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State law to reduce food waste has Bay Area food banks starving for better distribution
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SB 1383 aims to achieve a 75 percent reduction in organic waste in landfills by 2025, as well as a 20 percent diversion of edible food.California
For medically vulnerable families, inflation’s squeeze is inescapable
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Families living with chronic diseases have little choice but to pay more for the medicine, supplies, and food they need to stay healthy.COVID-19
California monkeypox response is bumpy, but builds on COVID lessons
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Monkeypox tests and vaccines are in short supply as public health officials grapple with red tape and short supplies.women
Women’s reproductive health professionals fight for more abortion training in California
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A recent state bill aims to grow a network of diverse clinicians trained in abortion and sexual and reproductive health care.gavin newsom
Bounty hunting: Foes of guns and abortion resurrect an old idea
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Texas put a bounty on abortion providers and California did the same for illegal gun sales, but critics point to bounties' long and troubled history.California
COVID sewage surveillance labs join the hunt for monkeypox
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Wastewater testing has been a reliable early alarm bell for COVID outbreaks.Bay Area
With financial aid as an incentive, state to begin recruiting 10,000 more school counselors
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Even before the COVID pandemic, there was a shortage of counselors, especially in rural schools and those serving Latino and Black students.COVID-19
COVID-19 guidance for schools likely to be relaxed with CDC shift ahead
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Plans include lessening the emphasis on regular screenings at schools, according to CNN.Bay Area
