Monkeypox resources are scarce in California’s Central Valley
August 17, 2022
While monkeypox vaccines are targeted to the state’s largest cities, where case numbers are highest, other communities are struggling to respond.
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Interview: What Californians can expect with next year’s Covered California changes
August 15, 2022 | Vicki Gonzalez
People covered under Covered California can expect to see health care costs increase by at least 6%. Here’s what else you can expect in 2023.
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Routine COVID-19 testing ends at Sacramento City Unified for upcoming school year
August 15, 2022 | Janelle Salanga
The district will still be providing at-home tests “at least once a month” and continues to offer on-campus testing for symptomatic individuals.
Coronavirus FAQ: I'm confused by the new testing advice! Do it once, twice ... thrice?
August 13, 2022
The FDA issued revised guidance about how often to test after exposure to someone with COVID or after symptoms occur. It's not exactly the same as what the CDC says. What's the best way to proceed?
Sacramento County declares monkeypox a local public health emergency in response to rising cases
August 9, 2022 | Janelle Salanga
The emergency declaration allows the county to access funding and be more proactive in its response to the outbreak.
In California, abortion could become a constitutional right. So could birth control.
August 7, 2022
Proposition 1, the constitutional amendment that would enshrine abortion in California’s constitution, would also lock in a right that has gotten less attention: the right to “choose or refuse” contraception.
A California man’s ‘painful and terrifying’ road to a monkeypox diagnosis
August 6, 2022
A Bay Area man described himself as “delirious” from the pain of a quickly spreading rash, but it took six telehealth appointments, one urgent care visit, and two emergency room trips before he was finally diagnosed and treated for monkeypox.
New variants, wastewater data, long COVID: What Sacramento region experts are watching
August 5, 2022 | Janelle Salanga
Experts and public health officials in the Sacramento region share how their approach to COVID-19 is changing as new variants emerge and new tools, like wastewater data, become more important.
White House declares monkeypox a public health emergency
August 4, 2022
Declaring a public health emergency can free up resources to help the administration respond to the monkeypox outbreak. So far more than 6,000 people in the U.S. have been infected.
Citing a Mental Health Crisis Among Young People, California Lawmakers Target Social Media
August 2, 2022
Legislators are considering two bills that address online addiction among children by taking aim at website features such as push notifications and targeted posts. But Big Tech is fighting the effort.
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Damaged and diseased organs: The agency overseeing transplants faces intense scrutiny
August 17, 2022
The agency overseeing organ transplants is under fire. A probe found transplants are canceled over lost or damaged organs, and lax oversight allowed at least 70 people to die by contracting diseases.
Postpartum care falls short for Black women. One mother is trying to fix that
August 16, 2022
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Jade Kearney, CEO and cofounder of She Matters, a digital platform aimed at addressing disparities in postpartum healthcare for Black mothers.
Buy a rural hospital for $100? Investors pick up struggling institutions for pennies
August 16, 2022
Some rural hospitals are in such bad shape, they're selling for next to nothing. One company is snapping several distressed or closed hospitals in rural Tennessee, hoping to turn a profit.
This group's wiped out $6.7 billion in medical debt, and it's just getting started
August 15, 2022
Nonprofit RIP Medical Debt buys up unpaid hospital bills plaguing low-income patients and frees them from having to pay.
How gender-affirming care may be impacted when clinics that offer abortions close
August 14, 2022
After a Planned Parenthood in Knoxville, Tenn., burned down in January, patients relying on gender-affirming care scrambled to find support elsewhere.
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