Senior living: Nursing homes often fail to meet minimum staffing levels, harming residents
KFF Health 色情论坛 analyzed data from five states with the聽most rigorous staffing requirements. Here's what it found.
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This California medical group treats only homeless patients 鈥� and makes money doing it
Healthcare in Action has cared for about 6,700 homeless patients and managed roughly 77,000 diagnoses, from schizophrenia to diabetes.
Lifesaving drugs, police projects mark first use of opioid settlement cash in California
As of June 2023, the bulk of the funds controlled by California cities and counties 鈥� more than $200 million 鈥� had yet to be spent.
Federal judge finds California in contempt over prison mental health staffing
The state is ordered to pay $112 million in fines at a time when the state is trying to close a multibillion-dollar budget deficit. The fines have been accumulating since...
Young, gay Latinos see rising share of new HIV cases
In 10 years, estimated new HIV infection rates declined, but a new analysis found the rate has not fallen for Latinos as much as it has for other racial and...
California leaders tussle with health industry over billions of new Medi-Cal dollars
Gov. 色情论坛om wants to pull funds earmarked for new investment in Medi-Cal to help plug California's $45 billion deficit.
CDC has 1M bird flu tests ready, but experts see repeat of COVID missteps
Three months into the U.S. bird flu outbreak, only 45 people have been tested. 鈥淲e鈥檙e flying blind,鈥� says a health expert.
Many young adults who began vaping as teens can鈥檛 shake the habit
New data on substance use among young adults suggests that many former teen e-cigarette users are continuing the habit.
Biden plan to lower Medicare drug costs risks empty shelves, pharmacists say
Independent pharmacists say one of the president's strategies makes it unaffordable for them to keep some brand-name medicines in stock.
Bird flu tests are hard to get. So how will we know when to sound the pandemic alarm?
If the government doesn鈥檛 prepare to ramp up H5N1 bird flu testing, the US could be caught off guard again by a pandemic, experts warn.