After leucovorin got public attention as a potential autism treatment, families rushed to get it. Many doctors are torn about prescribing an unproven drug but don’t want to lose patients’ trust. Michal Ruprecht, a Stanford Global Health Media Fellow, reports for NPR. Read the full story here.
As parents clamor for a treatment touted for autism, doctors hesitate to prescribe it Read More »
After the construction of a West Oakland coal terminal was approved by the California Supreme Court in September, members of environmental group 350 East Bay Area have renewed a decade-long movement to keep potentially carcinogenic coal out of the Bay. Many anti-coal advocates were disappointed this fall, after the Court decided not to review a
Oakland environmentalists plan last-resort protests against coal terminal Read More »
PALO ALTO – Students and community members urged the Palo Alto City Council to educate the public about the health risks of gas stoves. “We’re feeding chemicals into people’s homes that injure kids’ lungs. We need to educate the public who don’t know this to let them have a choice,” chemical engineer and resident Sven Thesen said at the council
PALO ALTO – The Palo Alto City Council moved to replace existing synthetic turf at El Camino Park with cork turf at its Jan. 12 meeting, rejecting the recommendations of county health authorities who recommended that the city install grass. In a presentation to the council, Division Manager of Open Space, Parks and Golf Sarah
Palo Alto City Council votes yes on synthetic turf at El Camino Field Read More »
Some teen boys are determined to grow more muscular to match their social media idols.
Young men want to get big. For some, it’s becoming an obsession Read More »
On May 2, despite months of advocacy from residents and local and state representatives, Contra Costa County received word that the EPA had formally terminated a $19 million Community Change Grant that was awarded to North Richmond and the neighboring City of Richmond in January.
North Richmond hit hard by federal grant cancellation Read More »
Many understand the health and climate risks of meat consumption. So why aren’t reduced-meat diets the norm?
Beyond Meatless Mondays: What Climate-Conscious Eating Needs to Take Off Read More »
In California’s San Joaquin Valley, industrial dairies are releasing harmful pollutants with little oversight. Lacking air monitors and enforcement, nearby farmworker families face serious health risks. Will regulators look the other way?
What’s in the Air? Pixley Residents Know, but the State Doesn’t Want to See Read More »
Health experts have taken notice and spoken out about the physical harm that skin care products, which are marketed to young girls, can cause.
Skin-scare: The concerning rise of skincare marketing to children Read More »
Aid Access, a tele-health provider of abortion pills received 10,000 requests for medication abortion on Nov. 6. Similarly Plan C an organization that informs women on how to obtain abortion pills at home documented a 500% increase in traffic to the company’s site.
Medication abortion: a battle between stockpiling and state restrictions Read More »
California schools don’t all teach students about preventing skin cancer. A dermatologist at Stanford hopes augmented reality technology can change that.
Shedding light on the need for sun safety in schools Read More »
SAN MATEO — As cases of Mpox rise abroad, residents in San Mateo County still face barriers to getting vaccinated. This low uptake comes as a more severe strain of Mpox, Clade IB, surges in the Congo with first confirmed spreading to Germany and the UK last week. There are no reports of any Clade
Barriers to US suburban Mpox vaccination persist amidst global emergency Read More »
