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California could become one of the first states — if not the first — to create explicit constitutional rights to both abortion and contraception.
Read More »In California, Abortion Could Become a Constitutional Right. Same For Birth Control.
Teaching Teens The Perils Of Pot As Marketplace Grows
WESTMINSTER, Calif. — After Yarly Raygoza attended the drug prevention program at the Boys & Girls Club here last year, she used what she learned ...
Read More »End-of-Life Laws Only Accentuate Need For Palliative Care, Providers Say
LOS ANGELES — More times than she can count, Dr. Carin van Zyl has heard terminally ill patients beg to die. They tell her they can’t ...
Read More »California, Oregon First To Sell Birth Control Pills Without Prescription
California and Oregon will be the first states in the nation to allow women to get birth control pills and other hormonal contraceptives directly from ...
Read More »New California Law Requires School Children To Be Vaccinated
On Tuesday, Gov. Jerry Brown of California signed into law a requirement that nearly all children be vaccinated in order to attend school. With the stroke ...
Read More »Major Autism Research Group Says Vaccinate Your Children
Autism Speaks, the national advocacy group that raises awareness and funds for research and treatment of autism, released a statement in support of vaccinating children ...
Read More »California Campaigns To Curb E-Cigarette Use
As the popularity of electronic cigarettes continues to grow, California’s top public health official warned residents Wednesday about their dangers and announced a new campaign ...
Read More »California Pits Doctors Against Lawyers with Malpractice Bills
By April Dembosky, KQED Troy and Alana Pack had spent the day at their neighborhood Halloween party in Danville. Ten-year-old Troy went as a baseball player, ...
Read More »California May Be First To Require Doctors To Take Drug, Alcohol Tests
By Michael R. Blood ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES (AP) — Voters could make California the first state to require many doctors to submit to random ...
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