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California Flu Season Sees Early Surge As Health Officials Urge Vaccinations

Flu cases across California are climbing earlier than usual, prompting Bay Area doctors to urge immediate vaccination. The Bay Area News Group reports state health data shows over 21 percent of flu tests returned positive in late October, marking a unusually aggressive start to the season. Wastewater tracking indicates high...

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Medicare Advantage members in Oregon, Maine and North Carolina lose hospitals or doctors Jan. 1, while Florida, California and Wisconsin systems may also leave

Medicare Advantage members who use Oregon Health & Science University, Maine’s InterMed practices or a North Carolina hospital face network changes at the start of 2027, and members in Florida, California and Wisconsin could be next. Some of the changes are settled and some are still being negotiated. Open enrollment ends Dec. 7, and that […]

Wisconsin · 12d

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Proposition 45 Fails: Californians Reject Changes to Environmental Review

California voters have rejected a ballot measure reforming an environmental review law that applies to building “essential” projects across the state, like new housing, healthcare facilities and transportation. Roughly 55% of voters opposed the proposition when it was called on Saturday night. “Californians have sent a clear message...

California · 10d
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COMMENTARY: Your California Living Trust Could Be Next: When Evidence Isn’t Enough

You put your home in a living trust. You choose who inherits. You expressly disinherit relatives. An attorney prepares the documents. You expect your wishes to survive you. Dr. Laura Dean Head’s trust did not. California property owners should examine Laura Dean Head Living Trust, Alameda County Superior Court,...

California · 11d
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Health Insurers Leave Millions Unpaid for Mental Health Crisis Care in CA

SAN JOSE, Calif. — As mobile crisis response teams in Northern California de-escalate and stabilize thousands of people with mental health conditions every year, they’re meeting a financial roadblock: health insurance companies. Records obtained by Bay Area News Group show insurers rejected $4.1 million in payments to 11...

California · 9d

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Half Moon Bay Clinic Told to Find a Way to Take Commercial Insurance

San Mateo County supervisors have given County Health a deadline to figure out how the Coastside Health Center in Half Moon Bay can start accepting commercial insurance and offer local lab collection, two things the clinic currently lacks. The Board adopted a resolution directing that work on Tuesday, setting a 90-day timeline for a lab plan and 180 days for the insurance roadmap.

Half Moon Bay, CA · 8d

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At Home Nursing Care Expands Senior In-Home Care Services in Pacific Palisades, CA

At Home Nursing Care Expands Senior In-Home Care Services in Pacific Palisades, CA, bringing personalized support and companionship to older adults. A smiling caregiver shares a cheerful moment with a senior woman in a bright home. At Home Nursing Care is expanding senior in-home care services to Pacific Palisades, CA,...

California · 8d

Lassen County News

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Gallagher demands accountability following audit exposing billions in questionable Medi-Cal billing

Congressman James Gallagher joined Congressman Jay Obernolte and fellow members of California’s congressional delegation in demanding answers from the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) following a troubling state audit that revealed significant failures in oversight of the state’s Medi-Cal program. In a letter to DHCS Director...

California · 12d

DMR News

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San Jose Orthopedic Surgeon Sets One $575 Price for a First Visit, With X-Rays Included

Resilience Orthopedics, the practice of board-certified orthopedic surgeon Dr. Pamela Mehta, is changing how it charges new patients. From November 2, a first visit costs $575. The fee covers the consultation with Dr. Mehta, any clinically necessary X-rays taken on site, regardless of the number of views, and Dr. Mehta’s review of existing scans and […]

San Jose, CA · 10d

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Primary Election 2026: Local and state measures

The half-cent sales tax on nonessential goods that supporters say could raise $27 million annually for services affected by federal cuts is in the lead as of 8:45pm, with 35% of ballots counted. Of those who voted, 59% supported Measure E and 41% opposed it. Revenue would be deposited in...

California · 10d

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El Camino Healthcare District Voters Back Term Limits for Hospital Board

Voters across the El Camino Healthcare District appear to be backing a measure that would permanently cap how long board members can serve, with initial returns showing strong support for term limits on the panel that oversees El Camino Hospital. Measure S would limit directors to four full four-year terms, or 16 years total, for the rest of their lives.

Santa Clara County, CA · 9d

Healthbeat

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As Medicaid rules change, students, hospitals, and community groups help people keep coverage

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here . Inside a small gas station, surrounded by chips, candy, cigarettes, and lottery tickets, a group of public health graduate students waited as the cashier finished helping customers. When it was their turn, Debbie Kariuki and her fellow Brown University students stepped forward with their stacks of Medicaid flyers. Through a glass partition, they explained to the woman at the register that they were sharing information about changes to Medicaid that could affect people’s healthcare coverage. “There wasn’t actually much room for us to post flyers,” Kariuki told me. But the cashier was eager to help alert others in her South Providence, Rhode Island, neighborhood. She welcomed the English and Arabic flyers, clearing out space for them at the checkout counter. She also asked for additional flyers in Pashto. The Brown students are part of wide-ranging efforts to reach millions of people across the country who are affected by major changes to Medicaid that start for certain recipients in January. To keep or obtain Medicaid healthcare coverage, these people will be required to demonstrate they meet new work or “community engagement” requirements , and they will face more

Rhode Island · 11d

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Burning With Permits Starting Friday

Tuolumne County, CA—CAL FIRE TCU reports that residential debris burning can commence this weekend as long as you have a permit. Starting on Friday, November 6, 2026, at 8 a.m., a permit will be needed before burning yard waste in Tuolumne, Calaveras, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin counties. Burn day permits are free, obtainable online, and valid for one year. Burning is contingent on air quality, with safety measures including pile size limits and fire control protocols. The public must check the burn day status and follow safety guidelines to prevent fines and wildfires.

Calaveras County, CA · 10d

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Bay Area Air District Votes to Delay Zero-Emission Water Heater Rule

The Bay Area Air District voted Wednesday to delay its zero-emission water heater rule by a year, pushing the start date to January 2028. The air regulators also approved carveouts that Air District staff believe will exempt roughly half of Bay Area households from the rule, based on factors like income or technical constraints.

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 9d

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Nurses Return to Negotiations at Providence Santa Rosa Memorial

Hundreds of registered nurses represented by the Staff Nurses Association are set to resume contract negotiations with Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital this month. According to the Press Democrat, the two scheduled November bargaining sessions follow a two-day strike last week, which was authorized by 98 percent of the union’s membership.

Santa Rosa, CA · 11d

San Francisco Examiner

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Election results: Where the healthcare races stand

Californians are so far in favor of increasing investment in health care research but against funding restrictions on community health care clinics, according to preliminary election results. As of Wednesday morning, more than 55% of Californians voted to pass Proposition 38 while 81.8% had voted against Proposition 44 — two ballot propositions that aimed to affect health-care spending in both research and care in California. If the results hold, Prop. 38 would create an $8.4 billion bond dedicated to researching various diseases related to immunology and immunotherapy with a focus on cancer, Alzheimer’s and heart disease. About half of the bond will go toward supporting an immunology research institute, while the other half would be dispersed in research grants to other institutions and nonprofits. The measure was authored by billionaire Gary K. Michelson, the co-founder the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy, which is expected to benefit from the law's passage. He was also the biggest donor to the campaign. The institute became affiliated with UCLA in 2024 via a public-private partnership with the state and is the only institute eligible for half of the bond funding based on the criteria set out in the legislation, according to CalMatters .

California · 10d

CBS Sacramento

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California voters reject Proposition 44, AP projects

California voters have rejected Proposition 44, which would have required community health clinics to spend a majority of their revenue on program services, AP projects.

California · 11d

Mountain View Voice

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El Camino Healthcare District’s Measure S gets the greenlight

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A ballot measure to establish term limits for El Camino Healthcare District’s board members appears headed for victory, with results showing an overwhelming majority of voters backing Measure S. Support for Measure S was leading with 91.42% (32,360 votes), according to returns released...

Santa Clara County, CA · 10d

San Francisco Chronicle

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S.F. hospitals are rethinking emergency care for older adults

San Francisco hospitals are adapting emergency care for older adults, with specialized screening, social work and even music.

San Francisco, CA · 13d

Main Street Dollars

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UnitedHealthcare and Humana are pulling Medicare Advantage plans for 2027 from counties in Idaho, Colorado, Oklahoma and California, with a Dec. 7 deadline

UnitedHealthcare is pulling its Medicare Advantage plans out of counties in Idaho, Colorado, Oklahoma and California for 2027, and Humana is leaving two Colorado counties. That is the picture in a MoneyGeek analysis of the federal plan listings for next year, updated Oct. 27. People in those counties who now have a plan have until […]

Oklahoma · 13d