California’s surgeon general has unveiled an initiative to reduce maternal mortality and set a goal of halving the rate of deaths related to pregnancy and birth by December 2026. “We have the ...

California has a new top doctor. On Gov. Gavin Newsom’s first day in office in January 2019, he announced that he was creating the position of state surgeon general, which exists in only a few ...

Before that, Ramos met with an enthusiastic group of Latinx faculty, staff, residents, and medical students to share her path to becoming California’s first Latinx surgeon general. While Latinx people ...