Sacramento County Local News: Health


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

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07/10/2023
California’s more than 170,000 unhoused people often lack the means and mobility to locate and visit a doctor who will accept them. At least 25 street medicine teams throughout the state are trying to fill that gap by providing health care to unhoused individuals in need.

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07/09/2023
When Lloyd Tennison moved from Walnut Creek to Stockton last year, he assumed his coverage under Medi-Cal would be transferred seamlessly. Little did he suspect his transfer would get tangled in red tape, disrupt his care, and saddle him with bills.

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07/07/2023
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State Supreme Court says "burden on employers" outweighs damage from viral illness.

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07/06/2023
The Sacramento Native American Health Center has opened a multidisciplinary health care clinic near Luther Burbank High School in south Sacramento, an area where there’s a shortage of primary care doctor offices.

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07/05/2023
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The California legislature once again prepares to consider single-payer health care.

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07/05/2023
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An innovative program for Medi-Cal patients demonstrates food, when prescribed, can change health outcomes. Why did the state Assembly derail it?

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07/05/2023
Medi-Cal is changing how it pays mental health providers. Many of those providers say they may no longer be able to afford peer support specialists, home visits and other services.

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06/29/2023
California health officials say granting the licenses prevents the eviction of hundreds of residents from their homes and provides oversight provisions, including a two-year monitoring period.

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06/27/2023
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Here's who gets help and what takes a hit in the new $310 billion proposed state budget.

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06/27/2023
Data collected from abortion providers since Roe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022 shows California is performing an average of 473 more abortions per month than it was in the months before the Dobbs decision.

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06/26/2023
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Hot temperatures kill employees every year and climate change is making work more deadly.

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06/26/2023
Image for display with article titled More California Prisoners Request Gender-Affirming Health Care, Including Surgeries

A 2017 policy has led to a 234 percent increase in the transgender prison population.

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06/25/2023
A federal lawsuit alleges that health insurance giant Cigna used a computer algorithm to automatically reject more than 300,000 payment claims without examining them individually as required by California law.

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06/23/2023
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Earlier effort to ban underage marriage was thwarted by civil liberties advocates

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06/21/2023
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted the analysis that revealed significant variations in the prevalence of diagnosed depression , ranging from an estimated 12.7% in Hawaii to 27.5% in West Virginia.

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06/21/2023
Place County’s first West Nile virus cases of 2023 were detected in Roseville in a sample of dead mosquitoes and a dead bird, the Placer Mosquito and Vector Control District said.

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06/20/2023
The spending change would prioritize housing for homeless people, which children's mental health advocates fear will cut their funding.

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06/16/2023
Image for display with article titled California’s Next Abortion Battleground: ‘Crisis Pregnancy Centers’

Abortion rights advocates say the centers mislead vulnerable women about their pregnancy options.

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06/09/2023
Image for display with article titled A Catastrophic Hunger Crisis? California Food Banks Flooded by Families Seeking Help

With pandemic benefits ending, food banks have become supermarkets for thousands of Californians.

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06/07/2023
Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District announced June 5 that the first mosquito sample of the season has tested positive for West Nile virus.