Bill Thompson marches in support of paid sick leave and a $15 minimum wage in Kansas City, Missouri, in 2023. (Missouri ...

The U.S. is one of nine countries that do not guarantee paid sick leave. Since the covid pandemic, advocates in states ...

California lawmakers have modified a psychedelic drug bill that was vetoed last year, narrowing it to allow only supervised ...

May Is The Make-Or-Break Month For California Ballot Measures  The official deadline to qualify measures for California’s ballot does not arrive until the end of June, but the most important ...

James Lemons, 39, wants the bullet removed from his thigh so he can go back to work. Sarai Holguin, a 71-year-old woman originally from Mexico, has accepted the bullet lodged near her knee as her ...

A nurse speaks virtually to Donald Eustes, a patient at Houston Methodist Hospital, from the facility's virtual care center. (Portions of this photo have been blurred to protect privacy.) (Phil ...

The FDA told Amgen to test whether a quarter-dose of its lung cancer drug worked as well as the amount recommended on the product label. It did and with fewer side effects. But Amgen is sticking to ...

The legislature is considering taking the first steps to make Covered California plans available to immigrants without ...

Miguel Divo shows his patient, Joel Rubinstein, a dry powder inhaler. It has a much lower carbon footprint than a traditional ...

A decade after Congress told the FDA to expedite the approval of more effective sunscreens, the federal government still has not approved sunscreen ingredients that are safely being used around the ...

KFF Health News and California Healthline staffers made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their ...

Federal regulators face a growing challenge — how to prevent rogue health insurance agents from switching unknowing consumers’ Obamacare coverage without making the enrollment process so cumbersome ...