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CDPH addresses youth mental health amid AI changes

Overview: The California Department of Public Health is uplifting resources in response to upcoming changes in access to certain companion chatbots for individuals under...

Covid-19 vaccine rates decline amidst misinformation

Overview: Only 23% of American adults received a COVID-19 shot during the 2024-25 virus season, which is well below the 47% of American adults...

Medi-Cal changes and Black Californians: What to know

Medi-Cal is undergoing major changes. For Black Californians, these shifts bring both opportunities and challenges. As California continues to reshape its health care system...

Inland Empire Health Matters Forum: Key discussions

Overview: The Inland Empire Health Matters Forum, hosted at the University of California, Riverside, saw four of the six invited gubernatorial candidates discuss a...

California’s Covered CA premiums set to rise

Overview: Open enrollment for Covered California, the state’s health insurance marketplace under the Affordable Care Act, is set to begin soon, but many Californians...

Newsom’s CalRx initiative to cut insulin costs

Overview: California’s Governor Gavin Newsom has announced that low-cost insulin will be available in pharmacies across the state from January 1, 2026. The CalRx...

California bans ultra-processed foods in schools

Overview: California has become the first state to ban ultra-processed foods in schools, in an effort to provide more nutritious and healthier foods. Governor...

Gov. Newsom signs reproductive health bills

Overview: Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed four reproductive health-related bills, including Assembly Bill 50, which protects access to over-the-counter birth control for Medi-Cal recipients...

Trump, RFK Jr. on Tylenol and autism

Overview: President Donald Trump and U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made unproven claims linking the use of Tylenol...

Impending ACA tax credit end threatens 2 million Californians

Overview: California leaders and health advocates are urging Republicans to extend the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium tax credits, which are set to expire...

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