Category: Health

Sacramento, CA (July 30, 2018) – Secondhand smoke is a serious health threat, and can linger in rooms and even travel between homes in multi-unit housing. There is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke, and now California residents in public housing are protected by a new smokefree housing rule from the U.S. Department…

Covered California on Thursday announced proposed health insurance rates for 2019 that will average single digits. The comparatively modest 8.7 percent average rate change, which some healthcare analysts expected to be in the high double-digits, is a testament to vigorous rate negotiations with insurance companies and a mix of healthy enrollees in the Covered California…

Most people know that when you look for a house, you want a place with “good bones.”  In other words, if the structure of the home is in good shape, most people feel they can fix up the rest.  If a home doesn’t have good bones, the rest of it doesn’t matter. The same can…

After a nearly two-decade partnership, Governor Rick Scott and Florida Medicaid officials are denying renewal of an HIV care contract with AHF’s Positive Healthcare— a respected non-profit which has been providing critical health insurance coverage for people living with HIV in Florida since 1999 and forcing HIV patients to use for-profit companies that don’t currently…

A confirmed case of virulent Newcastle disease was found in northwest Riverside County on June 30. The disease affects birds and can cause serious illness or death in an entire chicken flock in a single day. The Riverside County location is close to other occurrences of the disease in southwest San Bernardino County. At this…

MORENO VALLEY, Ca.—Knee-length white coats—a trusted symbol of healing and science—were presented to new resident physicians Thursday night (June 28) as they embarked upon their years-long journey of medical residency training at Riverside University Health System. Wearing bright white coats, the 30 resident physicians heard from physician leaders who emphasized that the field of medicine…

(Sacramento)  Senator Jean Fuller’s (R-Bakersfield) request for $3 million for Valley Fever research at the Valley Fever Institute at Kern Medical was signed into law by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. “This has been a long, dramatic fight to get this funding to where it is needed most and where it will be most effective,”…

SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is reminding Californians about the importance of safe food handling to prevent foodborne illness while enjoying picnics, barbecues and other outdoor activities during the summer season. Salmonella, E. coli and Campylobacter are bacteria most commonly recognized for causing foodborne illness in the United States each year….

San Bernardino, California (July 2, 2018) – To help smokers overcome nicotine addiction, Stater Bros. Super Rx Pharmacies will provide NRT (Nicotine Replacement Therapy) to qualifying individuals. NRT can be provided without a physician’s prescription due to California law (Senate Bill 493) which includes a protocol that allows pharmacists to prescribe NRT just as physicians…

SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) today released the 2017 End of Life Option Act (Act) Annual Report. The Act, which became law June 9, 2016, allows qualified individuals diagnosed with a terminal disease to obtain and self-administer aid-in-dying drugs. The Act requires CDPH to provide annual reports, including information on the…

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act of 2018, which included legislation drafted by Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) to clarify that states do not have the option to deny health coverage to former foster youth who aged out of the foster care system in…

Riverside County, CA.—In the wake of recent high-profile celebrity suicides, behavioral health experts at Riverside University Health System are encouraging community members to educate themselves about resources available to those struggling with feelings of isolation and hopelessness. “The deaths of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain provide all of us with an opportunity to have a…

More than 300,000 new cases of Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne illness in the United States, are diagnosed each year. In a new interview with CMRubinWorld, Dr. Brian Fallon, Director of the Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center reveals that despite the challenges to find a cure…

Conscientious parents constantly remind their children to brush and floss, and routinely schedule dental checkups to make sure their teeth and gums are healthy – and staying that way. But youngsters aren’t the only ones who who can use such reminders. Older Americans need to put a priority on their oral health as well, and…

More than 70 percent of Americans over the age of 65 will need long-term health care services, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Yet, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute, only 13 percent of those who received professional home health care had long-term insurance policies, which can protect seniors from…

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men with approximately 165,000 new cases each year and over 29,000 deaths, according to the American Cancer Society. The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF)  is an independent, volunteer panel of national experts convened by the federal government that rates the effectiveness of preventive screenings and tests,…