Kristen Hwang

Many California parents-to-be want to deliver their babies in midwife-run birth centers outside of hospitals. Those facilities struggle to stay in business.

A Bay Area child tested positive for bird flu. Other California cases were traced to cattle and dairy farms in the Central Valley.

CA expanded access to health care for undocumented immigrants and bolstered abortion care. President-elect Trump's policies could affect state laws.

Proposition 35 on the 2024 California election ballot would redistribute money from a tax on health insurance plans. The revenue would go to Medi-Cal.

Proposition 35 on the 2024 California election ballot would redistribute money from a tax on health insurance plans. The revenue would go to Medi-Cal.

Bird flu jumped from cows to California farmworkers this month. Virus symptoms are mild and it has not spread from humans to other people.

A Catholic hospital in rural California agreed to provide emergency abortions after the state sued it, alleging it denied care to a woman who miscarried.

Prop. 35 on California's 2024 ballot would lock in revenue for Medi-Cal payments. Some critics worry it jeopardizes federal health care funding.

Certain synthetic food dyes are linked to behavioral issues in kids. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law to ban them in school snacks by 2028.

Hedge funds can burden a health care company in debt, threatening services. Gov. Newsom rejected a bill to regulate those deals.