in their deaths.
El número de niños que cruza la frontera sur está aumentando otra vez. El Condado de Prince George los ayuda a sobrellevar la situación y a aprender
The state is on the cusp of becoming the first to offer all residents health care coverage, regardless of their immigration status.
Professor Peter Rupert, director of the UC Santa Barbara Economic Forecast Project, said the Central Coast population over 65 is bigger than other parts of the state.
High fees and regulatory hoops have left many in the cannabis industry locked out of the legal marketplace.