Santa Cruz County Local News: Health


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

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08/26/2024
About 4 in 10 Californians are carrying medical debt. Lawmakers are advancing a bill that would prevent that debt from affecting credit scores.

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08/25/2024
Birth centers are popular options for families who want to deliver a baby outside of a hospital. Nineteen of them closed in California in the past decade, deepening the state’s maternity care crisis.

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08/16/2024
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In-home caregivers to older or disabled residents are demanding higher pay from Santa Cruz County leaders. Workers wearing union colors flooded an Aug. 13 Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors meeting amid ongoing contract negotiations. 

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08/15/2024
On August 15, Santa Cruz County Health Officials announced the detection of animal tranquilizer mixed with Fentanyl in the local illicit drug supply.

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08/14/2024
After a July 2023 diagnosis of bladder cancer, Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley underwent a year of treatment without missing a single city council meeting. On August 8, he learned his cancer had been eliminated.

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08/14/2024
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the expansion of a 2022 composting toilet pilot program.

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08/07/2024
The chemical, used for decades, can harm babies’ developing brains. Farmworkers and people living near fields are most at risk. The EPA issued a rare emergency order.

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08/01/2024
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Santa Cruz city voters in November will decide whether to tax the distributors of soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages to discourage consumption and potentially raise $1.3 million annually for city services.

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08/01/2024
About 80 Californians die every year after contracting Valley fever, a fungal disease that typically affects the lungs. A recent outbreak was traced to a music festival in Kern County.

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07/25/2024
After years of delay, a new California regulation to protect indoor workers from extreme heat is now in effect.

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07/24/2024
Santa Cruz County Health officials report that COVID numbers in the county remain high.

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07/24/2024
The first two human cases of West Nile virus this season were reported in Yuba and Stanislaus Counties.

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07/24/2024
In partnership with the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Dominican Hospital is participating in a new physician residency program.

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07/22/2024
State officials have issued an advisory on local shellfish on July 23 and a red tide has been reported off Rio Del Mar and Seacliff beaches.

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07/19/2024
The California Department of Public Health has issued a warning not to eat recreationally harvested shellfish gathered from Monterey Bay counties.

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07/18/2024
The Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency noted a drop in local COVID rates following a surge in June.

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07/17/2024
California State Hospitals can bill patients for the care they receive during confinement. The charges often run in the tens of thousands of dollars, putting vulnerable people in debt for years.

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07/13/2024
A multi-part series examining the impact of fentanyl and opioids in Santa Cruz County.

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07/10/2024
Taking advantage of new state funds, some California healthcare providers are starting to offer what their homeless patients really need: housing.

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07/09/2024
The Santa Cruz County Health Department issued an alert on July 8 warning of possible measles exposure risk.