CA’s “Reduce the Risk” campaign promotes GVROs—protection orders that temporarily remove guns from individuals showing warning signs, bridging mental health, public safety, and justice to help prevent shootings.
Understanding Gen Z’s mental health requires more than blaming social media or COVID-19—it involves addressing intergenerational trauma, structural racism, and economic instability shaping their lived experiences.
By 2030, one-in-four Californians will be over the age of 60. Despite looming cuts, officials say the state remains committed to supporting older adults.
“This isn’t just a bill. It’s a redefinition of who gets to be protected in America and who gets left behind.” — Natasha Sarin, president of the Yale Budget Lab.
Trump's big budget bill is expected to leave 12 million people without healthcare, while undermining the finances of rural hospitals, community health clinics, and nursing homes.
While vaccines are more effective than ever, political polarization is at an all-time high as vaccine-preventable diseases spike under the new administration.
Supporters of Medicaid expansion in Florida are gathering signatures for the 2026 ballot. A new law makes it illegal for non-citizens to participate in that process.
PEPFAR — the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief — has saved more than 26 million lives around the world since its creation in 2003 by President George Bush. However, Congress has not yet reauthorized the program this year.
UCSF infectious diseases specialist Dr. Peter Chin-Hong says HHS recommendations eliminating pregnant women and healthy children from Covid-19 vaccine eligibility are not based on scientific data.
The House has passed the largest cuts to Medicaid in its 50-year history, and has also taken a chainsaw to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Lawyers with the Center for Migrant Rights say farm workers victimized by scammers should seek legal aid to prevent future abuses and potentially find justice.
