Healthcare

Woman told to ration lupus medication during coronavirus outbreak

March 31, 2020 9:28am PDT

Now, there’s a global shortage of the medication leaving one Oakland woman with lupus with a limited supply.

Following gain, California to reopen health coverage signups

February 19, 2020 6:35am PST

This “special enrollment period" will end April 30.

California could be first state to launch its own prescription drug label

January 9, 2020 6:54am PST

Newsom wants California, home to nearly 40 million people, to contract with generic drug companies to make prescription medications on its behalf so it could then sell them to the public. The goal, according to the governor's office, is to lower prices by increasing competition in the generic market.

FDA approves new drug to treat pancreatic cancer

December 31, 2019 5:41pm PST

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved an ovarian cancer drug for the maintenance and treatment of pancreatic cancer, according to AstraZeneca and Merck.

These 5 deadly diseases have made an alarming comeback over the past decade

December 12, 2019 5:26pm PST

Some deadly diseases that seemed headed for eradication in recent decades have been making a scary comeback in the past 10 years.

New Jersey hospital apologizes for kidney transplant mix-up

November 26, 2019 2:54pm PST

Officials say the wrong person was given a kidney transplant at Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Camden, New Jersey. 

New migraine drug shows promise in clinical trial to treat patients with no other options

November 22, 2019 12:11pm PST

Ubrogepant, a new class of drug to treat acute migraine attacks, shows promise to treat patients who have previously lacked other options.

Blood test has potential to provide 5-years-early warning of breast cancer, researchers say

November 5, 2019 5:40pm PST

A simple blood test may be capable of predicting breast cancer risk in women several years before clinical signs begin to appear, according to a promising study out of Nottingham University’s School of Medicine.

Generic Zantac makers halt worldwide distribution after FDA finds possible cancer chemical in drugs

September 19, 2019 5:15pm PDT

Novartis, a Swiss pharmaceutical company, halted worldwide distribution of its generic version of the popular heartburn medication Zantac after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found traces of a possible carcinogen in it.

Colorado woman, 24, in heart failure creates bucket list after 3rd transplant is denied

September 11, 2019 2:12pm PDT

A 24-year-old woman with heart failure who has been denied a third transplant is asking for help in completing a bucket list as her family prepares for the worst.

Couple in their 70s found dead in apparent murder-suicide, left notes about medical bills: officials

August 9, 2019 4:33pm PDT

A 77-year-old Washington man and his 76-year-old wife were found dead a “likely murder-suicide,” as notes were left on the scene about concerns over their high medical bills, according to police.