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Covered California: It’s open enrollment. Here’s what you need to …

WEBFor Californians who are buying their own insurance, enrollment in 2021 health plans runs through Jan. 31.

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Monterey company fined, shut down for falsely advertising effect …

WEBMONTEREY — Amid claims of false advertising and unlicensed practice of medicine, Monterey-based Health Alert/Immune Systems and its owner have entered …

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Costco opens up single-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine

WEBCostco on Friday opened up appointments for Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine at nearly two dozen stores across the Bay Area, substantially …

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California engaged in groundbreaking COVID antibody study

WEBThe California Department of Public Health is engaged in an ambitious study aimed at beefing up its COVID-19 database by determining the percentage of …

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Opinion: COVID proves value of permanently funding telehealth …

WEBDuring the pandemic, many of us in the health care field have witnessed how a new-fashioned doctor’s telephone “house call” has become crucial to expanding …

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Larry Magid: Wellness, social media and online safety

WEBThere are social media paradoxes that I think many of us experience, including young people. In a video interview, the study’s author, Vicky Rideout, quoted a …

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California launches CalAIM, an effort to transform Medi-Cal to …

WEBRoughly 108,000 Medi-Cal patients were enrolled in county pilots and 15,000 in managed care pilots during a two-year period, according to an early analysis …

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El Camino Health launches big upgrades at Mountain View hospital

WEBThe upgrades at El Camino Hospital are expected to be built in phases and are slated to be complete by sometime in 2024, officials with the South Bay health care …

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Gavin Newsom is working to lower the cost of insulin. Why did he …

WEBGov. Gavin Newsom has made lowering the cost of prescription drugs a signature health care issue, but over the weekend, he rejected a bill that would have …

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Seton Medical Center breaks ground on $60 million seismic …

WEBAs part of the deal struck with the state, AHMC must keep the hospital open for at least five and a half years and completely cover the cost of care for people who …

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More Bay Area Kaiser Permanente medical centers hit with more …

WEBCalifornia cited two Kaiser Permanente medical centers in the Bay Area last month for coronavirus-related violations over the last half year or so.

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Ketamine therapy for mental health a ‘Wild West’ for doctors, …

WEBKetamine practitioners stress that the drug’s emergence as a mental health treatment is driven by a desperate need. Depression is the leading cause of disability in …

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Salesforce, Google, Facebook: How Big Tech undermines …

WEBGov. Gavin Newsom has outsourced his way through the COVID-19 pandemic, tasking his private-sector allies in Silicon Valley and the health care industry …

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Pills to fight COVID-19 coming to a drugstore near you

WEBOne-stop shops are more likely to be in wealthy communities than in poorer ones, where the drugs are more likely to be needed, he said. So sick people without …

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Kaiser nurses to picket over short staffing, safety concerns

WEBMore than 22,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses and nurse practitioners plan to stage a two-hour picket at 22 Kaiser facilities next week, claiming they’re understaffed …

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Sutter Health nurses, staff plan to strike Monday at some Bay Area

WEBMore than 8,000 Sutter Health nurses and health care workers are planning a one-day strike Monday at more than a dozen Northern California healthcare facilities …

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Labor deal in flux as Newsom revisits SB 525, the $25 minimum …

WEBBy Don Thompson | KFF Health News. Gov. Gavin Newsom is revisiting California’s phase-in of a nation-leading $25 minimum wage for health workers in the …

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Los Angeles enacts $25 minimum wage for healthcare workers

WEBHealthcare workers in Los Angeles just got a raise. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signed an ordinance Friday, July 8 that sets a $25-an-hour minimum wage for …

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Owner of California sober living homes sentenced to 2 years for …

WEBA co-defendant, Susan Lee Stinson, pleaded guilty last week to two fraud charges and was sentenced to 34 days in jail. The Ganong case highlighted the work of …

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COVID: One Medical controversy raises question: Who is …

WEBHealth experts and consumer advocates say some vaccine oversight is warranted, but they warn it shouldn’t be so onerous that it slows inoculations against …

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‘Back to the Future’ car in legal battle: Mrs. DeLorean vs. DeLorean

WEB‘Back to the Future’ car in legal battle: Mrs. DeLorean vs. DeLorean Motor Co.

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