Statewide Region Local News: Health

Efforts focus on plant-based psychedelics, leaving the synthetic drug LSD aside.

Mental health court system rolls out this fall, but will it make a difference?

Nearly $300 million in interest-free loans will go to the 17 struggling healthcare facilities.

California produces millions of tons of hazardous waste per year, but has only 72 disposal sites

California is already one of few states with outdoor worker heat safety rules.

Hospitals have already asked for $125 million in emergency state loans.

In 2022, 6,400 Medi-Cal recipients received food by prescription in several experimental programs.

Extensive new purification standards could turn wastewater into “the cleanest drinking water around.”

High-stress working conditions, highly-paid contract doctors have caused dangerous staff shortages.

Coverage through state health insurance exchange will rise almost 10 percent.

As heat waves sweep across California, it’s workers who pay the heaviest price.