Stress and Health Problems Plague Rural, Immigrant Communities Near the Border
Foreign-born immigrants in rural areas of the United States are facing grinding poverty, high levels of stress, discrimination and lack access to medical resources, putting their mental and physical...
View ArticleNew Law Does Little to Guarantee Support Once Homeless are Discharged from...
This past weekend, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a law that mandates a new process for discharging homeless patients from California hospitals. Though well-intentioned, this new law misses the...
View ArticleNew Bills Boost Mental Health Access for Moms, Low-Income Kids
Children and new moms stand to gain improved access to mental health services under two bills recently signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown. The post New Bills Boost Mental Health Access for Moms,...
View ArticleFear of Deportation is Keeping Kids from Getting Health Care
Eleven-year-old Jaime was diagnosed with leukemia and is currently undergoing chemotherapy. He’s a U.S. citizen but his mother is an undocumented immigrant from Mexico. “His mother told me that when...
View ArticleSmart Inhaler Project Aims to Reduce Asthma Attacks Among LA’s Low-Income...
A new pilot project in Los Angeles County aims to reduce the burden of childhood asthma in low-income communities and on the public health system by putting "smart" inhalers in the hands of kids. The...
View ArticleAs Open Enrollment Begins, Advocates Warn of Continued Threats to Health...
State residents should remain wary of ongoing federal attempts to destabilize the current health care system, several health care advocacy groups warned last week in advance of the mid-term elections....
View ArticleReport Reveals High C-Section Rates for Asian and Pacific Islanders with...
Nearly half of all Asian and Pacific Islander mothers on Medi-Cal give birth by way of Cesarean section, a rate well above California’s statewide average. The post Report Reveals High C-Section Rates...
View ArticleLesbians, Gay Men and Bisexuals are Delaying Health Care, Study Finds
Lesbians, gay men and bisexual adults in California are more likely than straight people to delay seeking medical care, even though they have the same or even higher rates of health insurance coverage,...
View ArticleNew App Connects San Francisco’s Homeless to Support, Services
By downloading the free Concrn mobile app, the general public can use their smartphone to report non-emergency crisis situations involving the homeless. Their reports are checked out by Concrn staff,...
View ArticleProgram Aims to Keep More Low-Income Seniors Out of Nursing Homes
California is expanding a program that allows low-income elderly and disabled people eligible for care in a nursing facility to stay in their own homes instead. The post Program Aims to Keep More...
View ArticlePeople of Color Face Higher Rates of Hep C, More Deadly Cases of Liver Cancer
Marvin Jackson, 70, has been an avid tennis player for most of his life. When he noticed that his urine was a deep brown color, he wrote it off as dehydration. Then, in 2012, Jackson, who is African...
View ArticleStudy: Racism Affects Even Young Kids’ Mental and Behavioral Health
Young children who experience discrimination are at heightened risk for mental health and behavior problems, but less so if they have a strong sense of racial and ethnic identity, a new study suggests....
View ArticleState Made Billions in Questionable Medi-Cal Payments, Auditor Finds
California's Department of Health Care Services paid at least $4 billion in Medi-Cal payments and claims for people who may have been ineligible for the health insurance plan, according to a state...
View ArticleHealth Coverage Disparities Eliminated Under ACA for Most Racial Groups,...
African Americans, Asians and Pacific Islanders living in California are just as likely to have health insurance as whites, marking a significant turnaround from five years ago, new data shows. The...
View ArticleCalifornia’s Mental Health System is Failing Kids and Needs Major Change,...
The recently formed California Children's Trust said the state's mental health system for youth is disjointed, messy, and overly focused on treating mental illness rather than prevention. The result:...
View ArticleResearchers Warn that “Public Charge” Rule Changes Would Lead to Hardship,...
The Trump administration's proposed changes to public charge rules for deciding immigration cases could push thousands of Californians out of government assistance programs and result in billions of...
View ArticleIntolerance is Poor Public Health Policy
The Trump administration’s Health and Human Services Department is poised to redefine gender as an immutable characteristic dependent on a person’s biological sex assigned at birth. Yet medical science...
View ArticlePublic Charge Rule Threatens Health of California’s Children, Report Says
A proposal by the Trump administration to weigh immigrants' use of certain public programs when deciding whether to approve applications for permanent residency threatens the health of hundreds of...
View ArticleState Steps Up Restrictions on Pesticide Linked to Brain Harm in Kids
State regulators this week called for tighter restrictions on the use of a controversial pesticide linked to developmental disabilities and health problems in children, but advocates for farmworker...
View ArticleNew Initiative Encourages Community-Generated Efforts to Prevent Domestic...
A new initiative to combat domestic violence in California is supporting several high-risk populations — including refugees, immigrants, low-wage workers, Native Americans and rural residents — to...
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