California becomes first state to expand Medicaid to incarcerated individuals
Hannah Saunders | Jan 27, 2023 | California
UC San Diego’s Shiley EyeMobile brings optometry care to underserved children
Hannah Saunders | Jan 25, 2023 | California
Florida Gov. DeSantis’s new proposal would end COVID-19 mandates
Hannah Saunders | Jan 25, 2023 | Florida
On January 17th, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the Prescribe Freedom proposal, which would make protections from COVID-19 mandates permanent and create protections for medical professionals who voice their religious views. “When the world lost its mind, Florida was a refuge of sanity, serving strongly as freedom’s linchpin,” DeSantis said. “These
Arizona House’s Health Committee passes bill that would prevent liability for gender discrimination by one vote
Hannah Saunders | Jan 25, 2023 | Arizona
At the Arizona House’s Health and Human Services Committee meeting on Friday, lawmakers narrowly approved House Bill 2312 by a 5-4 vote. HB 2312 specifies that facilities that don’t allow biological male employees to be in the presence of a woman or minor children while living in the facility are
California’s UC Davis Health increases specialty care access for Medi-Cal patients
Hannah Saunders | Jan 24, 2023 | California
Under a new partnership announced between UC Davis Health and WellSpace Health on Friday, Medi-Cal beneficiaries will have greater access to specialty care in Sacramento. The new program, Specialty Connect, places UC Davis Health providers into WellSpace Health’s Oak Park Community Health Center, located at 3415 Martin Luther King Jr.
Florida’s Tampa General Hospital Cancer Institute expands radiation oncology program
Hannah Saunders | Jan 23, 2023 | Florida
On January 13th, the Tampa General Hospital (TGH) Cancer Institute announced an expansion of its Radiation Oncology Program to include the addition of new cancer treatment technology and enhanced locations. TGH is also working in collaboration with the Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institutes to build the first proton therapy
Los Angeles’s Cedars-Sinai offering permanent contraception to adults who choose to not have children
Hannah Saunders | Jan 23, 2023 | California
With a growing number of childless adults in the United States not expecting to ever have children, Los Angeles’s Cedars-Sinai hospital is respecting the bodily choices of people with uteruses by offering surgical permanent contraception, or tubal ligation. A Pew Research Center study shows that 44% of non-parents aged 18
Florida partners celebrate start of construction at FSU Health - Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Medical Campus
Hannah Saunders | Jan 20, 2023 | Florida
On Tuesday, January 17th, Florida State University (FSU), Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH), and real estate developer, the St. Joe Company, celebrated the start of construction at a new healthcare campus in Panama City Beach. The FSU Health - Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Medical Campus will bring together clinicians, researchers, and students