California News
News stories from the past 60 days.
Nov 12, 2025 - Highlights 2 new California laws aiming to increase access to maternal healthcare services in rural areas. One law creates a 10 year pilot program to operate standby maternity units for emergency care rather than maintaining staff full time. A second law relaxes licensing rules for birth centers. Discusses new maternity care options as a result of the new policies in Plumas County where a maternity ward closed in 2022.
Source: Cal Matters
Sep 27, 2025 - Describes how the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
National Oncology Program expanded access to provide cancer
and cancer survivorship care through most of the 23 Veteran
Integrated Service Network (VISN) regional care systems.
Source: VA News
Last Updated: 11/12/2025