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Nearly 600 California Countertop Workers Now Have Incurable Lung Disease and 65 Have Needed Lung Transplants

A new report documents 592 silicosis cases among California engineered stone workers, including 31 deaths and 65 lung transplants since 2019.

Medical Daily

'This well is not to be built over': A California ranch was warned 20 years ago; young teens are now suffering from a rare cancer

Ladera Ranch is a 4,000-acre planned community in southern Orange County, California. As per the 2020 census, this ranch had a population of 26,170. The residents of the ranch have now raised a cancer concern with the California Department of Public Health that children or young adults of the ranch…

The Times of India

Federal Officials Close the Infant Formula Botulism Investigation After Four Babies Were Hospitalized in Three States

CDC closed the Nara Organics infant botulism investigation with four hospitalized babies and named a supplier link to a 2025 formula outbreak.

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Three Central Valley Counties Confirm Their First West Nile Cases as Mosquito Samples Test Positive Statewide

Fresno, Kings and Tulare counties confirmed their first 2026 West Nile cases as California logged 670 positive mosquito samples.

Medical Daily

Nara Organics Formula Recall: Infant Botulism Cases Rise to 4, FDA Confirms Pathogen in Open Can

Nara Organics infant formula botulism cases have risen to 4. FDA confirmed the bacteria in an open can. Parents should discard the product immediately.

Medical Daily

Infant Botulism Symptoms Can Take Weeks to Appear: Here's What Parents Should Watch For

Infant botulism symptoms can take weeks to appear after the last feeding. Here is exactly what to watch for after the Nara Organics formula recall, and when to seek emergency care.

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Recalled Baby Formula Sold at Target Is Linked to Infant Botulism — What Parents Must Do Now

Nara Organics baby formula sold at Target is linked to a multistate infant botulism outbreak. Three infants were hospitalized. Learn what to do now.

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Nara Organics Baby Formula Recalled After 3 Infants Hospitalized with Botulism in California, Pennsylvania, and Washington

FDA and CDC link 3 infant botulism cases to Nara Organics formula sold at Target. All lots recalled. Learn what parents must do now.

Medical Daily

‘My Lungs Had Nothing Left.’ Inside The Epidemic Killing Countertop Stonecutters.

A new California law aims to protect workers from silicosis, an incurable lung disease that has killed 29 people in the state and sickened hundreds. Experts say it isn’t enough.

Capital & Main

Have Skilled Nursing Facilities Become Dumping Grounds for the Mentally Ill?

When the 911 call comes from inside the nursing home, health care workers are sometimes the victims.

Capital & Main

Nurses Union Says State Watchdog Does Not Adequately Investigate Staffing Crisis

The California Department of Public Health says the agency is enforcing state requirements, despite deep budget cuts.

Capital & Main

California schools are battling a fentanyl crisis. Why are parents so oblivious?

Fentanyl is now responsible for one in five youth deaths in California. Schools – and parents – are finally catching up. Mike Bedigan and Josh Marcus report

The Independent UK

Nurse crushed in MRI machine freak accident

MRI’s magnetic force pulled the bed and nurse into the machine

The Independent UK

Nurse crushed in MRI machine freak accident

MRI’s magnetic force pulled the bed and nurse into the machine

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Failures at LA hospital led to patient's death after C-section, state finds

LOS ANGELES -- Faulty practices at a Los Angeles hospital led to a patient hemorrhaging to death hours after giving birth by cesarean section, a state investigation found.

WEKU

Disability groups claim California's assisted suicide law discriminates against them

A California law allows a terminally ill person to end their life, but some people with disabilities say they're at risk of being coerced into seeking the medications needed for assisted suicide.

Los Angeles Times

CDC has approved spring COVID booster for some. Do you need it?

Another COVID-19 booster shot is on the way as federal health officials look to further augment protection for those at greater risk of developing severe disease.

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