California
Newsom offers a compromise to protect indoor workers from heat
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Revised standards may not become law in time for summer’s intensifying heat.climate change
Vital climate tool or license to pollute? The battle over California’s first carbon capture project
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A project to capture carbon from an oilfield and power plant has divided rural communities.California
California health workers may face rude awakening with $25 minimum wage law
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Some experts are skeptical, however, that the new law will have negative effects.health
Why tortillas sold in California may be forced to add a new ingredient
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California could extend the FDA's mandate to add folic acid to enriched bread to tortillas and foods made with corn masa flour.health
California clinics brace for fallout from Arizona abortion ban
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Even before the ruling, confusion about abortion restrictions brought Arizona patients, and others, to California health care providers, straining some facilities’ staff.Bay Area
They work 80 hours a week for low pay. Now, California’s early-career doctors are joining unions
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Medical residents have a grueling job, typically working 60 to 80 hours a week.California
Attacks on emergency room workers prompt debate over tougher penalties
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Proposed law would increase penalties for attacks on ER workers to match those levied for assaults on EMTs.Health Matters
More kids are dying of drug overdoses. Could pediatricians do more to help?
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Drug use among adolescents has declined -- but drug-associated deaths are up due to fake Xanax, Adderall, or Percocet pills laced with the powerful opioid fentanyl.California
