Amid increasingly frequent natural disasters, several states have turned to registries to prioritize help for vulnerable ...

Below, check out the roundup of California Healthline's coverage. For today's national health news, read KFF Health News' Morning Briefing.

California Creates Housing Agency: After years of soaring rents, increasingly out-of-reach home prices and an enduring homelessness crisis that touches every corner of the state, California is finally ...

As the state embarks on a significant overhaul, this report captures the current state of behavioral health data collection. See how it currently measures quality and outcomes, as well as future ...

Life expectancy in California, Medi-Cal, dangerous heat, immigrant health, homelessness, measles, and more are in the news.

UC Health, Blue Shield Of California Reach Deal, Assuring Access To Care: Tens of thousands of patients who get medical care at UCSF and five other UC Health academic medical centers statewide through ...

A new care center for homeless people on Los Angeles’ infamous Skid Row embraces the principle of harm reduction, a more lenient approach to drug use and addiction. County officials say ...

Housing, Nutrition in Peril as Trump Pulls Back Medicaid Social Services By Angela Hart May 19, 2025 About half of states have broadened Medicaid, the state-federal low-income health care program, to ...

Insurance Data Health Insurers Enrollment Almanac — 2025 Edition The latest data shows that California health insurers covered 36.2 million people. See a breakdown of enrollment by regulator, market, ...

‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Could Curtail Abortion Access In California: The ability to get an abortion in California could be substantially reduced by the “Big Beautiful Bill.” The legislation eliminates ...

As summer ushers in peak mosquito season, health and vector control officials are bracing for the possibility of another year of historic rates of dengue. And with climate change, the lack of an ...