Marian Regional Medical Center

Climate scientists expect more heat waves to hit the Central Coast in the coming years, which could put people’s health at risk. Medical experts say taking precautions can minimize visits to the ER.

Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria has a new residency program to train future doctors on how to treat people who have suffered from human trafficking.

In the third article in our series, supported by the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, KCBX's Rachel Showalter explores the ways an ongoing doctor shortage along the Central Coast and across the state is making access to healthcare to treat air pollution impacts more challenging.

In 2017, Dignity Health nurse, Ashley Agnitch, was pregnant with her second child. She was told during a check-up the news no parent wants to hear. Her unborn child had a genetic ab-normality and was not expected to survive.

Labor Day weekend is here, and beaches along the Central Coast are filling up with visitors. But with rising concerns over the Delta variant, health…

A new facility designed to treat people having mental health crises is opening soon at Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria.Once it opens, the…

An all-volunteer nonprofit focused on supporting those with mental illness and their families is expanding into Santa Maria. The National Alliance on…