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The Editorial Board, THE SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/editorials/story/2023-04-27/california-medical-board-reforms-doctor-discipline-bonita-case Operating under a bright spotlight, the Medical Board of California — the agency charged with protecting health care patients through licensing, regulation...

By Tom Kisken, VENTURA COUNTY STAR https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2023/04/27/oxnard-california-parents-medical-reform-daughters-death-criminal-charges/70117200007/ Judy Gorcey wants change. Her 36-year-old daughter, Megan Espinoza, died after her heart stopped during breast implant surgery four years ago. Prosecutors charged San Diego-area...

Paul Sisson, SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/health/story/2023-04-24/big-changes-proposed-for-state-board-that-investigates-doctors-patient-notification-still-not-on-the-list The Medical Board of California may soon get a significant boost to its enforcement powers, but some are already saying that proposed changes do...

By Kaitlin Reilly, YAHOO LIFE https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/informed-birth-consent-violence-215539514.html Consent in the medical field is vital to ensuring a patient’s comfort and safety. Some people, however, are sounding the alarm about what they believe...

Statute bars medical board from restoring licenses revoked from sex offenders' By Cheryl Clark, MED PAGE TODAY https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/100935 A new California law prohibits the state's medical board from granting a license to...

By Patrick Hoff, LAW 360 https://www.law360.com/health/articles/1518877/cvs-can-t-escape-hiv-patients-disability-bias-suit CVS Pharmacy can't avoid a proposed class action alleging its prescription drug benefits program discriminates against people with HIV and AIDS, as a California federal judge said the company's separate corporate entities can't shield...

The Latinx families lost young mothers due to complications during pregnancy and childbirth. By Kerry Klein, KVPR NPR Central California May 12, 2022 https://www.kvpr.org/health/2022-05-12/kern-county-supervisors-raise-alarm-about-maternal-mortality-alongside-bereaved-family-members The Kern County Board of Supervisors has declared May...

By Melody Gutierrez, LOS ANGELES TIMES April 27, 2022 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-04-27/california-malpractice-payouts-would-rise-under-deal-to-avoid-costly-ballot-fight SACRAMENTO — Cash payments in California medical malpractice cases would go up for the first time in nearly five decades under a deal between...

By Ellen Snortland, PASADENA WEEKLY March 30, 2022 https://www.pasadenaweekly.com/opinion/columnists/it-s-a-dumb-blonde-world/article_185fe332-afde-11ec-b7c8-f799d37c2b35.html Hoopla! My favorite brick-and-mortar gift store in Altadena now has pro-Ukrainian and anti-Putin merch. They have a card that says, “(Expletive) Putin! Also…...

By Alexei Koseff, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE March 22, 2021 https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Politically-connected-appointees-win-confirmation-16045174.php SACRAMENTO - California legislators approved three politically connected appointees Monday to the state board that licenses and regulates doctors, seven months after Gov. Gavin...