Comprehensive Health

L.A. County to offer free meningitis vaccine to low-income residents

2013-04-17 20:55:00

Los Angeles County health officials on Wednesday began offering free meningitis vaccinations to low-income and uninsured residents while downplaying fears about a potential outbreak of the disease. "We really sympathize with the heightened concern...

L.A. County to offer free meningitis vaccine to low-income residents

2013-04-17 14:45:00

Responding to escalating concerns about bacterial meningitis, Los Angeles County health officials announced Wednesday that they are offering free�vaccines to low-income and uninsured residents. The vaccines protect against meningococcal meningitis, a...

New California healthcare laws expand consumer protections

2011-10-11 16:34:23

George Michael: Obamacare - The coming train wreck

2013-05-18 00:00:00

According to one national leader, Obamacare is “a huge train wreck coming down.” You might be tempted to dismiss this quote as another tea party attack on the president’s health care law. But you would be wrong. This statement was...

State bumbles mass mailings for health plan at a cost of $176,254

2013-05-15 07:44:02

Two erroneous mailings to 250,000 Quest health insurance members will cost state taxpayers $176,254. The Department of Human Services Med-Quest Division, which manages the Medicaid health insurance program for low-income residents in Hawaii, said it...

Errors scrub sign-up for insurance

2013-05-14 08:54:04

In a mistake that could prove costly for taxpayers, the state will be forced to send a third mailing to 250,000 Quest health insurance members next month because of problems with two earlier correspondences. The Department of Human Services Med-Quest...

Health services agency celebrates new Okatie center

2013-04-29 11:54:03

A new medical center in Okatie that will provide affordable health care could not have happened without U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, officials said at a dedication ceremony Sunday. Clyburn, the third-ranking House Democrat, delivered the keynote address at...

School nurses dispense Plan B, birth control at NYC schools

2012-09-24 11:07:00

Some New York high schools are offering students a new health service by allowing school nurses to dispense the so-called morning after pill, and other contraceptives. It's part of an effort to reduce the number of teen pregnancies. The program started...

NY high schools offering morning after pills to students

2012-09-25 14:57:00

Some New York high schools are offering students a new service from the school nurse. They are passing out the so-called morning after pill in hopes of curbing unplanned teen pregnancies. Last year, the Health Department decided to make the Plan B...

Kansas abortion clinic gets license after meeting new rules

2011-06-30 14:39:00

The Kansas health department now says that one of its three abortion providers will receive a license to continue performing abortions. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment did not name the provider Thursday. But Planned Parenthood officials...

$1.3 million to be spread among 13 nonprofits

2010-12-03 20:43:07

The Orange County Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced the distribution of about $1.3 million in grants to 13 local nonprofits during a Friday morning breakfast in Santa Ana, according to a Komen news release. The Community Grants Award...

Looking into a way to predict breast cancer risk

2010-05-10 00:00:00

" Breast cancer" is one of the scariest pairs of words a woman can hear. Perhaps that is why so many women opt for the most drastic treatment, a double mastectomy, even when doctors detect a tiny mass that may never cause symptoms. Part of the problem...

Robert E. Wagner has joined the insurance services practice of Hinshaw & Culbertson. Wagner was previously general counsel of the Illinois Department of Insurance from 2003 to 2012 and served as acting director of the agency from late-2011 to early-2012.

2012-07-18 09:20:00