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The country’s new 988 mental health response system turns two years old this month and a new report praised California’s implementation while calling for more investment. The report from the nonprofit mental health advocacy organization Inseparable showed California needs a total of about 400 mobile response teams, which dispatch a mental health professional and...
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Family Features From staycations and road trips to Caribbean getaways and coastal cruises, summertime offers the chance to escape and unwind with a much needed (and deserved) vacation. However, for people living with health conditions like heart disease or stroke, leaving home can pose special challenges. As travel season...
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Family Features Desde estancias vacacionales y viajes por carretera hasta escapadas al Caribe y cruceros costeros, el verano ofrece la oportunidad de escapar y relajarse con unas vacaciones muy necesarias (y merecidas). Sin embargo, para las personas que viven con problemas de salud como enfermedades cardíacas o ataque cerebral,...
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Rachel Becker CalMatters Casi 400 sistemas de agua que abastecen a casi un millón de californianos no cumplen con los requisitos estatales para un suministro de agua potable seguro y confiable, y arreglarlos costaría miles de millones de dólares. Más de dos tercios de estos sistemas de agua defectuosos...
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Rachel Becker CalMatters Almost 400 water systems serving nearly a million Californians don’t meet state requirements for safe and reliable drinking water supplies — and fixing them would cost billions of dollars. More than two-thirds of these failing water systems serve communities of color, and more than half are...
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Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services Aunque el número de californianos que viven con Alzheimer casi se duplicará a 1,1 millones dentro de veinte años, quienes viven en áreas rurales y remotas enfrentan grandes desafíos para acceder a la atención. En comparación con las comunidades urbanas, estos californianos rurales luchan...
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Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services Although the number of Californians living with Alzheimer’s will nearly double to 1.1 million within twenty years, those in rural and remote areas face major challenges to accessing care. Compared to urban communities, these rural Californians struggle to access preventative services, including screenings, diagnostic...
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Medication abortion will remain widely available to Californians after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid by anti-abortion groups and doctors to challenge the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the drug. In a unanimous vote on June 13, the high court said plaintiffs did not have standing to claim the...
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Kristen Hwang CalMatters El aborto con medicamentos seguirá estando ampliamente disponible para los californianos después de que la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos rechazó un intento de grupos antiaborto y médicos para impugnar la aprobación del medicamento por parte de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos. En una votación unánime, el...