Sacramento County Local News: Health

11/03/2021
As Sacramento County begins to vaccinate children aged 5-11 against COVID-19, many parents have a lot of questions.

10/28/2021
The Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District recently announced the end of Spare the Air season, with its focus now shifting to controlling wood burning days in the region.

10/26/2021
The Black Child Legacy Campaign brought attention to high death rates among Black children in Sacramento and worked to reduce the mortality rate. Chet P. Hewitt, CEO of Sierra Health Foundation, reflects upon its impact.

10/20/2021
On strike since Sept. 18, Kaiser employees in the Local 39 union are fighting to keep their defined-benefit pensions. Said union member Dustin Powell, “Now they’re threatening to take the pension from us, and pull it right out from under our feet.”

10/03/2021
A recent study among major U.S. cities has revealed that Sacramento has had the most smoke days since 2016. The threat to residents’ physical health is real.

09/27/2021
The city of Sacramento will deploy 100 devices to expand community air quality monitoring, particularly in low-income neighborhoods and communities of color disproportionately impacted by air pollution.

09/27/2021
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Sept. 27 that is designed to decrease farmworkers’ exposure to wildfire smoke by giving them access to the state’s stockpile of N95 masks. Assembly Bill 73, authored by Robert Rivas (D-Hollister), designates agricultural laborers as “essential workers.”

09/21/2021
With California state workers returning to the office for the first time since March 2020, dormant pipes in government buildings now pose risk of Legionnaires’ disease.

09/21/2021
Sutter Health’s chief executive announced her retirement Wednesday after a career of bringing the health provider to the top in leadership—but it didn't come without problems.

09/12/2021
Kate Cordell, CEO of Folsom-based Opeeka, assisted in the development of platform that uses artificial intelligence to create a digital story map that predicts strategies for intervention, allowing health care providers to identify trends and patients of all ages to track personal progress.

09/09/2021
Local mosquito control officials announced on Sept. 2 that an invasive mosquito species was discovered in Elk Grove and Orangevale.

08/31/2021
Sacramento-area health offices this week reported backlogs totaling at least a couple of thousand COVID-19 cases spanning much of August, attributed to a technological issue involving one of Northern California’s biggest health providers.

08/31/2021
A majority of Californians supports requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination before entering large outdoor gatherings or certain indoor spaces such as restaurants, bars and gyms, according to a new poll.

08/29/2021
Sutter Health, one of Sacramento's largest healthcare providers, is now paying out approximately $90M in settlements due to Medicare fraud.

08/25/2021
A Harvard University study found evidence linking smoke from wildfires in California, Oregon and Washington in 2020 to rising COVID cases and deaths. They said that fine particulate matter acts as a vehicle for spreading infection and makes existing cases worse.

08/24/2021
A growing number of children are being affected by the coronavirus Delta variant, to the point of being admitted to the hospital. More than 40 children in the Sacramento region have been hospitalized in less than a month.

08/24/2021
With the air quality already bad in El Dorado and Placer counties, Sacramento county is expected to also experience poor levels in the coming days as fires continue to burn.

08/23/2021
With the Delta variant continuing to rage throughout the capital region, testing sites are extending their hours while the county also works to expand testing locations by partnering with local churches and schools.