The Age Discrimination Act of 1975 and Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act prohibit covered health programs from excluding, denying or limiting services based on age, subject to legally recognized ...

For most families, back to school season means shopping for school supplies and getting to know new teachers. For families who have children with disabilities, a new school year has an added layer of ...

When family members are diagnosed with cancer, children are sometimes confused. The author created a way to explain the treatments and their effects. Photo by iStock/Rawpixel When I was nine, I could ...

In a nursing home, few events create more concern than fall. A fall can mean a fracture, an emergency room visit, hospitalization or a lasting loss of independence. Families worry about it. Staff ...

UC Davis, center, has programs to provide health care to rural communities statewide. Photo by Hal Bergman/iStock. Every Californian should have access to quality health care, no matter where they ...

For more than 20 years, Jessica Johnson lived on the streets of El Sobrante, Antioch and other cities in Contra Costa County. For a while, she slept behind a bank. Sometimes, she’d find respite in a ...

To those who knew him, Noah Silver was a bright, happy child identified as gifted with a penchant for playing instruments. He started playing bass guitar at the age of 11 and picked up acoustic guitar ...

Without serious intervention, July 1 will usher in a new era for American health care, carrying dire consequences for decades to come. Under President Donald Trump’s big 2025 budget bill, known as H.R ...

When California rolled out its 988 mental health crisis response hot line in July 2022, architects believed it would lead to an overhaul of the emergency medical system. They envisioned callers in ...

In California, the ability to move safely and confidently is often treated as a personal responsibility rather than a public health issue. For many older adults, especially those with low incomes, ...

Native American Health Center spearheaded the development of Flicker, a 14,000 square-foot community and clinical facility in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood. (Photo courtesy of NAHC) Along ...

A few months ago, I took care of Rosa, a 7-week-old chubby baby with peach-fuzz hair, in our emergency room at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. I’m a pediatric resident at this safety-net hospital in ...