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The Art From The Heart fundraiser to help young HIV-positive students attend college will take place on Sept. 29 at the Apothic Heart Tattoo Collective. We preview the event with Capital City AIDS Fund President Joyce Mitchell.

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Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

News Network: Rural Suicide Project Gets People Talking

September 25, 2018

CapRadio Health Care Reporter Sammy Caiola and Amador County Mental Health Programs Coordinator Stephanie Hess recap our project on rural suicide and tell us how the county is moving forward.

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Health Care Package Gets Gov. Brown’s Signature, ‘Public Option’ Still In The Cards

September 24, 2018 | Sammy Caiola

New laws regarding Medi-Cal work requirements, barebones health plans, insurance company spending and universal health care got Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature over the weekend.

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As Concussion Concerns Grow, CDC Issues New Guidelines For Treating Student Athletes With Head Injuries

September 24, 2018 | Sammy Caiola

As California schools change youth sports protocols to prevent concussions, doctors are also taking a closer look at how to treat these injuries in kids.

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Maternal Mental Health Issues Affect One In Five New Moms. These California Bills Could Point Them To Treatment

September 21, 2018 | Sammy Caiola

California could soon require doctors to screen moms for postpartum depression and other disorders. If left untreated, maternal mental health challenges can lead to poor birth outcomes and childhood behavioral issues.

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Rural Suicide

How Suicide Trainings, Community Connections Could Patch Holes In Amador’s Mental Health Safety Net

September 13, 2018 | Sammy Caiola

Amador County residents and social service providers say there’s a serious lack of services and awareness around mental illness in the community. They’re planning to use a special cache of leftover state funding to solve the problem.

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California Has One Of The Nation's Highest Poverty Rates, Again

September 12, 2018 | Sammy Caiola

Experts say a combination of increasing government assistance programs and policies to lower housing costs would be necessary to bring California’s poverty rate down.

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Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

CapRadio Healthcare Reporter Examines Rural Suicide In Amador County

September 11, 2018

CapRadio Healthcare Reporter Sammy Caiola is spending six months reporting on the high rate of suicide in Amador County and how residents are trying to tackle it.

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Rural Suicide

The ‘S’ Word: How Suicide Is Devastating Amador County And Rural Communities

September 10, 2018 | Sammy Caiola

Amador has the third-highest suicide rate of any county in California — about three times the state average and the top 20 counties on the list are some of the most remote and least populous places in the state.

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