Samantha Young - KFF Health News

Lori McClintock, the wife of U.S. Rep. Tom McClintock of California, died after ingesting white mulberry leaf, according to the Sacramento County coroner.

California offers a lens on the challenges officials face in persuading parents to embrace covid shots for young children. While the state has a strong showing in overall vaccination rates, just 59% of kids 12 to 17 — eligible for a shot since May — are fully vaccinated.

A bicyclist competed in a race that could have landed him in the Olympics. Instead, he suffered the worst injuries in the 10 years he had raced on pro road teams. And then the bills came.