1. Education
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Berkeleyside: How Revoking Chinese Student Visas Could Impact California Universities Under the Trump Administration
The Trump administration’s latest vow to “aggressively revoke” Chinese student visas could affect as many 50,000 students in California, a population larger than Palm Springs. Sending those students home would have far-ranging financial impacts. Foreign students not only pay higher tuition than in-state students, but they also feed local economies with the dollars they spend with local businesses. There are intangibles as well: Many of these international students have remained in the US after graduation, with some becoming famous scientists or business leaders. (Echelman, 5/29)

EdSource: California Schools Face 9% Rise in Homeless Students Amid Declining Funding
The number of students experiencing homelessness who were enrolled in California’s TK-12 public schools has jumped over 9% for yet another year, even as overall enrollment rates continue on a downward trend. Nearly 20,000 more homeless students were enrolled by the first Wednesday in October, known as Census Day, during the 2024-25 school year. This increase represents a 9.3% change from the previous school year, and it means the homeless student population in the state has surged 37% in the last decade. (Márquez Rosales, 5/27)

1. Health Care Coverage
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Stat: Overlooked ACA Changes in GOP Tax Bill Could Soon Gain Attention
Enrollment in Affordable Care Act marketplace health plans has more than doubled since 2020, and most of that growth has been in states won by President Trump. House Republicans’ legislative agenda could cut that by one-third and make the insurance more expensive. (Wilkerson, 5/30)

CalMatters: Seniors and Disabled Californians Risk Losing Medi-Cal Over $2,000 in Assets
Cynde Soto, a quadriplegic who requires around-the-clock care, has been on Medi-Cal for most of her life. Recently, she came into a modest inheritance, about $8,000, that has helped cover her daily expenses. But it also means that she would lose her state health insurance under a proposal from Gov. Gavin Newsom. Newsom has proposed restoring a $2,000 limit on an individual’s assets — including savings accounts and property other than a home and a car — and $3,000 for couples to qualify for Medi-Cal. Anyone 65 and older or disabled who exceeds that limit would be ineligible. Newsom also is proposing a cap on how much home care Medi-Cal enrollees like Soto could receive. (Hwang, 5/29)

1. Health Care Industry
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California Healthline: U.S. Doctors Relocate to Canada to Avoid Trump Administration Policies
Canada has seen a surge of American doctors seeking to move north in the months since President Donald Trump returned to the White House. (Kelman, 5/30)

KFF Health News: U.S. Physicians Head to Canada in Response to Trump Administration Policies Earlier this year, as President Donald Trump was beginning to reshape the American government, Michael, an emergency room doctor who was born, raised, and trained in the United States, packed up his family and got out. Michael now works in a small-town hospital in Canada. KFF Health News and NPR granted him anonymity because of fears he might face reprisal from the Trump administration if he returns to the U.S. He said he feels some guilt that he did not stay to resist the Trump agenda but is assured in his decision to leave. Too much of America has simply grown too comfortable with violence and cruelty, he said. (Kelman, 5/30)

Becker's Hospital Review: Nurses Stage One-Day Strike at Three California Hospitals
Registered nurses at MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center and Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Long Beach, Calif., and Alhambra (Calif.) Hospital Medical Center went on strike May 22, a union spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s. The one-day strike involved nearly 200 nurses at Alhambra Medical Center and nearly 2,200 nurses at the Long Beach facilities, according to the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United. (Gooch, 5/23)

Medpage Today: Physician Appointment Wait Times Have Risen Sharply In Recent Years
The average wait time for a physician appointment has dramatically increased in recent years, according to a new survey. Across six medical specialties in 15 large U.S. metropolitan areas, the average wait time for an appointment was 31 days, up 19% since the last survey in 2022 and up 48% since the first survey in 2004, according to AMN Healthcare's 2025 Survey of Physician Appointment Wait Times and Medicare and Medicaid Acceptance Rates. (Henderson, 5/28)

1. AI
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The Washington Post: Experts Say White House MAHA Report May Have Misrepresented Science Through AI Use Some of the citations that underpin the science in the White House’s sweeping “MAHA Report” appear to have been generated using artificial intelligence, resulting in numerous garbled scientific references and invented studies, AI experts said Thursday. Of the 522 footnotes to scientific research in an initial version of the report sent to The Washington Post, at least 37 appear multiple times, according to a review of the report by The Post. (Weber and Gilbert, 5/29)

Becker's Hospital Review: Stanford Med School Dean Highlights 3 Critical AI Priorities
Significant structural reforms to the U.S. healthcare system are required to extract the full benefits of artificial intelligence, Lloyd Minor, MD, dean of the Stanford (Calif.) University School of Medicine, wrote in Harvard Business Review May 27. If current flaws around care delivery and reimbursement persist, AI could amplify — rather than address — clinical inefficiencies, health inequities and misaligned incentives, according to Dr. Minor. (Bean, 5/27)

1. Children’s Health
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CNN: New Study Finds Kids’ Breakfast Cereal Has Become Less Healthy  We all know that breakfast is an important meal, and even more so for children. Abundant research has demonstrated the benefit of nutritious breakfasts on children’s health, well-being and academic performance. Ready-to-eat cereals are the predominant breakfast choice among American children, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Hetter, 5/29)

ABC News: Why Healthy Children Might Still Need Vaccination Despite RFK Jr. Scaling Back COVID Shot Recommendations Earlier this week, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced in a video posted on X that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would no longer be recommending COVID-19 vaccines for "healthy children and pregnant people." In the video, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary said there is no evidence that healthy children "need" the vaccine. National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya also appeared in the video. Public health experts said they were surprised by the way the decision was announced. (Kekatos, 5/29)

Associated Press: Trump Withdraws Approval For Lifesaving Care Of 4-Year-Old Mexican Girl In California, Attorney Claims
The Trump administration has revoked permission for a 4-year-old Mexican girl who receives lifesaving medical care at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to stay in the country, attorneys for the family said on Wednesday. (Taxin, 5/29)

CIDRAP: Study Explores Economic Burden Of RSV Infections In Young Children
A study published yesterday in Eurosurveillance highlights the substantial costs associated with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections in children ages 5 and under. ... Costs were assessed from an outpatient healthcare sector and societal perspective, with the results stratified by country and the age-group of children diagnosed as having RSV. (Dall, 5/23)

1. Language Services
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Cuts To Language Services Spark Concerns Over Medical Errors, Misdiagnoses, And Deaths

Federal cuts are hurting community organizations in California that provide language assistance services to people who speak limited English. Despite President Trump’s executive order declaring English the national language, millions in the U.S. need help navigating the health system. (Vanessa G. Sánchez and Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez, 5/29)

1. LGBTQ+ Health
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Los Angeles Times: Justice Department Probes California’s Policy On Transgender Athletes In Girls’ Sports
The U.S. Justice Department has launched an investigation into whether California, its interscholastic sports federation and the Jurupa Unified School District are violating the civil rights of cisgender girls by allowing transgender students to compete in school sports, federal officials announced Wednesday. The Justice Department is also throwing its support behind a pending lawsuit alleging similar violations of girls’ rights in the Riverside Unified School District, said U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli, who oversees much of the Los Angeles region, and Assistant Atty. Gen. Harmeet Dhillon, who heads the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. (Rector, Mejia and Blume, 5/28)

The Hill: CMS Requests Hospital Data On Gender-Affirming Care For Minors
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) sent letters Wednesday to hospitals that provide transgender care services to children, demanding data on their quality standards and finances. CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz sent letters to “select hospitals,” giving them 30 days to provide specific information on “medical interventions for gender dysphoria in children.” (Choi, 5/28)

1. Research Funding
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Los Angeles Times: California And Democratic States Sue To Block Trump’s Science Research Cuts
California on Wednesday joined 15 other states filing suit against the National Science Foundation and its acting director, alleging the agency has illegally terminated millions of dollars in grants and imposed new fees that have ended or crippled research vital to health, the economy and the advancement of knowledge. The Trump administration has defended its actions as both legal and necessary to align the NSF with the president’s priorities. (Blume, Miller and Kaleem, 5/28)

Stat: Researchers Monitor NIH Funding Cuts Through Grant Watch Database  Before the Trump administration, grant cancellations were a rarity — often reserved for cases of outright fraud or data manipulation. But, just months into the current administration, some 2,100 National Institutes of Health grants, totaling around $9.5 billion, have been terminated. For some time, there was no record of the devastation on the scientific community. (Oza, 5/27)

Times Of San Diego: Trump Research Cuts Harm Promising California Science Students
This spring, the National Institutes of Health quietly began terminating programs at scores of colleges that prepared promising undergraduate and graduate students for doctoral degrees in the sciences. At least 24 University of California and California State University campuses lost training grants that provided their students with annual stipends of approximately $12,000 or more, as well as partial tuition waivers and travel funds to present research at science conferences. The number of affected programs is likely higher, as the NIH would not provide CalMatters a list of all the cancelled grants. (Zinshteyn, 5/26)

1. Vaccines
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CBS News: Health Experts Warn Of Possible Public Health Risks After RFK Jr. Halts COVID Vaccine Recommendations For Kids And Pregnant Women
Health experts are raising concerns about the potential public health impacts after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy announced the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is rolling back COVID-19 vaccination recommendations for kids and pregnant women. ... Kennedy called the latest move "common sense and good science", but some health experts said the restrictions could have some significant public health impacts. Chicago-area doctors call this change unscientific and "incorrect." (Price and Rezaei, 5/28)

1. Autism
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Los Angeles Times: Alongside Acquires San Diego ABA, Broadens Autism Care In Southern California
Fullerton-headquartered Alongside, a leading provider of Applied Behavior Analysis services for children with autism across Southern California, has announced the acquisition of San Diego ABA, a respected provider of autism services in the San Diego region. This strategic acquisition strengthens Alongside’s ability to serve families throughout Southern California by expanding access to high-quality, personalized ABA services in homes, schools and clinics. It represents a continued commitment to clinical excellence, compassionate care and building inclusive communities where children with autism can thrive. (Williams, 5/28)

MedPage Today: Link Found Between Autism and Early-Onset Parkinson’s Disease
People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) had a higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease early in life, a nationwide population-based study in Sweden showed. After controlling for birth year, age, and sex, the risk of Parkinson's disease was four times higher in people with versus without autism (relative risk [RR] 4.43, 95% CI 2.92-6.72), reported Weiyao Yin, MD, PhD, of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, and co-authors, in JAMA Neurology. (George, 5/27)

1. Women’s Health
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CBS News: Study Finds Significant Drop in Mental Health Among U.S. Moms in Recent Years Only about a fourth of moms in the United States say they have "excellent" physical and mental health, according to a new study. The study, published Tuesday in JAMA Internal Medicine, looked at 198, 417 mothers with children age 17 and under, finding large declines in self-reported maternal mental health and small declines in physical health from 2016 to 2023. The health outcomes were measured on a four-point scale, including excellent, very good, good and fair/poor. (Moniuszko, 5/27)