Family & Kids
Doctors sound alarm about child nicotine poisoning as vapes flood the US market
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Popular e-cigarettes lack packaging that stops kids from consuming the hazardous nicotine inside.Bay Area
Schools ditching asphalt playgrounds to protect kids from rising heat
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Green spaces provide shade on hot days and can also can improve mental and physical health, one expert says.health
Medical cannabis patients, who paved the way for legalization in California, feel left behind
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Some patients and advocates say the commercial market created by Proposition 64 in 2016 isn’t meeting medical needs.COVID-19
California needs thousands of nurses, but leaders can’t agree on how to fill jobs
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Some hospitals in Southern California have a nurse vacancy rate of 30%, stressing overworked staff and causing some to leave the industry earlier than they planned.Education
When ‘culture wars’ rip through California school boards, should the state intervene?
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California gives school boards a lot of local control, but some recent events have pushed the state to rein that in.California
‘A lifesaving tool’: California’s new mental health crisis line sees a surge in calls
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Since the "988" line launched a year ago, crisis centers have received more than 280,000 calls, twice as many as any other state.Featured in Category
New weight loss drugs carry high price tags and lots of questions for seniors
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Nearly 40% of Americans 60 and older are obese.health
How California is fighting meth with gift cards
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An experimental new program targets methamphetamine addiction by rewarding patients for negative drug tests.California
