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FDA Approves Narcan for Over-the-Counter Use
By Eli Walsh Bay City News Federal regulators approved the first over-the-counter naloxone product Wednesday, enabling people to buy the opioid overdose treatment directly from places like pharmacies,...
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Black, Latinx Californians Face Highest Exposure to Oil and Gas Wells
By Kara Manke More than 1 million Californians live near active oil or gas wells, potentially exposing them to drilling-related pollution that can contribute to asthma, preterm births and a variety of...
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Hundreds Still in Emergency Shelters as State Waits on Federal Storm Disaster...
By Eli Walsh Bay City News More than 300 residents in Santa Cruz County remained in emergency shelters on Monday due to recent storm damage as the state awaits approval of a Presidential Major...
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After Judge’s Gig Worker Ruling, Advocates Want Protections for Contract...
By Edward Henderson California Black Media McKenzie Young is a traveling nurse from California who works in Hawaii. She gets placements through an agency that connects her to temporary jobs around the...
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Reparations: Experts Compute Hundreds of Billions Owed to Black Californians
By Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media Economists advising The California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans have developed economic formulas that...
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VIDEO: Pfizer Voices of the Heart
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CALMATTERS: California May Change Its Mental Health Funding: Why That Might...
By Kristen Hwang CalMatters For the second time in as many years, Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing for major reform of California’s mental health system, this time by overhauling the way counties spend...
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Grants Focus on Key Barriers to Parks: Parks Equity Roundtable identifies...
San Rafael, CA – Over the next few months, up to $200,000 will be awarded to Marin County community-based organizations to help overcome barriers and connect communities to parks. The maximum grant is...
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How Local Grocer Became a Natural Wonder
The Richmond Standard When Bob Gerner attended his first Organic Merchants meeting in 1970 on Mount Shasta, it led to creating the popular El Cerrito Natural Grocery Company, which he founded and has...
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New Study Suggests Melatonin Use Eases Risk
By Ayesha Hana Shaji, Texas Metro News Staff, NNPA In a recent study, Melatonin, a hormone that regulates sleep wake cycles, could potentially reduce risk of self-harm behaviors in adolescents. The...
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COMMENTARY: Aikido is More than Martial Arts: It’s Community
Post News Group Intern For the last six years, I’ve practiced Aikido at a Berkeley dojo called the Aiki Arts Center—previously named Aikido Shusekai. Aikido is a Japanese martial art focused on...
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Federal Judge Says Health Insurance Companies Don’t Have to Cover Preventive...
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire In a big blow to health insurance in the U.S., a federal judge has ruled that insurers no longer have to pay for preventive care services like cancer and heart disease...
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Celebrate Earth Day All Around the East Bay
By StopWaste.org Happy Earth Month! Whether you’re interested in learning how to get started with worm composting, how to electrify your home, reduce wasted food, or build healthy soil, there’s a way...
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Marin Ranked Healthiest County in State
Despite retaining top spot, work continues to tackle inequities San Rafael, CA – Marin County again has been ranked the healthiest of California’s 58 counties because of its relatively low burden of...
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Women’s History Month Month – Soroptimist International of Vallejo Celebrates...
The Mission – Soroptimist is a global volunteer organization that provides women and girls with access to the education and training they need to achieve economic empowerment. Soroptimist...
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PRESS ROOM: Walgreens Eases Anxiety for Senior Shoppers with Monthly Seniors Day
Walgreens COVID-19 Pulse Check finds Seniors are Less Socially Active Now than Before the Pandemic and Seeking Confidence in Socializing DEERFIELD, Ill. — Today Walgreens unveils The Walgreens COVID-19...
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Action Required: Medi-Cal Renewal Process Is Underway Across California
McKenzie Jackson California Black Media Californians enrolled in Medi-Cal should keep an eye out for a yellow envelope in their mailbox over the next 14 months. The Medi-Cal eligibility of over 15.4...
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OP-ED: The Obesity Crisis Is Not a Hopeless Fight for Black America
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. Whether we accept it or not, obesity continues to be a complex, chronic disease that kills thousands of Black Americans every year. Indeed, nearly half of Black Americans...
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OP-ED: The Obesity Crisis Is Not a Hopeless Fight for Black America
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. Whether we accept it or not, obesity continues to be a complex, chronic disease that kills thousands of Black Americans every year. Indeed, nearly half of Black Americans...
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Hospital Closures, Cuts in Services Loom for Some Communities. How the State...
By Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters Five months after declaring a fiscal emergency and predicting that they’d run out of funds by early this year, officials at San Benito County’s only hospital said they have...
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