Amidst a nationwide shortage of pediatric specialists, families caring for children with special health care needs in rural areas are often forced to travel long distances for care. Physicians and ...

Nearly half of all Asian and Pacific Islander mothers on Medi-Cal give birth by way of Cesarean section, a rate well above California’s statewide average. State residents should remain wary of ongoing ...

California enters 2010 in extraordinary fiscal circumstances, with a significant structural budget deficit that continues to require spending reductions in all areas of state government. At the same ...

The California Health Report spoke with disability rights experts and parent advocates about what families who speak a language other than English need to know about their rights when accessing health ...

An executive order from Gov. Gavin Newsom could have the unintended consequence of eliminating the ability of community clinics to purchase drugs at a steep discount and reinvest savings into patient ...

With the help of a faith-based restorative justice program in Los Angeles I was able to choose forgiveness and find healing for myself and my son. I made a decision that I was not going to raise my ...

Some days, Celia Díaz doesn’t want to get out of bed. But, since she’s the major wage earner in her household, she doesn’t have much choice. Six days a week, she drags herself to the Santa Cruz ...

For close to four decades, the Lanterman Act has supported people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in California with a network of centers offering specialized care.

In 2002, I founded the Watsonville Law Center to serve the local farm-worker community. For many years, workers have come to our office with heart-wrenching injuries: a hand amputated by machinery, a ...

More than 5 million people will remain uninsured in the 26 states that chose not to expand Medicaid, according to an analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation.