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    Updated Covid Vaccines Are Here and They’re Effective

    Three updated Covid-19 vaccines were rolled out earlier this month, and experts say they are incredibly effective.

    CA Bill Seeks to Address Food Insecurity Through Medi-Cal

    Recipe 4 Health has delivered impressive results, including decreased indicators of chronic illness. AB 1975 would ensure permanent funding for the program.

    Medi-Cal Maternal Care Expanded to Counter Health Disparities

    To close racial and ethnic birthing outcome disparities, Medi-Cal is expanding access to maternal health services — most notably, doula care.

    Vaccinations May Not Prevent Infections from New COVID Sub-Variant

    The KP.2 subvariant of Omicron is far more contagious than its predecessors and may be able to evade Covid vaccines.

    The Next Human Pandemic Could Be Bird Flu

    The next major human pandemic could be avian flu, which will likely hit hardest immigrant workers in the dairy and poultry industries.

    Medi-Cal Expands Access to Mental Health, Substance Use Treatment

    California is on the national front lines of making mental health and substance use disorder care easier to access for patients of Medi-Cal.

    Medicaid Unwinding Deals Blow to Tenuous System of Care for Native Americans

    Tribal leaders still didn’t know exactly how many of their citizens had been disenrolled a year into the process of redetermining Medicaid eligibility.

    Delivering Healthcare to Migrants in California’s ‘Last Frontier’

    Smith River is not just rural, locals say, it’s rural remote, and it’s here where the state’s plan to extend healthcare to all residents is being tested. 

    Easing the Toll of Alzheimer’s on Women

    As the population of California grows older than it’s ever been, the burden of Alzheimer’s on women grows heavier.

    In a National First, Medi-Cal is Helping Unhoused Californians

    In the nation’s most ambitious effort to address social needs, a $12 billion Medi-Cal initiative now provides services for the unhoused.

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