Sacramento County Local News: Health

12/07/2022
Ernest E. Tschannen Eye Institute is now accepting patients at the Y Street UC Davis Health campus in Sacramento.

11/29/2022
To help patients who are financially strapped, California lawmakers decided to stiffen state requirements for hospitals to offer free or discounted care.

11/22/2022
Just 67 percent of 12- to 17-year-olds and and 38 percent of 5- to 11-year-olds have had the primary two-shot COVID-19 vaccine series.

11/20/2022
Stanford launches the nation’s first study of an antiviral strategy for long COVID.

11/20/2022
California Attorney General Rob Bonta wants to target racial discrimination in health care, including through an investigation of software programs and decision-making tools used by hospitals to treat patients.

11/20/2022
The bill, which takes effect in July, was sponsored by the California Labor Federation, California Teamsters Public Affairs Council, and the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor.

11/20/2022
Research published Nov. 14 in the journal JAMA Neurology shows that Black adults experience brain aging much quicker than other groups. Researchers concluded that chronic exposure to social and economic discrimination could be the cause.

11/14/2022
According to a report by the American Lung Association, mixed results slate California as the worst state in the country for lung cancer treatment.

11/13/2022
Attorney General Rob Bonta sues manufacturers of PFAs, nicknamed “forever chemicals” because they never biodegrade. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl are present in the bloodstream of nearly all Californians, and are present in a number of household objects; they’ve been linked to birth defects and numerous cancers.

11/02/2022
RSV stands for respiratory syncytial virus. It can be dangerous to elders and young children alike; here’s what you need to know.

10/24/2022
As the number of COVID-19 infection surged during the pandemic, deaths from heart attacks rose sharply as well, with adults ages 25-44 experiencing the most significant increases, according to new research from scientists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

10/23/2022
“It's a cloak-and-dagger, spy-versus-spy game. … These variants that are bubbling up now are trying to get past some of our immunity."

10/20/2022
Kaiser healthcare workers voted to approve a new contract after 10 long weeks on the picket line.

10/19/2022
Gas stoves in California homes are leaking cancer-causing benzene, researchers found in a new study, though they say more research is needed to understand how many homes have leaks.

10/18/2022
A study by researchers at UCLA and the University of Chicago says that California’s wildfires of 2020 destroyed 4.2 million acres of forest—and erased years of progress the state made on battling climate change.

10/17/2022
After more than two-and-a-half years, California is retiring its COVID-19 emergency proclamation. Governor Gavin Newsom will lift the state of emergency declaration on Feb. 28.

10/04/2022
Even as fentanyl overdoses among young people have skyrocketed, health education remains optional in most California schools. “Prevention is not always prioritized,” says Dareen Khatib, co-chair of the California Health Education Community of Practice.

10/02/2022
in 2017, the Rio Linda Elverta Community Water District and the Sacramento Suburban Water District filed claims in the US District Court for the Eastern District of California against the Federal Government and private sector defendants relating to hexavalent chromium pollution at the former McClellan Air Force Base.

09/26/2022
Kaiser Permanente announced an expansion into Folsom, saying that it will build a comprehensive care center. The proposal makes Kaiser the third major health system to expand into the fast-growing city.

09/22/2022
With so many students requiring mental health support and school districts confronting mental health clinician shortages, local organizations are stepping up to bridge the gap for students of color.