Health & Fitness

Podcast explores the dark history of mental illness in California and how dignity-based reform can help

The evening that cemented my relationship with my collaborator, Jenny Johnson, involved a Manhattan in a waterfront bar, a deafening tuba solo, and my attempt to take a call from a now-disgraced former sheriff while Jenny tried to stop herself from laughing.

Pfizer shots protect kids from severe COVID even in omicron

Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine gave children 5 and older strong protection against hospitalization and death even during the omicron surge that hit youngsters especially hard, U.S. health officials reported Tuesday.

Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (REACH) Model

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has redesigned the Global and Professional Direct Contracting Model (GPDC) Model to advance Administration priorities, including our commitment to advancing health equity, and in response to stakeholder feedback and participant experience.

Stopping the Puberty Apocalypse

Imagine for a moment, the unthinkable: a supersized asteroid is on a collision course with Earth, and NASA has no idea how to stop it. Nukes, gravitational slingshots, Bruce Willis? All of them might work, but they only have one shot—if only they had more time to figure out a solution.

California, Oregon, Washington to drop school mask mandates

Schoolchildren in California, Oregon and Washington will no longer be required to wear masks as part of new indoor mask policies the Democratic governors of all three states announced jointly on Monday.

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