Last winter, several dozen people who were struggling with suicidal urges and bouts of intense emotion opened their lives to a company called Mindstrong, in what has become a closely watched experiment in Silicon Valley. Mindstrong, a venture co-founded by a former director of the National Institute of Mental Health, promised something that no drug… Read More »
Dive Brief: New enrollments in California’s Affordable Care Act marketplace dropped 23.7% for 2019, down to 295,980 from 388,344 last year. Officials are pinning the blame on loss of the federal tax penalty for people without health insurance. The plunge came despite a statewide bus tour to promote getting coverage ahead of the Jan. 15 deadline for… Read More »
(Reuters) – A California jury on Monday heard opening statements in the latest trial over allegations that Johnson & Johnson’s talc-based products, including the company’s baby powder, were contaminated with asbestos and cause cancer. FILE PHOTO: Bottles of Johnson & Johnson baby powder line a drugstore shelf in New York October 15, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File… Read More »
More than half of California’s nursing homes are asking to be exempted from new state regulations that would require them to spend more time directly caring for their patients. The state’s new staffing requirements for nursing homes, quietly passed in last year’s budget bill, seem universally unpopular. Patient advocates say the new regulations don’t go… Read More »
Adventist Feather River Hospital was badly damaged in the Camp Fire, but still stands.. Kaiser Permanente has committed roughly $ 1.65 million to support relief and recovery efforts in communities impacted by the recent California wildfires. The money will be paid out through multiple gifts to various organizations. First, Kaiser Permanente will give up to… Read More »