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Jan 11, 2011 · The physical hazards of construction work have long been a focus of safety professionals. Yet attention on the psychosocial hazards is relatively new, with suicide and substance use soaring among male construction workers.
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Wednesday, January 15, 2025 - California Healthline
5 days ago · Drinking Water In LA Area Unsafe Unless Told Otherwise, Utilities Say: As fires continue to burn across Los Angeles, several utilities have declared their drinking water unsafe until extensive testing can prove otherwise.Toxic chemicals in drinking water after a fire pose risks ranging from temporary nausea to cancer, experts say.
Thursday, January 16, 2025 - California Healthline
4 days ago · First Covid, Now Wildfires: California Teens Say Their Mental Health Is Suffering: The disaster has again disrupted the education and nutrition of thousands of children. In Pasadena alone, five school sites have been destroyed or severely damaged. “The pandemic took a really hard toll on my mental ...
Doctors, Nurses Press Ahead as Wildfires Strain Los Angeles' …
Jan 10, 2025 · In Pacific Palisades, St. John’s Physician Partners, a primary care and pediatric clinic affiliated with Providence Health & Services, burned down, said Patricia Aidem, a spokesperson for the large Catholic hospital chain based in Renton, Washington. Not far from the eastern edge of the Palisades Fire, Providence St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, one of the group’s major L.A ...
Friday, January 17, 2025 - California Healthline
3 days ago · Stomach Virus Circulating Among Wildfire Evacuees: Health officials confirmed Thursday that a stomach bug is circulating among people at the wildfire evacuation center in Pasadena.They have been unable to determine the cause of the virus. However, norovirus is circulating throughout the wider Los Angeles County population.
Beyond Insulin: Medi-Cal Expands Patient Access to Diabetes …
Nov 16, 2023 · Over the past two years, the state also started making continuous glucose monitors and related supplies available to many more people, including all patients with Type 1 diabetes, a chronic autoimmune disease that attacks insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, and those with Type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes, and hypoglycemia, or chronic low blood sugar.
Wednesday, January 8, 2025 - California Healthline
Jan 8, 2025 · Thousands Evacuate As Fire Tears Through Southern California: Gregg Champion was trying to reach his Pacific Palisades business Tuesday when he was met with flames so intense he could feel their heat and smoke so dense he struggled to breathe. Champion, 56, was about 100 yards away from the door of his business, the drug treatment and addiction center Start-Up Recovery on Paseo Miramar, when ...
Morning Briefings Archive - California Healthline
Daily Edition for Thursday, January 2, 2025. January 2, 2025 Drug Overdose Deaths Plummet In 2024: After surging during the covid pandemic into a crushing public health emergency, San Francisco recorded 586 fatal overdoses in the first 11 months of 2024. That represents a nearly 23% decrease, or 174 fewer deaths, compared with the first 11 months of 2023.
Medi-Cal Enrollees: Here’s How to Verify Your Eligibility
May 5, 2023 · Medi-Cal, the state’s version of the Medicaid health insurance program for low-income residents, has embarked on a 14-month effort to reexamine the eligibility of its nearly 15.8 million members.It is part of the massive “unwinding” being undertaken by all state Medicaid programs after three pandemic years during which their rolls swelled.