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Sick Profit: Investigating private equity’s stealthy takeover of health care across cities and specialties
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Private equity firms have shelled out almost $1 trillion to acquire nearly 8,000 health care businesses, in deals almost always hidden from federal regulators.Bay Area
Bonta sues manufacturers of ‘forever chemicals’
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Suit alleges manufacturers continued to produce the chemicals despite knowing their harm.Bay Area
State health officials urge preventative measures for flu, COVID, RSV
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Residents are encouraged to get vaccinated against COVID and the flu.gavin newsom
Poverty drops in California but only because of child tax credit, COVID relief funds
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With the assistance, 3.9 million Californians stayed out of poverty, according to researchers.COVID-19
California faces triple threat of respiratory illnesses
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A convergence of rising influenza, RSV, and COVID-19 infections could come to a head in winter.Bay Area
Going electric: Opponents clash as California aims to force diesel trucks off the road
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A proposal before state regulators would ban gas-fueled truck sales and make large trucking firms convert to electric within two decades.Bay Area
Would Prop. 1 allow abortions after fetal viability? Legal experts say no
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Proponents say that passing the proposition enshrines the right to abortion into the California Constitution so that a future court cannot take it away.Featured in Category
An abortion rights question on the California ballot revives the debate over ‘viability’
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The leading advisory group for OB-GYNs removed the term viability from its guidance on abortion in May.Bay Area
