The Placer County Health and Human Services Department in collaboration with the state Department of Public Health will offer free whooping cough shots to adults and children seven years old and older at three upcoming clinics.
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Malaria parasite research earns award for UCD grad student
University of California, Davis, graduate student Anna Drexler has been awarded a National Institutes of Health research fellowship for her work devoted to researching malaria parasites.
Oakland pot-growing plan worries small bud tenders
After weathering the fear of federal prosecution and competition from drug cartels, California’s medical marijuana growers see a new threat to their tenuous existence: the “Wal-Marting” of weed. From left, Derek Peterson of Grow Up Technologies, and Angel Raich, President & Founder of Angel Raich’s Center of Health, wait for the start of the Oakland City Council Committee on Public Safety, on Tuesday, July 13, 2010, in Oakland, Calif.
CHP officer arrested again — suspected of solicitation to commit murder
A California Highway Patrol officer arrested in May on drug and weapons charges was arrested again Thursday on suspicion of solicitation to commit murder as well as three Health and Safety Code violations. Ruben Cesar Salgado
Standing room only at Stanford sitting risks event
As you might expect at a conference on the health dangers of sitting, most of the seats were empty.
Gulf seafood testing for contamination gets started at UC Davis
The California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory at UC Davis is one of only eight in the country chosen to determine whether fish and seafood from the oil-tainted Gulf is safe.
UCD Medical Center wins ruling against Sacramento County
Sacramento County must process and pay for the medical claims of poor residents treated in the University of California, Davis, Health System, a judge ruled Tuesday.
Employees make better health choices with bad economy
A bad economy can be good for your health, really. (MNI)
California insurer to pay Connecticut $250K for lost customers’ info
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced Tuesday that along with the settlement, Health Net has agreed to provide services to customers including free credit monitoring.
