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Patient advocates have long alleged the Medical Board of California is ineffective at policing doctors. But a proposal to beef up its budget and overhaul procedures faces stiff resistance from the doctors' lobby.
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Some independent California community hospitals have struggled with rising costs since the COVID-19 pandemic. Three declared bankruptcy this year, prompting the state to distribute interest-free loans.
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A concerning drug has made its way to Butte County. As local health officials battle the growing opioid crisis, they’re now raising the alarm about xylazine. It’s being used to lace common opioids like fentanyl.
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The Torres Community Shelter says it's working on ways to be more accessible to those in Chico who are unhoused. Also, Shasta County officials have agreed to pay $1.5M to the family of a man who was struck and killed by a sheriff’s deputy patrol vehicle, and Stanford researchers who mapped overhead power lines across California found that lines that pose a wildfire hazard are most likely in low-income communities.
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The Plumas County Board of Supervisors voted in July to bring telehealth psychiatry to Plumas County.
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Feather River Hospital in Paradise cannot and will not reopen. Hospital executives confirmed that at a community meeting on Monday, July 24. Its emergency room will remain closed as well.
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Adventist Health held a community meeting this week to apologize to Paradise residents but said the economics of rebuilding the Feather River Hospital don’t add up. Also, the Butte County Board of Supervisors approved a special election in December where voters will decide on the creation of the Tuscan Water District, and Cal Fire says the Wonder Fire north of Redding is 40% contained and 150 acres.
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The Plumas County Board of Supervisors voted yesterday to spend nearly half a million dollars on telehealth psychiatry for Dixie Fire survivors but some say the money would be wasted since internet connection is hard to come by in the area. Also, you wouldn’t think Californians smoking less could be a bad thing for kids here but the state’s key early childhood services get a big chunk of their funding from taxes on tobacco, and we turn to a sports medicine expert for how to stay cool and active in this week’s recent extreme heat.
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Data released one year after the launch of 988 shows a 28% bump in contacts. Mental health experts say more infrastructure is needed to respond to mental health crises.
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A Bay Area woman sued her husband’s employer after she became infected with COVID-19. The California Supreme Court found that giving her workers’ comp could set a precedent that would imperil the system.