Rare Strain Of Bird Flu Found In California: A new strain of bird flu — H5N9 — has been detected in Merced County at a commercial duck operation. California state veterinarian Annette Jones said the case “is not unexpected or alarming.” However, one virologist called the case “bad news” because it suggests that H5N1 may have combined with another bird flu virus.

Dec 13, 2024 · SACRAMENTO — A growing number of people — many of them older and homeless — are freezing to death during winter. Hypothermia from exposure to cold temperatures was the underlying or contributing cause of death for 166 Californians last year, more than double the number a decade ago, according to provisional death certificate data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Jun 26, 2024 · Chief U.S. District Judge Kimberly Mueller on June 25 ordered the state to pay $112 million in fines at a time when the state is trying to close a multibillion-dollar budget deficit. The fines have been accumulating since April 2023, after Mueller said she was fed up with the state prison system’s inadequate staffing despite years of court orders demanding that the state address the issue.

Oct 25, 2024 · Toby Ewing, executive director of the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, will step down effective Nov. 22. Documents obtained by California Healthline show that he tried in June to protect state funding for Kooth, a London-based digital mental health company with a contract to develop a virtual tool to help California tackle its youth mental health crisis.

Aug 3, 2023 · Pasha Wrangell has faced delays getting gender-affirming care because of red tape and limited providers. Over more than two years, Wrangell has received only about half the total electrolysis sessions recommended. Wrangell’s insurer through Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, acknowledges the shortage of practitioners.

Jan 10, 2025 · In Pacific Palisades, St. John’s Physician Partners, a primary care and pediatric clinic affiliated with Providence Health & Services, burned down, said Patricia Aidem, a spokesperson for the large Catholic hospital chain based in Renton, Washington. Not far from the eastern edge of the Palisades Fire, Providence St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, one of the group’s major L.A ...

Dec 20, 2024 · Scientists Race To Stop Bird Flu Spread: The H5N1 virus, afflicting cows in 645 California dairies, is spreading so quickly that dairy farmers are calling it “Covid for cows.”Even as ranchers have enacted precautions, the race is on to figure out how to stop the contagion affecting the nation’s largest milk producer.

Apr 25, 2023 · California’s original law allowing terminally ill adults to obtain prescriptions for life-ending drugs was passed in 2016. Advocates say the revised version that took effect last year removes crucial safeguards and violates the U.S. Constitution and the Americans with Disabilities Act.. Plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit, which was filed …

Jan 16, 2025 · First Covid, Now Wildfires: California Teens Say Their Mental Health Is Suffering: The disaster has again disrupted the education and nutrition of thousands of children. In Pasadena alone, five school sites have been destroyed or severely damaged. “The pandemic took a really hard toll on my mental ...

Dec 6, 2010 · In January, the venerable clinic in Yosemite National Park will become the first medical facility in a national park to be operated by the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. Officials now are hammering out details of the transition.