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Butte County Public Health urges vaccination as fall/winter respiratory illnesses loom

The California Department of Public Health, along with the West Coast Health Alliance, has released vaccine guidelines for ...

Two monkeypox cases in California under investigation

Investigators there say they have not found a close contact who traveled abroad, nor have they confirmed additional cases ...
Sacramento Bee

How does CA track COVID variants? Will vaccines protect against latest strain?

A new COVID-19 variant is quickly spreading across California. From the FLiRT variants to the latest COVID-19 strain, NB.1.8.1, several versions of the virus have emerged since the coronavirus ...
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COVID rising in California. How bad will this summer be?

COVID-19 is once again on the rise in California. It remains to be seen whether this latest uptick foreshadows the sort of misery seen last year — when the state was walloped by its worst summertime ...
KQED

California Breaks With CDC, Cosigns COVID Vaccine Guidelines From Medical Groups

Breaking with national public health policy, California officials are recommending that children 6 months to 2 years old, as well as people who are pregnant and lactating, should get vaccinated ...

'Gas station heroin' linked to more deaths in California

The Los Angeles Department of Public Health announced three more deaths Friday morning that are linked to ...

Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse ...
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California Joins Breakaway Public Health Alliance in Rebuke of ‘Extremists’ at CDC

Gov. Gavin Newsom and 14 other Democratic governors are banding together as experts grow increasingly concerned about the ...