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'The status quo isn't acceptable': How a San Diego lawmaker aims to help the hardest-to-reach people with mental illness

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Pharmacy workers, others ratify four-year contract with Kaiser

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Drop in opioid overdose deaths nears 50% since 2023

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Rising health costs push some middle-aged adults to skip the doctor until Medicare

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Have a conversation and create best practices for your child's social media use

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Dietary supplement makers push the FDA to allow peptides and other new ingredients

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County explores stand-alone behavioral health department

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Indian Health Service is digging out of decades-old construction backlog for medical buildings

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2 wild bats found in Escondido test positive for rabies

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Can new public health clinics help 100,000 San Diegans who risk losing insurance? The county just OK'd plans to try.

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Means' surgeon general nomination is stalled as senators question her experience and vaccine stance

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FDA flags misleading claims for cancer drug by biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong

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Judge grants $1 murder bond for woman accused of using pills to induce abortion

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Federal funding for people in poverty heading to anti-abortion centers instead

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Taxpayer dollars flood pregnancy centers. Oversight hasn't followed

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A little-known state law could help people who slip through the cracks, but San Diego County won't use it

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Judge rules US government overreached with transgender health care declaration

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Nearly 90,000 bottles of children's liquid pain medication recalled

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FDA approves new higher-dose version of Wegovy shots

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Trump administration launches investigation of states that mandate health insurance covers abortion

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RFK Jr. makes food sound like a miracle drug. Researchers say he often overstates the science

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What Americans are giving up to afford ACA health insurance, according to a new poll

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More than 150,000 uncounted COVID-19 deaths occurred early in the pandemic, a study finds

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A judge's ruling halts momentum on RFK Jr.'s vaccine agenda

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'Medical conscience' bills would let providers refuse more health care

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States are limiting HIV drug assistance programs

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E. coli linked to cheddar cheese made with raw milk sickens 7 in the US

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Homeless deaths are dropping. This group is part of the reason why.

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Flu vaccines didn't work that well in the US, officials find

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Six federal scientists run out by Trump discuss the work left undone

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Some San Diego medical providers disconnect from Stryker network because of cyberattack

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Smaller portions are a big restaurant trend as customers watch their budgets and waistlines

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San Diego County lands $99.5M state mental health grant, Palomar gets $50M

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UCSD study detects dementia risk decades before symptoms appear

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FDA finds little evidence that a drug touted by Trump can help people with autism

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They hated exercise. Weight-loss drugs changed everything.

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Cancer risk is lower for vegetarians but not vegans, study finds

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Health advice from AI chatbots is frequently wrong, study shows

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Why didn't San Diego County make the Governor's CARE Court list?

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Meet Sach Jain, the entrepreneur revolutionizing American specialty care

21 days ago

Wyoming governor signs ban on abortions after about 6 weeks

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An effort to remedy harm from a race-based kidney test helps Black patients seeking transplants

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Hims & Hers Health and Novo Nordisk end lawsuit over weight loss medications, enter collaboration

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Rat lungworm found in San Diego opossums, rats and zoo animal

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How springing forward to daylight saving time could affect your health

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Rady Children's Health co-CEO to take job in Atlanta

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What to know about how GLP-1 medications might fight addiction

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Top FDA drug official is trying to hire a friend who's seeking a bold new warning on antidepressants

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US maternal deaths fell in 2024 and may have dropped again last year, government data shows

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Supervisors move to pursue expansion of little-used county medical program

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Childhood trauma doesn't have to be a lifelong curse

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Minnesota sues to block Trump administration's withholding of Medicaid funds

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Do energy drinks offer benefits beyond caffeine?

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Trump's Medicaid work mandates are meant to save money. But first states will have to spend millions

28 days ago

He got sober. Now he wants to help others do the same through a new UCSD program.

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Red and blue states alike want to limit AI in insurance. Trump wants to limit the states

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An obscure county program pays for a few dozen San Diegans' health care. Sales-tax hike backers have bigger ideas.

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More organs are being donated after the heart stops, not brain death. Policies are changing too

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ByHeart infant botulism outbreak ends with 48 babies sickened

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Ozempic, Wegovy list prices to be slashed by up to 50%

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Surgeon general nominee faces sharp questions about vaccines, birth control and qualifications

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What alcohol does to the body

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After four weeks, Kaiser strike to end on Tuesday

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FDA proposes new system for approving customized drugs and therapies for rare diseases

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Caught in the SCAN-UCSD change? Know your rights.

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Thousands of seniors in San Diego County forced to find new doctors

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Nurses and New York hospital system reach a tentative deal to end the city's largest nursing strike

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Early prenatal care, considered best for moms and babies, is on the decline in the US

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Moderna says the FDA will consider its new flu shot after resolving a public dispute

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Kaiser patients share their experiences as strike enters fourth week

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RFK Jr. pledged more transparency. Here's what the public doesn't know anymore

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Democratic-led states sue to stop Trump from withholding $600M in health grants

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RFK Jr. promised to restore trust in US health agencies. One year later, it's eroding

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FDA to reassess the safety of BHA, a preservative used in popular snack foods

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Does intermittent fasting live up to the hype?

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