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Tens of thousands of Kaiser health care workers set to start 5-day strike

By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | October 14, 2025
The strike, over pay and staffing, marks the largest labor action in their union’s 50-year history.

Bay Area scientist Frederick Ramsdell earns Nobel Prize for immune system research

By Gabe Agcaoili | Bay City News

UCLA reclaims hundreds of research grants that Trump cut off over alleged antisemitism

By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters

How to pick the right cosmetic surgeon

By Fred Schulte | KFF Health News

As RFK pushes MAHA, federal cuts shut down California health and nutrition programs

By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters

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AIDS funding at risk: Bay Area HIV providers brace for cuts, warn progress could unravel

By Andres Jimenez Larios | Bay City News | September 12, 2025
Of the estimated 1.1 million people estimated by the CDC to have HIV in the US, approximately 143,254 people, or 12%, live in California.
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Health experts say flu season could hit hard again, urging public to get flu, COVID-19 shots

By Alise Maripuu | Bay City News | September 11, 2025
The COVID-19 vaccine is recommended for everyone aged six months and up, according to the state Department of Public Health.
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Confusion as kids head back to school and RFK Jr. calls the shots on vaccines

By Amanda Geduld | The74.org | September 4, 2025
The country is experiencing some of the lowest childhood vaccine rates and highest levels of public health uncertainty in known memory.
Health Matters

As insurers struggle with GLP-1 drug costs, some seek to wean patients off

By Jamie Ducharme | KFF Health News | September 4, 2025
Conventional wisdom says GLP-1 drugs must be taken indefinitely to maintain weight loss.
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6 things to know about how Gov. Newsom’s CARE Court is working so far

By Marisa Kendall, Jocelyn Wiener and Erica Yee | CalMatters | September 3, 2025
The initiative made big promises about how it would help get the sickest Californians off the streets but only a fraction have enrolled.
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Blue states that sued kept most CDC grants, while red states feel brunt of Trump clawbacks

By Henry Larweh and Rachana Pradhan and Rae Ellen Bichell | KFF Health News | August 26, 2025
California retained every grant the Trump administration attempted to claw back, while Texas remains the state with the most grants terminated.
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Walnut Creek crow is second bird in Contra Costa to test positive for West Nile virus

By Pete Young | Bay City News | August 18, 2025
Transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito, the virus has also been reported in birds in Alameda county.
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Youth suicide has declined since pandemic, but disparities persist for some in California

By Vani Sanganeria | EdSource | August 17, 2025
Students who may need support for depression, anxiety or suicidal ideation are most likely to access services through school.
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Valley fever on the rise: Cases of dangerous fungal infection spread throughout California

By Alise Maripuu | Bay City News | August 17, 2025
Know the symptoms -- it is often under- or misdiagnosed because its symptoms resemble other illnesses that are more common.
California

Covered California health insurance will cost more in 2026. Here’s what’s behind the double-digit increase

By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | August 15, 2025
Federal subsidies, set to expire at year’s end, are partly to blame.
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