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The FDA may soon authorize a spring round of COVID-19 boosters for some people

March 29, 2023

The Food and Drug Administration appears poised to make available the COVID-19 vaccines that target omicron as a second booster for people with weak immune systems and those ages 65 and older.

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California coronavirus updates: The FDA may soon authorize another round of boosters for some individuals

March 29, 2023

The Food and Drug Administration is reconsidering its stance on when to roll out the next round of COVID-19 vaccines and may soon authorize a second booster with the bivalent formula for people who are at high risk of infection.

Kate Wolffe / CapRadio

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California tribes and mental health professionals look to improve crisis hotline experience for Native Americans

March 23, 2023 | Kate Wolffe

The national suicide hotline, or 988, is underutilized by Native people in California. The state’s leaders are looking to a Washington state model as a blueprint for change.

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Prescription for housing? California wants Medicaid to cover 6 months of rent

March 22, 2023

Gov. Gavin Newsom is making a bold push for Medicaid health plans to provide more housing support. He argues it’s cheaper to pay for rent than to allow homeless people to fall into crisis, which requires costly care in hospitals, nursing home.

Maddie McGarvey for NPR

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Medicaid renewals are starting. Those who don't reenroll could get kicked off

March 21, 2023

With a pandemic-era rule expiring this month, people on Medicaid will have to re-qualify to keep their coverage. Language barriers, housing instability and computer literacy could stand in their way.

Damian Dovarganes/AP

Health Care

California enters a contract to make its own affordable insulin

March 20, 2023

Under the $50 million deal, the state is partnering with drugmaker Civica to start making the new generic insulin later this year, Gov. Gavin Newsom said.

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California’s Covid misinformation law is entangled in lawsuits, conflicting rulings

March 19, 2023

A state law says giving false information to patients about covid-19 constitutes unprofessional conduct for which regulators can discipline doctors. Vaccine skeptics, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., join civil liberties groups and others.

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California could be the first state in the country to ban some much debated food additives

March 17, 2023 | Kate Wolffe

Two California legislators want to eliminate chemicals present in thousands of grocery items, like candies and drinks, that are linked to health problems and are already banned in the European Union.

 Andrew Nixon / CapRadio

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Two counties square off with California over mental health duties

March 16, 2023

The state wants to stop paying Kaiser Permanente for treating severely mentally ill Medi-Cal patients in Sacramento and Solano counties and force the counties to take on the task. The counties’ leaders say they can't afford it.

Shelby Knowles for KHN

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Black patients dress up and modify speech to reduce bias, California survey shows

March 12, 2023

Many Black patients also try to be informed and minimize questions to put providers at ease. “The system looks at us differently,” says the founder of the African American Wellness Project.

 

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How poverty and racism 'weather' the body, accelerating aging and disease

March 28, 2023

Public health professor Arline Geronimus explains how marginalized people suffer nearly constant stress, which damages their bodies at the cellular level. Her new book is Weathering.

The simple intervention that may keep Black moms healthier

March 28, 2023

A Boston hospital gets daily, home blood pressure checks for moms at risk for the pregnancy complication, pre-eclampsia. The effort is a response to alarming rates of Black maternal mortality.

Pay up, kid? An ER's error sends a 4-year-old to collections

March 28, 2023

A Florida woman tried to dispute an emergency room bill, but the hospital and collection agency refused to talk to her — because it was her child's name on the bill, not hers.

Drug shortages and national security

March 26, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Marta Wosińska, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution, about the rise in prescription drug shortages and what can be done to fix it.

80-hour weeks and roaches near your cot? More medical residents unionize

March 23, 2023

Part of a national trend, medical residents at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia push to form a union to demand better working conditions and higher wages. Child care is an important issue for many.

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