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UC Berkeley Genetics Controversy
BERKELEY, Calif. (KCBS)_ UC Berkeley is dropping a portion of its genetic testing program for incoming students at the direction of the California Department of Public Health. A program called, On the...
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San Francisco Prepares For Climate Change
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – San Francisco is not currently known for extreme heat, but climate change could bring just that in the future. And that has officials with the San Francisco Department of Public...
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Death Rate From Childbirth Rises In California
SACRAMENTO (KCBS) – A new study has found that more California women are dying during childbirth. While they have only studied data from two years, 1999 and 2008, Dr. Connie Mitchell with the...
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Drug Treatment Programs Take Hit In San Francisco Budget Proposal
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Two drug treatment programs that merged last year to avoid budget cuts will lose a significant piece of their city funding under the budget proposal San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee...
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San Francisco Hookah Lounges Going Up In Smoke
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – The San Francisco Department of Public Health has started snuffing out hookah lounges in the city, claiming they have failed to comply with city and state bans on indoor smoking....
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California Nursing Home Evictions On The Rise
MOUNTAIN VIEW (CBS 5) — Nursing homes are supposed to be safe havens for the elderly and the disabled. But a growing number are giving some residents the boot. It usually happens at a most vulnerable...
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San Francisco Officials Fear Disease Will Spread At Occupy Encampment
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Poor sanitation and evidence of lice and fleas at the Occupy San Francisco encampment endanger the health of everyone in the overcrowded, makeshift tent city at Justin Herman...
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Food Seized From Fremont Warehouse Over Alleged Rodent Infestation
FREMONT (CBS SF) — Food and herbs allegedly contaminated by a rodent infestation were seized from the Fremont warehouse of a natural food company on Tuesday, federal authorities announced Wednesday....
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Lead Found In Licorice Made By Union City Firm
UNION CITY (CBS / AP) — California health officials are warning consumers not to eat black licorice twist candies made by a Union City candy company because they contain too much lead. >> Recall...
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Phil Matier: New SF Plan In The Works To Deal With Chronic Drunks
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – City court officials, police and the San Francisco Department of Public Health are working on a plan to curb the problem of chronically drunk people returning to the streets....
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Sonoma Developmental Center Faces Sanctions Amid Abuse Claims
SONOMA COUNTY (CBS SF) — The California Department of Public Health said Wednesday it is taking enforcement action against the Sonoma Developmental Center where there were allegations of physical abuse...
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$455M In Funds For Safe Drinking Water Unspent By State Health Dept.
FRESNO (CBS/AP) — Federal regulators say California’s Department of Public Health failed to spend $455 million meant to improve drinking water infrastructure—at a time when thousands rely on...
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Illegal Tobacco Sales To Youth Drop In San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — The number of stores selling cigarettes to minors is gradually falling in San Francisco. Police in San Francisco often conduct youth decoy operations to tag merchants who are...
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San Francisco Dept. Of Public Health Office Evacuated Over Suspicious Package
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — The discovery of a suspicious package shut down a San Francisco Public Health Department building in the city’s South of Market neighborhood Monday morning. The package was...
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New California Website Exposes Cosmetics With Harmful Ingredients
SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) — California public health officials launched a new online database to help consumers determine if the cosmetics they’re using contain harmful chemicals. The state Department of...
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Report: Oakland Hospital Complied With Regulations In Handling Of Jahi McMath...
OAKLAND (KCBS) – A report by the state Department of Public Health has found that Children’s Hospital Oakland complied with medical regulatory standards in the handling of Jahi McMath, a teenage girl...
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Health Experts: Soda Tax Would Compel Behavior Changes In Low–Income...
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— Health experts addressed San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors this week to say a soda tax would compel behavior changes in low-income neighborhoods and minority communities. A...
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State Audit Into Illegal Female Prison Inmate Sterilizations Calls For...
SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) — California’s medical board and Department of Public Health have been asked to investigate 17 doctors and eight hospitals involved in the illegal sterilizations of female prison...
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California Health Department Rolls Out Ebola Outbreak Public Information Hotline
SACRAMENTO (CBS SF) — State health officials have set up a Ebola hotline call center for public inquiries on the virus and outbreak. In a press release, the California Department of Public Health...
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9 Sickened With Measles After December Disneyland Visits, Including Alameda...
ALAMEDA COUNTY (CBS SF)— An Alameda County resident contracted measles after visiting a theme park in Southern California last month, public health officials announced on Wednesday. The resident is one...
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