They may be larger than life, but the stars are diminishing – literally. My current favorite game is “spot celebrity chatter”, which is a bit like Where’s Wally, but much more difficult, because they’re the size of a paper clip, thanks to their possible, probable, definite use of Ozempic . And while I can’t name …
Governor Newsom signed a bill moving the state toward a single-payer health care system. Not all single-payer funders are happy. Fibonacci blue / Wikimedia Commons CC Share Alike 2.0 Generic License On October 7, California took another step — at least a potential step — toward becoming the first state in the nation to provide …
Dozens of U.S. states, including California and New York, are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for harming youth mental health and contributing to the youth mental health crisis by knowingly designing features on Instagram and Facebook that make children addicted to its platforms. The lawsuit filed in federal court in California also claims that Meta routinely …
(BCN) – Kaiser Permanente must overhaul behavioral health care services and pay a $50 million fine under a settlement agreement announced Thursday by the California Department of Managed Health Care. As part of the settlement, Kaiser will also make investments totaling $150 million over five years to improve behavioral health care services. Gov. Gavin Newsom …
A new California law will expand the state’s ability to force residents with serious mental illness and substance abuse problems into treatment. Senate Bill 43, signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), expands the definition of “seriously ill” to include people unable to meet their basic needs due to untreated mental illness or …
Top line Pharmaceutical heavyweight GSK announced Wednesday that it has settled four U.S. lawsuits that claimed its popular heartburn drug Zantac caused cancer, averting a trial that was scheduled to begin in California on Wednesday. next month as it and other pharmaceutical companies struggle to navigate looming legal threats from discontinuing the drug. . GSK …
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) More Californians with untreated mental illness and substance abuse problems could be held against their will and forced into treatment under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, a measure aimed at help restructure the state’s mental health system and address its problems. growing homeless crisis. The new law, which reforms …
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) More Californians with untreated mental illness and substance abuse problems could be held against their will and forced into treatment under a new law signed Tuesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom, a move aimed at to help restructure the state’s mental health system and remedy the situation. its growing homeless crisis. The new …