Below, check out the roundup of California Healthline’s coverage. For today's national health news, read KFF Health News’ Morning Briefing.

California and Massachusetts are teaching immigrants their rights while Florida and Texas are collecting patients’ immigration status. As states offer differing guidelines for interacting with ...

Enhanced federal subsidies and more state aid for out-of-pocket costs have made health insurance purchased through California ...

Catastrophic wildfires are common in California, and mental health specialists have become a key part of local governments’ ...

Birth centers, where midwives deliver babies with emergency backup from hospitals, can offer an alternative for families as ...

California has a few major changes coming to its health policy landscape in 2025. New laws that took effect Jan. 1 ban ...

From the archives of “An Arm and a Leg”: a family tragedy, a 40-year tradition, and a million dollars in medical debt erased.

Angela Hart, senior correspondent, covers health care politics and policy in California and the West, with a focus on California Gov. Gavin Newsom, government accountability, and political influence.

In March 2023, Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks about his plan to make insulin available to everyone for $30 a vial. (Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images) SACRAMENTO — Six ...

Patients are evacuated from the Brighton Care Center during the Eaton Fire in Pasadena, California, on Jan. 8. (Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images) The rapidly spreading wildfires that have transformed ...