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Wired Wednesday: Mental Health Access And Medicaid’s Exclusions

GV Wire reporter Edward Smith explores how a flawed 1965 law blocks access to mental health care with KMPH Fox 26 “Great Day” anchor Kim Ste...

Wired Wednesday: Mental Health Access And Medicaid’s Exclusions

GV Wire reporter Edward Smith explores how a flawed 1965 law blocks access to mental health care with KMPH Fox 26 “Great Day” anchor Kim Ste...

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Special Report: How a 1965 Law Makes It Hard for the Poor to Get Mental Health Treatment

In 1955, the U.S. had more than 550,000 inpatient psychiatric beds. “I think popular perceptions of inpatient mental health care gav...

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A Subset of Alzheimer’s May Be Caused by Two Copies of a Single Gene: New Research

WASHINGTON — For the first time, researchers have identified a genetic form of late-in-life Alzheimer’s disease — in people who inherit two ...

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Southern California City Detects Localized Tuberculosis Outbreak

LONG BEACH — A localized tuberculosis outbreak has led a Southern California city to declare a health emergency, although officials say the ...

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Valley Children’s Gets ‘Historic’ Gift to Boost Cancer Treatments. How Big Is It?

A $15 million donation to Valley Children’s Hospital will expand its ability to provide the most advanced bone marrow transplant and T...

Mammograms Should Start at 40 to Address Rising Breast Cancer Rates at Younger Ages, Panel Says

Regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer should start younger, at age 40, according to an influential U.S. task force. Women ages 40 t...

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California is Joining with a New Jersey Company to Buy a Generic Opioid Overdose Reversal Drug

SACRAMENTO — California is partnering with a New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company to purchase a generic version of Narcan, the drug that ...

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$15 a Pack for Cigarettes? It’s Happening in This US City.

MINNEAPOLIS — Smokers in Minneapolis will pay some of the highest cigarette prices in the country after the City Council voted unanimously T...

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New California Rule Aims to Limit Health Care Cost Increases to 3% Annually

SACRAMENTO — Doctors, hospitals and health insurance companies in California will be limited to annual price increases of 3% starting in 202...

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Fresno Home Care Workers Threaten Civil Disobedience Over Low Pay

Home care workers say they will resort to civil disobedience if pay negotiations with Fresno County supervisors don’t progress. While ...

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Beloved LA Entertainment Anchor Sam Rubin Dies at 64

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Fresno Student Pilot Makes History with First-in-Nation Flight Training in Electric Plane

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Giants Trade Daulton Jefferies to Pirates, Mitch White to Brewers

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Auditor Looks at Fresno’s Credit Card Bills. Who Were the Biggest Spenders?

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Former NFL Player Led Demo for Charter School Near Fresno Chaffee Zoo

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Target to Reduce Number of Stores Carrying Pride-Themed Merchandise After Last Year’s Backlash

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US Pledges Money and Other Aid to Help Track and Contain Bird Flu on Dairy Farms

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Stock Market Today: Wall Street Coasts to the Finish Line of Another Winning Week

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