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 ...

California’s kids experience more problems obtaining subspecialized pediatric care than children in any other state, a new UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study has found. The California Health ...

When Charles Garcia looks at a garden, he doesn’t see plants. He sees medicine, heritage, art and magic. A curandero, Garcia practices traditional folk healing – curanderismo – the way his mother, ...

As Congress begins what is likely to be a lengthy and contentious debate over immigration reform, California has a huge stake in the outcome. We have the nation’s biggest population of immigrants, ...

Jerry Brown was the kid the first time he was governor, nearly 40 years ago. Now he is definitely providing adult supervision in Sacramento. Since retaking the executive suite, Brown has lectured ...

Small organic farms cropping up all over California are helping residents get back to their roots — and also their leafy greens and vitamins. The first two community-supported agriculture ventures ...

Family nurse practitioner Myra Howard runs the Buellton Medical Center in Buellton, California. She’s also the majority shareholder in the clinic. But the law still requires that her practice is ...

The arrival of indigenous Mexicans in the United States represents the latest demographic shift among the state’s Latino population. Public health officials and policy-makers often see Latinos as a ...

While Gov. Jerry Brown and lawmakers wrestle with the budget crisis, some Californians are adamant that much of the problem can be laid at the feet of people who are in the country illegally. Their ...