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California Panel Holds Up Studies on Psychedelics. Some Researchers Want It Gone

01/19/2024
At the Pacific Neuroscience Institute in Santa Monica, scientists are eager to explore whether a psychedelic chemical found in a toad could help people with depression. But research has been put on hold by the state.

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Environment Health Sustainability

Sludge Compost Is an Increasing Source of Microplastics, Researchers Say

01/18/2024
California winds spread microplastics from natural fertilizers at higher concentrations than previously known, a team of UCLA researchers has found.

From Los Angeles Times...

Environment Health

Harmful Chemicals in Plastics cost U.S. Healthcare $250 Billion a Year

01/17/2024
The chemicals added to plastics are likely contributing more than $250 billion to annual healthcare costs in the United States, researchers say.

From KFF Health News...

COVID-19 Health

Emergency or Not, COVID Is Still Killing People. Here’s What Doctors Advise

01/17/2024
With around 20,000 people dying of COVID in the U.S. since the start of October, the covid clearly isn’t over. However, the crisis response is.

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Public Safety Health Transportation Elections & Politics Government

Can Traffic Deaths in Los Angeles Be Reduced With a Ballot Measure?

01/16/2024
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City council rejected the “Healthy Streets L.A” initiative. Now it’s up to Angeleno voters.

From KFF Health News...

Health Seniors

America’s Health System Isn’t Ready for the Surge of Seniors With Disabilities

01/16/2024
The number of older adults with disabilities that affect their performance of daily tasks will soar in the decades ahead, as baby boomers enter their 70s, 80s, and 90s.

From KFF Health News...

Health Elections & Politics

What Would a Second Trump Presidency Look Like for Health Care?

01/15/2024
On the campaign trail, former President Donald Trump is again promising to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act—a nebulous goal that became one of his administration's splashiest policy failures.

From CalMatters...

Families & Children Health Sports

Parents’ Rights Groups Mobilize as California Advances a Ban on Youth Tackle Football

01/15/2024
The Assembly has until the end of January to decide the fate of the youth tackle football bill, which would prevent kids under 12 from playing the sport to protect them from brain trauma.

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COVID-19 Health Seniors Elections & Politics Resilience

COVID Still Sucks

01/14/2024
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A new book, Donald McNeil Jr.’s ‘The Wisdom of Plagues,’ makes me feel angry that I contracted the disease in what should be the post-COVID era.

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Death on the Roads: Traffic Fatality Crisis Far From Over

01/14/2024
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California in 2024 has implemented two new, potentially important traffic safety laws

From Los Angeles Times...

Health Crime & Justice

California Bill Paves Way for Psychedelic Therapy After Failure to Legalize ‘Magic Mushrooms’

01/13/2024
The move to legalize psychedelics in California appears to be entering a new phase, with incremental steps to permit the drugs in therapeutic settings.

From Los Angeles Times...

Business, Economy & Jobs Health State of California

Newsom Talks Projected $37.9 Billion Deficit

01/10/2024
Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed that lawmakers tap a rainy day reserve and that a minimum wage increase for health care workers be delayed to help the state fight a $37.9 billion deficit. This projection is more than double what Newsom and other officials had anticipated last year.

From Sacramento Bee...

Health Crime & Justice

$10M-Plus Lawsuit Follows Multiple Deaths at Sacramento Jail

01/09/2024
Sacramento attorney Mark Merin has filed a lawsuit on behalf of the family of a man who died in May after being held at the county jail. Other inmates have died in recent years, and the jail is under a federal consent decree to improve its health care.

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Business, Economy & Jobs Health Elections & Politics Community Service & Support

California Legislature Opens 2024 Session With Packed Agenda

01/04/2024
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The budget deficit, fire insurance, reparations, artificial intelligence top early legislative slate.

From Voice of San Diego...

Business, Economy & Jobs Education Families & Children Health Crisis & Personal Support

San Diego County Schools Face Post-Pandemic Funding Woes

01/04/2024
San Diego Unified School District has received more than $700 million in federal and state relief funds since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, with these funds ending, some schools could be facing serious deficits.

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Health Animals Agriculture, Food & Gardening

Avian Flu Outbreak Hammers California Poultry Industry

01/04/2024
An outbreak of the avian flu that began in California in October has killed 5.5 million birds throughout the Golden State. About 20% of the deaths have come in Sonoma County.

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Public Safety Health Transportation Crisis & Personal Support

Golden Gate Bridge Gets Suicide Prevention Barrier

01/03/2024
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Advocates have long urged protective netting at iconic bridge

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Health Elections & Politics Crisis & Personal Support

San Diego County Lacking Behavioral Health Beds

01/03/2024
County leaders in San Diego are gearing up for a March bond measure that could help provide more behavioral health beds. More beds are needed for areas like mental health and detox.

From CalMatters...

Business, Economy & Jobs Health Government

Monterey County Hospitals are So Expensive Even Fully Insured Patients Avoid Them

01/03/2024
High prices at hospitals in Monterey County are “an anomaly even among the most expensive” communities in California. One insurance plan there saves money by paying for members’ travel to other counties for procedures.

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Families & Children Health Elections & Politics

Group to Sue California AG Over Title of Ballot Initiative Seeking to Prohibit Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth

01/03/2024
Leaders of a parental rights advocacy group announced they’re planning to sue California Attorney General Rob Bonta over the way his office has characterized a 2024 ballot initiative they authored.

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