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Can a monthly injection be the key to curbing addiction? These experts say yes
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In California, where overdose deaths are on the rise, administering anti-addiction medication as a monthly injection holds tremendous potential.COVID-19
A guide to help you keep up with the omicron subvariants
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How different are the seemingly endless stream of emerging omicron subvariants from one another and how protected are we?Health Matters
As overdoses soar, more states decriminalize fentanyl testing strips
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Bans of the strips — on the books in about half of states, experts say — stem from laws criminalizing drug paraphernalia adopted decades ago.California
California’s youngest children need more mental health support, advocates say
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The mental health of children under 5 has typically been overlooked when it comes to state funding.COVID-19
Children’s hospitals grapple with wave of mental illness
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The disruption to daily life caused by the pandemic has increased the number of children seeking mental health care.COVID-19
COVID dangers intensify: California now in ‘deep dark part of the tunnel,’ top health official says
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As a new, highly infectious coronavirus variant appears in California, state health officials try to speed up vaccine distribution.COVID-19
