Category: Health

  • Lawmakers Drop Effort to Open Covered California to Immigrants Here Illegally

    By Kenny Goldberg A legislative effort to allow people who are here illegally to buy Covered California health plans has been shelved. State Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) removed a section from his bill (Senate Bill 4) that would have let those immigrants buy unsubsidized health insurance through California’s insurance exchange. An estimated 2.7 million…

  • Hoover Builds On School Discipline Reform With Wellness Center

    By Megan Burks Last year Hoover High School teachers cut suspensions by 80 percent after being trained to recognize and address trauma in their students. Hoover is building on that success by establishing a wellness center. It will offer traditional counseling, substance abuse counseling, legal help and referrals to other services for the students and…

  • ‘Kids Count’ Report Gives State Low Marks

    By Kenny Goldberg The latest edition of the annual Kids Count report on children’s well-being ranks California 38th in the country, just ahead of Oklahoma. Produced by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the report released Tuesday examines 16 categories of well-being, including teen birth rates, the percentage of kids in single-parent families, child poverty rates…

  • Asian Americans Encouraged to Test for Hepatitis B

    Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Brian Myers With help from pharmaceutical students at UC San Diego, the Asian Pacific Health Foundation is continuing its campaign for a “Hepatitis Free San Diego.” APHF Medical Director Robert Gish said Hepatitis B and C are the leading causes of liver transplants and liver cancer…

  • School Is Out But Hunger Lingers for Some San Diego Kids

    By Matthew Bowler, Maureen Cavanaugh, Patty Lane and Peggy Pico Listen to the full KPBS Midday Edition conversation with Gary Petill of San Diego Unified’s Food and Nutrition Services and Anahid Brakke of the San Diego Hunger Coalition. For students who rely on school lunch meals, having enough to eat during summer break can be challenging.…