Jennifer McLelland is the California Health Report’s disability rights columnist. She also serves as the policy director for ...

In the1950s, patients like my father benefitted from scientific breakthroughs: Researchers identified the two types of ...

The Salinas Valley is in the heart of California’s central coast farmland, and once a year, local third-grade students get a chance to learn about the industry that drives the region.

Nearly 12,000 caregivers across California will feel the effects of Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to cut state aid to caregiver resource centers. The American diet, heavy in protein but light in fish, ...

Aging with dignity and independence is the ability to live life to its fullest in the place you call home regardless of age, illness or disability. While we all like to picture ourselves growing older ...

The former site of the Bethune Library in South Los Angeles sits vacant. Secured by a chain-link fence, what was once home to a community resource is now a dirt field littered with pinecones and ...

Confused about that new health care buzz word — the “medical home” ? A project in Fresno is exploring the potential of that model and finding it helpful. Here’s a story that explains what it’s all ...

A growing body of science has confirmed that dirty freeway air undermines the health of those living nearby, and regulators are studying mitigation measures. But activists say a more pervasive danger ...

Veronica Villalobos mans a desk in a crowded waiting room at St. James Health Center in San Jose. She’s looking for those whose low income — less than $699 per month for a single person — might ...

This month marks the 20th anniversary of the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. And according to residents and community leaders in South Los Angeles, too little has changed over the past two decades. Despite a ...