Young men want to get big. For some, it’s becoming an obsession
Some teen boys are determined to grow more muscular to match their social media idols.
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North Richmond hit hard by federal grant cancellation
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.
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Beyond Meatless Mondays: What Climate-Conscious Eating Needs to Take Off
Many understand the health and climate risks of meat consumption. So why aren’t reduced-meat diets the norm?
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What’s in the Air? Pixley Residents Know, but the State Doesn’t Want to See
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?
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Skin-scare: The concerning rise of skincare marketing to children
Health experts have taken notice and spoken out about the physical harm that skin care products, which are marketed to young girls, can cause.
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Medication abortion: a battle between stockpiling and state restrictions
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.
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Shedding light on the need for sun safety in schoolsÂ
California schools don’t all teach students about preventing skin cancer. A dermatologist at Stanford hopes augmented reality technology can change that.
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Barriers to US suburban Mpox vaccination persist amidst global emergencyÂ
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
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Historically allied CA healthcare groups split over proposition 35Â
Advocates say that promising Medi-Cal funding to providers with Proposition 35 will encourage more physicians to see low-income patients.
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San Mateo County To Expand Police and Behavioral Health Provider Partnership ProgramÂ
The program, the Community Wellness and Crisis Response Team was piloted in 2022 amid calls to increase community resources for mental health in policing after the county experienced a surge in mental health related 911 calls during the pandemic.
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More than 800,000 Californians Have Lost Medi-Cal Coverage This Year
The majority lost coverage due to procedural reasons, such as failing to return their forms in time or returning forms with incomplete or inaccurate information, according to state data.
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Kaiser Executives and Unionized Healthcare Workers Reach Tentative Agreement
REDWOOD CITY – Following a three-day national strike, Kaiser Permanente executives and unionized healthcare workers reached a tentative labor agreement on October 13, halting moves towards a second strike in early November. The 85,000 healthcare workers represented by the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions will vote on the tentative agreement in a ratification process set
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