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franchise opportunities/Flickr, Creative CommonsCalifornians will not have the option to buy short-term health insurance if Governor Jerry Brown signs a bill headed to his desk.Short-term insurance,… -
May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month – and one thing you may not be currently be aware of is that Lyme disease is on the rise. NSPR’s Nolan Ford tells us…
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Health officials are urging Californians to get their flu shot this year – and to get it early.According to a recent press release from the California… -
You may not think much about your zip code. But it turns out that number can tell more about you then just where to deliver your mail.Daniel Zingale is… -
It’s officially October. That means it’s also officially flu season.Thursday in Butte County, health officials were prepared. They put on at least three…
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The first death this year from West Nile Virus in the North State has been reported in Butte County. It’s the tenth death from West Nile Virus in the… -
Nearly $4 million has been awarded to the California Department of Public Health to help prevent deaths and injuries caused by abusing prescribed opioids… -
New weekly numbers came out last week for West Nile virus. Eighty-three human cases have now been confirmed throughout the state.The North State is home…
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Friendly chatter is the norm at Burchfield Elementary’s cafeteria. The people who work in the cafeteria like to talk to the kids and the kids like to talk… -
It’s 11 a.m. on a Monday. A time when most of the 50 school food service employees sitting in this room would be getting ready to serve or already be… -
A case of an archaic sounding disease is currently being investigated by California health officials. A child contracted the human plague after camping in…
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West Nile virus is officially here. The first human cases of the virus in California this year have been detected in two Butte County residents.According…
