While everyone is feeling the pain, advocates urge older adults and people with disabilities to consider some of the available low-cost or free transportation solutions. “Above all, we don’t want ...

Yet women and marginalized groups bear the brunt of this problem. So, our call to action is clear: We need to heal the ...

UC Davis, center, has programs to provide health care to rural communities statewide. Photo by Hal Bergman/iStock. Every Californian should have access to quality health care, no matter where they ...

For more than 20 years, Jessica Johnson lived on the streets of El Sobrante, Antioch and other cities in Contra Costa County. For a while, she slept behind a bank. Sometimes, she’d find respite in a ...

To those who knew him, Noah Silver was a bright, happy child identified as gifted with a penchant for playing instruments. He started playing bass guitar at the age of 11 and picked up acoustic guitar ...

I was in my mid-40s when I found a lump in my left breast. It wasn’t long before doctors detected cancer on the right side as well, and soon after that I was meeting with a plastic surgeon to discuss ...

When California rolled out its 988 mental health crisis response hot line in July 2022, architects believed it would lead to an overhaul of the emergency medical system. They envisioned callers in ...

In California, the ability to move safely and confidently is often treated as a personal responsibility rather than a public health issue. For many older adults, especially those with low incomes, ...

Growing up in Southern California in the 90s, Mary Lu experienced firsthand how challenging it was for immigrant families like hers to access therapy and support. “I really wanted to help families ...

A few months ago, I took care of Rosa, a 7-week-old chubby baby with peach-fuzz hair, in our emergency room at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. I’m a pediatric resident at this safety-net hospital in ...

As the opioid epidemic has spread over the past decade, fueled by the availability of synthetic opioids like fentanyl, no corner of California has escaped unscathed. Even in the rural Eastern Sierra, ...

I spent three summers providing emergency services as part of Yosemite National Park’s Search and Rescue team. I hiked harder and faster than I ever had, eager to reach my patients as quickly as ...