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Los Angeles Daily News — Wildfires, heat, food insecurity, lack of medical care affect Californians’ health: UCLA survey — October 16, 2026

Wildfires, heat, food insecurity, lack of medical care affect Californians’ health: UCLA survey — Los Angeles Daily News — October 16, 2026

This story features a range of newly released 2025 data from the California Health Interview Survey that was presented during the annual data release webinar. It appeared in all of the Southern California Newspaper Group newspapers (which include the Orange County Register and Riverside Press Enterprise) as well as Pasadena Now and MyNewsLA.
Features: Ninez A. Ponce, Todd Hughes, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Daily Bruin — Annual UCLA survey responses cover public health issues, including housing, heat — October 16, 2026

Annual UCLA survey responses cover public health issues, including housing, heat — Daily Bruin — October 16, 2026

This story spotlights California Health Interview Survey data documenting the impact of wildfires in California, usage of air conditioning during heat waves, immigrants' utilization of healthcare, and vaping among young adults.
Features: Ninez A. Ponce, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Spectrum News 1: "In Focus SoCal" — Navigating changes to Medi-Cal; Making Long Beach more accessible — October 12, 2026

Navigating changes to Medi-Cal; Making Long Beach more accessible — Spectrum News 1: "In Focus SoCal" — October 12, 2026

This story cites a statistic about how the number of Californians without insurance may potentially double to almost 15% by 2030, according to a report by the California Simulation of the Insurance Markets (CalSIM) a project of the the UC Berkeley Labor Center and UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
Features: California Simulation of Insurance Markets (CalSIM)

San Francisco Examiner — UCLA report estimates Latino households to be hit hard by safety-net changes — October 12, 2026

UCLA report estimates Latino households to be hit hard by safety-net changes — San Francisco Examiner — October 12, 2026

Arturo Vargas Bustamante, faculty research director at the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute and senior fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, offered expert analysis on how many Latinos are expected to disenroll from social safety net programs. The report he co-authored cites data from the California Health Interview Survey.
Features: Arturo Vargas Bustamante, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Los Angeles Times/KFF Health News — Medicaid reckoning awaits next California governor after program’s rapid expansion (paywall) — October 9, 2026

Medicaid reckoning awaits next California governor after program’s rapid expansion (paywall) — Los Angeles Times/KFF Health News — October 9, 2026

CalSIM estimates about the number of Californians who could lose health insurance over the next four years were cited in this story. CalSIM is a joint project of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the UC Berkeley Labor Center.
Features: California Simulation of Insurance Markets (CalSIM)

Health IT Consultant — Telehealth was built for two. Interpreted care requires three — October 8, 2026

Telehealth was built for two. Interpreted care requires three — Health IT Consultant — October 8, 2026

Data from the California Health Interview Survey on how patients with limited English proficiency are less likely to use telehealth appointments was cited in this column from Philip Rosen.
Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

KFF Health News — ‘It’s triage’: California’s next governor will face destabilizing surge in uninsured — October 12, 2026

‘It’s triage’: California’s next governor will face destabilizing surge in uninsured — KFF Health News — October 12, 2026

A California Simulation of Insurance Markets (CalSIM) report that projects the uninsured rate among Californians under 65 to nearly double by 2030, was cited in this story about a key challenge for the governor who will success Gavin Newsom.
Features: California Simulation of Insurance Markets (CalSIM)

Mother Jones — Fear kept immigrants away from Medicaid. Now many can’t come back. — October 8, 2026

Fear kept immigrants away from Medicaid. Now many can’t come back. — Mother Jones — October 8, 2026

Research led by Arturo Vargas Bustamante, faculty director of research at the UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute and senior fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, was featured in this article about how fewer immigrants are enrolled in Medi-Cal.
Features: Arturo Vargas Bustamante

Science Magazine — Poor neighborhoods linked to higher digestive cancer deaths in Asian American and Pacific Islander Californians — October 6, 2026

Poor neighborhoods linked to higher digestive cancer deaths in Asian American and Pacific Islander Californians — Science Magazine — October 6, 2026

California Health Interview Survey data on colorectal cancer screening rates among Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Californians were cited in this Science Magazine story.
Features: Kekoa Taparra, Cancer, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) Data Policy Lab

Black Voice News — You can “Beat the Odds” of problem gambling — October 8, 2026

You can “Beat the Odds” of problem gambling — Black Voice News — October 8, 2026

California Health Interview Survey data about gambling and problems associated with gambling, such as use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, or mental health problems, were cited in this story in Black Voice News.
Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)