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Urgent care OB-GYN clinics have begun popping up around the country in recent years, and the covid pandemic has increased demand.

In this discussion on NPR's "Morning Edition," Health News Florida reporter Stephanie Colombini and Jackie Fortier of NPR station KPCC in Los Angeles offer insights on the state's different approaches.

California will be the first state to create its own line of generic drugs to cope with high drug prices. A new law lets the state outsource manufacturing but control pricing and distribution.

California's governor on Monday has ordered to shut down indoor restaurants, bars and many other businesses, after reopening in late May has led to a surge in coronavirus cases.

About a third of the state's counties have been certified to begin Expanded Stage 2 of California's four-stage process, which allows more types of businesses to reopen.

The massive wildfires in California have raised concerns about air quality for vulnerable populations, such as children and people with heart or lung conditions.

Trulieve, Florida’s largest medical marijuana business, has purchased two new businesses that will expand its reach out of state for the first time.

California Gov. Jerry Brown wants to tighten a law he signed weeks ago that critics say could have freed rapists and murderers who completed two years of…

Prime Healthcare Services, one of the nation's largest hospital systems, agreed Friday to pay $65 million to settle allegations of Medicare overbilling in…

The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world, but California is leading the charge to reverse that trend. Since 2006, the state has cut its rate by more than half.