California Health

The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Friday, Aug. 19. One hundred sixty-five predesignated evacuation zones have been created in Glenn County to identify areas under threat in an emergency. Each zone has a three-letter prefix, followed by a number that represents a specific area in the county. Glenn County residents are being asked to look up and memorize their zone.

The influential union is supporting the watered-down seismic standards while the employees it represents receive a wage bump. Other unions are furious.

With their worlds shut down at the onset of the pandemic, Sonja Morse was forced to watch her children cope with anxiety and depression as they struggled with the new normal. "She wasn't going outside," Morse said about her 6th-grade daughter. "We were just in the house. I'm an adult, I can deal with it. Kids are totally different. And you don't know what they're going through because sometimes she wouldn't even tell me."However, it didn't just affect her daughter but her two boys too. "I have two boys who were in sports," she said. "They couldn't do football or basketball."Morse's kids...

“Our board was torn on this policy, but ultimately felt it deserves support — as do the efforts to make it better,” writes The Bee Editorial Board. | Opinion

In single pollutant models and within a 20-year period, 10 out of 29 reviewed pesticides were associated with thyroid cancer, including several of the most widely used ones in the U.S. These included paraquat dichloride, glyphosate and oxyfluorfen. Additionally, the risk of thyroid cancer increased proportionally to the total number...

Governor Gavin Newsom has announced what he calls a 'master plan' to address the mental health crisis among California youth.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced nearly $5 billion for youth mental health as kids head back to school and youth nationwide are reporting more symptoms of depression and anxiety.

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced new efforts to address California kids' mental health including plans to add 40,000 new mental health professionals and 10,000 new school counselors. KTVU's Alex Savidge speaks with Saun-Toy Trotter, program manager at the UCSF Children's Hospital and Resource Center in Oakland about the measure.

State Senator Lindsey Williams says she’s trying to work with Governor Wolf on making free breakfast and lunch permanent - as the federal program providing them expires at the end of the summer.

Reliq Health Technologies (OTCPK:RQHTF) said it signed five new contracts with two home health agencies, two physician practices and a multi-state wound care practice which provides care to patients in Kentucky, California, Florida, Nevada and Texas. The contracts are expected to add at least 10K new patients to Reliq's iUGO...

Daily Harvest recalled its "French Lentil and Leek Crumbles" product after people said it made them sick. Now people are suing the company.

FRESNO, Calif. — California's health care sector could be set to grow with an additional 40,000 mental health workers under Governor Gavin Newsom's $4.7 million "Master Plan for Kids’ Mental Health." The plan unveiled Thursday aims to address the historic rise in reported symptoms of depression, anxiety and...

A California baby girl has beaten the odds to reunite with her twin sister and return home with her family after an extended six-month stay at a hospital in San Diego, according to CBS8. Charlotte and her twin Olivia were born to Joshua and Karla Valliere last December. Problems started...

Blue Diamond Growers of Sacramento, CA, is recalling nearly 350,000 pounds of almonds because of potential Salmonella contamination. The firm’s internal sampling identified a positive Salmonella result on the implicated lots of products. The recall was initiated on Aug. 5 and is ongoing. There is concern that some products...

Yesterday the CDC announced that public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigated a multistate outbreak of hepatitis A linked to imported fresh organic strawberries. These potentially contaminated fresh organic strawberries were imported from Baja California, a state in northern Mexico, and...

Pediatric cases of monkeypox have been reported in states from Florida to California.

Back-to-school season is in full swing, and for many kids, the return to the classroom after two years of anything-but-normal learning brings a lot of anxiety. It's part of a wider national pattern of increased depression and anxiety in children, which California hopes to counter with a new $4.7 billion master plan to help improve mental health services for kids.

With children across California headed back to school, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday unveiled California’s Master Plan for Kids’ Mental Health to ensure all California kids, parents and communities have increased access to mental health and substance use services. Nationally, children are reporting symptoms of depression and anxiety...

Most women can already get free birth control. California lawmakers are debating whether to extend that perk to millions of men. (Rachel Bluth, 8/19 ) Newsom Unveils $4.7B Mental Health Plan For Young Californians: Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday announced a $4.7 billion investment in mental health and substance abuse support for Californians up to age 25. The plan includes training for 40,000 new mental health professionals as well as tuition assistance and loan forgiveness for behavioral health workers. Read more from The Sacramento Bee.