Nevada County Local News: Health


All Local Health News articles contributed by our local media allies and other local newsrooms.

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05/05/2024
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Nevada County Behavioral, Nevada County Public Health and community partners announced a new countywide mental health and suicide prevention campaign—Mental Health Matters Nevada County.

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05/02/2024
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Harry Weis, President and CEO of Tahoe Forest Health System, announces his future retirement date of January 2, 2026.

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05/02/2024
The Nevada County Wastewater division responded to complaints in the Pleasant Valley Road and Highway 20 area and installed odor-control mechanisms.

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05/01/2024
Various Nevada County agencies and community partners have launched the Mental Health Matters Nevada County campaign.

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04/27/2024
The Nevada County Environmental Health Department is giving away mosquito fish on five Wednesdays and Thursdays between May and July to help control insect larvae in ponds and other standing bodies of water.

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04/24/2024
Newsom-backed bill would allow Arizona abortion providers to practice in California as the Republican-led state restricts access.

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04/21/2024
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Tahoe Forest Health System is pleased to announce that Kristyn McDougall, MSN, FNP-C, has joined their Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine team at the Tahoe Forest MultiSpecialty Clinics in Truckee.

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04/21/2024
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new ad blasts GOP efforts to make it harder for people to leave states with abortion bans and seek treatment elsewhere.

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04/17/2024
Water suppliers say the costs will be massive, with rates increasing for many consumers. Known as the “Erin Brockovich” chemical, hexavalent chromium is found statewide.

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04/16/2024
Chinese Hospital, located in the heart of this city's legendary Chinatown, struggles with many of the same financial and demographic challenges that plague small independent hospitals in underserved areas across the country.

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04/09/2024
These professionals provide essential services, but their pay and working conditions do not reflect their value, and their health suffers.

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03/28/2024
The Nevada County Library and Nevada County Health and Human Service Agency announced a partnership to increase community access to essential agency services at participating library branches.

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03/28/2024
Disputes between insurers and providers can lead to entire hospital systems suddenly leaving the plans.

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03/28/2024
Evictions have exacerbated homelessness nationwide, increasing the rate of homeless infants and toddlers. Most of those children are not enrolled in early education programs.

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03/27/2024
After bringing his story all the way to the University of California Board of Regents, a disabled UC Berkeley student has prompted the UC to ensure emergency evacuation chairs are in every multi-storied building in the 10-university system.

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03/25/2024
Lawyers from the conservative Christian group that won the case to overturn Roe v. Wade are returning to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday in pursuit of an urgent priority: shutting down access to abortion pills for women across the country.

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03/22/2024
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As part of an ongoing dispute between some county officials and the Sierra Harm Reduction Coalition, a nonprofit that distributes clean needles, Narcan and offers other services, Placerville's City Council and the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors both recently passed bans on the operation of needle exchange programs.

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03/22/2024
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From Baldwin Beach in South Lake Tahoe to the West Shore in Rubicon Bay, lead cables are present in Lake Tahoe, and have been for decades.

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03/22/2024
A report on how Nevada County allocated $5.8M of federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding for Community and Economic Resiliency projects.
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