Minor interventions are increasingly being rebranded and billed as surgery, for profit. This means a neurologist spending 40 ...

Hypothermia deaths have risen in California and across the nation. Experts point to the growing number of older, unsheltered ...

California’s controversial experiment to order mental illness and drug treatment for some of its sickest residents is rolling out statewide, but the latest data shows the new initiative is falling far ...

Judith Graham, KFF Health News' "Navigating Aging" columnist, talks with older adults who live alone by choice or ...

Researchers found toxic “forever chemicals” in drinking water wells dotting California’s rural farming regions, far from ...

Doctors in Boston got tired of writing letters to utility companies asking for assistance for their medically vulnerable patients who need power and heat to stay healthy. So a hospital decided to ...

A federal judge sided with 19 states seeking an injunction against a Biden administration rule allowing recipients of ...

CalMatters: California Has A New Tool To Fight Homelessness. Trump Could Tank It Gov. Newsom launched an ambitious program that uses Medi-Cal to help Californians access housing, healthy food ...

Access to information in languages other than English is protected by various federal, state, and local policies. But ...

Many older adults living alone, isolated and vulnerable, struggle with health issues. But a noteworthy slice of this growing ...

Aging alone, without a spouse, a partner, or children, requires careful planning. New programs for this growing population ...

KINGSPORT, Tenn. — Jerry Qualls had a heart attack in 2022 and was rushed by ambulance to Holston Valley Medical Center, where he was hospitalized for a week and kept alive by a ventilator and blood ...