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“In 2020, Allina spent less than half of 1 percent of its expenses on charity care, well below the nationwide average of about 2 percent for nonprofit hospitals, according to an analysis of hospital financial filings” nytimes.com/2023/06/01/bus…

At least 90% of adults experiencing homelessness in California became homeless while a resident, dispelling a common misconception that homeless people migrate to the state. 📝: Angela Hart californiahealthline.org/news/article/c…

Today's decisions from the Supreme Court on Affirmative Action represent a significant setback for Civil Rights in the U.S. and are a cornerstone of the conservative movement's coordinated effort to roll back access to opportunity for systemically marginalized Americans.

Our favorite planet has now seen 20 days in a row breaking the modern-day record high-temperature of 16.924°C (62.46°F) set on July 24, 2022. This global heatwave is likely the hottest 20-day stretch in the last 100,000+ years.

Robotic Curriculum Harbor-UCLA Surgery commence! Love seeing all the learning that will translate to excellent patient care in the future. Minimally Invasive Surgery education rules! Christian de Virgilio MD FACS Christian Perez Alex Schwed Jeff Nahmias MD MHPE FACS FCCM Carle General Surgery Residency Program Vahagn C. Nikolian, MD SAGES is in Tampa in 2026!

Most Latino and Black college students attend / start at community college in California Dr. Michael Galvez + myself are both medical subspecialists + community college grads from the Bay Area, CA Medical schools CAN consider community college as a strategy to diversify

The great Bob Dylan!

LA County is looking to fill the role of Executive Director for our newly formed LGBTQ+ Commission! There is no more important time than now for this Commission to get to work. Learn more about the role here: bit.ly/49fRhBF

Big congrats Yogita Goyal pocothought & contributors. Cover image of Alison Saar’s White Guise is astonishing L.A. Louver Cambridge University Press

This morning, we celebrated the groundbreaking for a new 347-bed, seismically upgraded, state of the art Harbor-UCLA Hospital that is expected to be completed by 2028. (1/4)

“If there is anything scholars agree on, it is that existing notions of black identity, community, and culture have diversified and splintered beyond recognition…” Yogita Goyal on the difficulty of categorizing contemporary African American literature. lithub.com/splintered-bey…

As India (so-called largest democracy in the world) goes to the polls under BJP’s dire threat to democracy, Arundhati Roy’s prescience about the perils of authoritarianism are as urgent as ever. Los Angeles Review of Books⁩ ⁦pocothought⁩ ⁦Eric Newman⁩ lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-nove…

These L.A. health teams go door to door with a question: What do you need? latimes.com/california/sto…

When the same company owns the insurer, the PBM, the pharmacies, and more…. ftc.gov/system/files/f… FTC

Mount Fuji experienced its first snowless October in 130 years.

Cuts to health programs made by the second Trump administration are already having an impact at the state and local level. Live from Association of Health Care Journalists's #HJ25, Rachel Nuzum, Berenice Nuñez Constant, and Anish Mahajan join #WTHealth host julie rovner to discuss. kffhealthnews.org/news/podcast/w…