Fourteen hospitals across the San Joaquin Valley received top marks in the spring 2026 hospital safety grades issued Wednesday by The Leapfr...

Local reactions to Eric Swalwell’s political swan dive go beyond dismay. By Garth Stapley The Modesto Focus Some who donated to his campa...

Health care leaders across the central San Joaquin Valley fear that federal cuts to Medicaid and state reductions in Medi-Cal benefits repre...

A visit to a hospital emergency room is typically no walk in the park. Along with the stress of a potential medical crisis, patients know th...

The U.S. Congress adjourned for its holiday break without taking action on legislation to forestall the expiration of tax credits that help ...

Turkey is back on the menu at the former Foster Farms plant in Turlock that closed this May and took with it 500 local jobs. Marijke Rowl...

Fresno barber Juan Gonzalez expects to pay more than three times more for health insurance coverage through Covered California than he did i...

Rep. Adam Gray suddenly became one of Congress’ most-watched members Wednesday when he broke ranks with House Democrats by siding with Repub...

Voters in Stanislaus and Merced counties showed less enthusiasm for Proposition 50 than elsewhere in California – to no one’s surprise. Ga...

West Nile virus, a disease that is typically transmitted to people by mosquitos that have fed on blood from infected birds, has so far kille...