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With cold and flu season upon us, it’s time to protect yourself, not only from those seasonal threats, but also from other health risks. “During the holidays, our lives get very busy with family and friends,” said Dr. J.B. Sobel, chief medical officer for Cigna Healthcare’s Medicare business. “Before...
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The immigration crisis in New York has escalated with the arrival of around 100,000 immigrants in the last year, many of them fleeing Venezuela. If New York Mayor Eric Adams’ estimates of more than $12 billion in spending over three years are correct, it is clear that neither the...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters Last week’s tussles between state officials and a pair of Southern California school boards may have died down, but they’ve thrown a spotlight on deeper tensions over who makes decisions for local schools — a rift that’s likely to grow as the culture wars escalate. Both...
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February is Black History Month and even though Afro-Latino communities existed even before the founding of the United States, they have often been omitted as part of their historical memory. In Latin America alone, it is estimated that between 20% and 30% of the population is Afro. The Afro...
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Brian Malte & Chet P. Hewitt CalMatters There’s an African proverb that says, “In the moment of crisis, the wise build bridges and the foolish build dams.” As gun violence rates increase across the country, police budgets have risen like dams in the name of prevention and interruption. To decrease violence in California, research shows that we...
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Esta historia apareció originalmente en el Informe de Salud de California. ¿Cuándo se considera a un estudiante sin hogar? La definición de personas sin hogar entre los estudiantes de K-12 se establece en la Ley de Asistencia para Personas sin Hogar McKinney-Vento, una ley federal que detalla la ayuda...
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This story originally appeared in the California Health Report. When is a student considered homeless? The definition of homelessness among K-12 students is laid out in the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, a federal law that details the help public schools must give unstably housed children. That includes students living in...
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A second person has contracted monkeypox in California, health officials confirmed Friday, May 27 as a result of close contact with the state’s first case. California reported its first case of monkeypox Tuesday in Sacramento County. The first individual recently returned from a trip to Europe where clusters of...