health care

Farmworkers in the Central Valley often face heightened health risks due to their hard labor, but many don’t have easy access to health care. A group of high-schoolers in Bakersfield are finding solutions on their own.

Nearly a year ago, Madera Community Hospital shut its doors and filed for bankruptcy.

A consulting group was offered up to create a reopening plan for Madera Community Hospital. But KVPR’s Soreath Hok reports the Madera County Board of Supervisors turned down the idea.

The Visalia-area hospital has less than 90 days of cash on hand as it tries to find a path forward amid ’devastating’ financial conditions.

Both counties were already experiencing a surge of patients with respiratory illnesses. But after the Madera hospital shut down, one county was left wondering what happens now and the other tending to more patients than it could handle.

Faced with bankruptcy, services at Madera Community Hospital and its three rural clinics are set to shut down. First responders were already preparing for a deluge of emergencies associated with the looming closure.

The only general hospital in rural Madera County will close, in a move that is expected to trigger negative effects on residents relying on its medical care.

The Fresno City Council voted 5-1 to allocate state money designated for local nonprofits, despite public outcry over Planned Parenthood funding.

The union representing 2,000 Kaiser Northern California mental health workers announced plans to strike, citing high workloads and long waits for patients.

The California Department of Health Care Services has rolled out a new program to help some low-income residents eliminate asthma triggers in their homes. Five months later, families in the San Joaquin Valley are struggling to get these services.