I took a week off work to help my mom care for my dad after his dementia progressed. Because of California’s paid family leave program, I was able to be there without giving up my ...

The buildup of soft plaque in coronary arteries is more common and extensive in HIV-infected men than in men not infected by the virus, according to a new study by researchers at the National ...

Evidence-based interventions at the local and national levels provide promising strategies for reducing racial and ethnic health disparities related to several conditions, including HIV infection ...

Chanee Houston has decided to take her chances. As the open enrollment period for health insurance under Covered California closed this month, the 26-year-old remained uninsured.

The phones at Dientes Community Dental Care have been ringing almost constantly since California restored its dental program for low-income adults this month. More people than now have health ...

A new study by researchers at the University of California at Berkeley has found that flame-retardants are prevalent in preschools. Flame-retardants may expose young children to chemicals that are ...

Today, almost one in five women and one in 71 men in the U.S. experience sexual assault throughout their lifetimes, according to CDC data. In California, over 2 million women are survivors of rape—and ...

Michael Williams, who has cerebral palsy, has seen the same network of doctors for decades under two government health plans. But on May 1, California began an initiative that will change the way he ...

Two goals drive health care reform and the dramatic changes now reshaping our health care system: cutting costs and improving care. Accountable Care Organizations are one cost-saving measure rolling ...

When Irene Gomez emigrated from Mexico at 14, she immediately began working in the strawberry fields in the Oxnard Plain. The work was exhausting, poorly paid and unreliable — but that was the least ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence have launched the ASK (Asking Saves Kids) campaign to encourage parents to ask if there is a locked, loaded gun in the ...

Born five weeks premature, 2-year-old Corbin can’t speak as well as other children his age. But the Modesto toddler is improving all the time because of an infant development specialist provided by ...