Sacramento County Local News: Health


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

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02/09/2022
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Some things to consider, whether you’re looking to stop completely or engage in “mindful drinking.”

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02/08/2022
A lawsuit over high health care bills seeks as much as $1.2 billion from a large Northern California health system in an antitrust class-action trial. Plaintiffs allege in court documents that Sutter Health abused its market power and “caused enormous adverse economic impacts.”

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02/02/2022
California’s statewide infant mortality has fallen in recent years, but infant mortality among women of color is significantly higher, according to a recent analysis by staff at the California State Senate. A new law seeks to change that.

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02/01/2022
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AB 1400, aka CalCare, aims to leave no Californian without health coverage—but at what cost?

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01/17/2022
For 70 years, forced sterilizations were routinely performed in state-run institutions. The state’s eugenics law was repealed in 1979 and decades later, California is aiming to compensate remaining survivors.

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01/09/2022
Riding a second consecutive year with a projected budget surplus, Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a state spending plan that would funnel money toward programs ranging from fighting COVID-19 to getting more people to drive electric cars.

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01/06/2022
Omicron is quickly moving across the country, resulting in surges of coronavirus cases and increased demand for testing. Areas in Elk Grove, Sacramento and Florin with the postal codes 95624 and 95823 have seen the highest numbers.

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01/05/2022
As the omicron COVID-19 variant continues to spread through California, many are using over-the-counter testing kits. If you test positive, what do you do with your result?

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01/04/2022
The state has extended indoor mask mandate until Feb. 15 in response to the spread of the omicron variant, citing face coverings as a key component of making sure hospitals are not overwhelmed.

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12/27/2021
U.S. health officials have lowered isolation restrictions from 10 to five days for patients with coronavirus. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said the guidance reflects evidence that people are most infectious two days before and three days after symptoms develop.

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12/21/2021
Governor Newsom has expanded state COVID testing hours and availability as Omicron continues to tear through California.

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12/21/2021
CSU and UC employees and students will be required to have boosters in order to come onto campus, it has been announced. Deadline is Feb. 28.

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12/20/2021
Sacramento County has confirmed the first two cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant. The extremely contagious strain’s first U.S. cases were detected in California.

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12/16/2021
Congressional candidate Kermit Jones recently rolled out his healthcare plan proposal. It focuses on, among other things, greater access to medical services for rural residents.

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12/09/2021
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A new variant of the COVID-causing coronavirus is causing fears of a new pandemic wave.

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11/29/2021
With the first Omicron cases hitting U.S. soil, there are things we do and do not know about this new variant.

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11/16/2021
It was reported last year that nine census tracts in Sacramento had large numbers of children below age 6 test positive for lead poisoning, and the Capital City has also one of highest number of positive tests in the state.

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11/12/2021
Governor Newsom is warning that pandemic precautions will need to continue through the winter as Sacramento health officials anticipate another case surge due to poor vaccination rates.

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11/11/2021
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California suffers more than 3,000 deaths on the road every year. It doesn’t have to.

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11/05/2021
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Sam Quinones wrote about opioids in his last book. But now a tidal wave of drugs from Mexican cartels is plaguing ‘The Least of Us.’