health California sues crisis pregnancy centers over ‘abortion pill reversal’ claims By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | September 22, 2023 California Attorney General Rob Bonta says the claims are false advertising that misleads vulnerable patients.
California More college campuses leveraging the outdoors to support student mental health By Noah Lyons | EdSource | September 22, 2023 Mental health practitioners say a dose of sunlight-derived vitamin D can help students dealing with stress, mental health issues.
Bay Area Wildfire smoke sparks air quality advisory, PUSD sports cancelled By Bay City News and Exedra Staff | September 19, 2023 Hazy skies forecast to continue through Wednesday.
health With uptick in patients, these California Planned Parenthood employees want to unionize By Shreya Agrawal | CalMatters | September 19, 2023 Several Southern California clinics estimate 10 percent of their patients travel from states that now restrict reproductive healthcare.
health A $25 minimum wage is in sight for California health care workers under new legislative deal By Ana B. Ibarra | CalMatters | September 12, 2023 How soon these employees may see the $25 hourly wage floor depends on where they work.
California ‘Dr. Google’ Meets Its Match: Dr. ChatGPT By Andrew Leonard | KFF Health News | September 12, 2023 Researchers say AI bots results can be accurate but urge caution in the absence of any regulations.
California Heat-related deaths are up, and not just because it’s getting hotter By Phillip Reese | Kaiser Health News | September 8, 2023 Only once in the last 20 years — the heat wave of 2006 — has the death rate been higher than it was in 2022.
Bay Area 570 California schools targeted for low vaccination rates By Diana Lambert, Daniel J. Willis, and Yuxuan Xie | EdSource | September 7, 2023 More than half of Oakland Unified’s 48 elementary schools and eight of its schools serving seventh graders are on the audit list for 2022-23.
California Ending the suspense: Child trafficking, fentanyl bills can still become law By Alexei Koseff and Sameea Kamaal | CalMatters | September 1, 2023 In rapid-fire votes in suspense file hearings, lawmakers determined the fate of hundreds of bills on crime, transgender students and more.
city Tracking COVID in Piedmont | Aug. 29 By Exedra Staff | August 29, 2023 CDC says updated booster shot coming in mid-September is worth the wait.