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Health advocates are hoping to build a workforce of people living with mental illness to help guide others in need of services toward care. Some people are already doing the work, but a new law would make it a billable service through Medi-Cal.

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State Government

California May Toughen Immunization Rules To Block Measles

March 26, 2019

(AP) — California may give state public health officials instead of local doctors the power to decide which children shouldn't be vaccinated before attending school.

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Health Care

With Fentanyl Deaths On the Rise Nationally, California Is Taking Precautions

March 26, 2019 | Sammy Caiola

Deaths from a powerful synthetic opioid called fentanyl are rising sharply across the U.S. California is taking steps to defy the national trend.

Health Care

A Year After Stephon Clark’s Death, Sacramento Communities Still Want More Safe Black Spaces And Mental Health Resources

March 26, 2019 | Sammy Caiola

The city of Sacramento is moving slowly to train counselors. Meanwhile, community advocates are working to speed up the process and bring safe spaces to neighborhoods.

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Uncovered California

California’s Patchwork Of Care For The Undocumented: Where You Live Matters

March 22, 2019 | Sammy Caiola

While comprehensive care is elusive for the undocumented in all California counties, where a person lives can make all the difference in whether health care is available at all outside of emergency rooms.

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Health Care

Men Are More At Risk For Suicide, And Doctors Are Trying To Get Them To Talk About It

March 11, 2019 | Sammy Caiola

Middle-aged men are at the highest risk for suicide, but they’re also the least likely to talk to their doctors about it. UC Davis doctors are designing a video program to encourage male patients to bring the issue up.

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Health Care

UC Davis Chemists Tested 'Microdoses' Of Psychedelic Drugs On Rats (And It Kind of Worked)

March 7, 2019 | Sammy Caiola

A new study out of UC Davis shows the therapeutic benefits of a psychedelic drug called DMT can be separated out from hallucinogenic effects.

State Government

California Sues To Block New Federal Abortion Restrictions

March 4, 2019

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and other Democratic lawmakers are trying to overturn the new obstacles set up by the Trump administration for women seeking abortions.

Health Care

California Abortion Providers Brace For Financial Blow, Consider Options As Trump Administration’s Title X Regulations Loom

March 1, 2019 | Sammy Caiola

A soon-to-be-published Trump administration policy gives clinics a choice: keep abortion services out of reproductive health care, or forfeit federal funds.

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