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Daily Report: Health and Welfare

What’s your ideal future for the Sonoma Developmental Center?

February 6, 2013, 6:05 AM
At a Jan. 30 community forum on the future of the Sonoma Developmental Center, a few themes consistently surfaced in the conversation with residents, families and workers at the board-and-care facility for the developmentally disabled. The Sonoma center has come under fire after an investigation by... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

State's medical malpractice law faces more challenges

July 2, 2012, 6:00 AM
The family of a San Francisco man who died after a 2008 surgery filed an appeal last week over their malpractice award – the latest in a round of legal challenges to a state law that has long pitted medical providers against consumer advocates and attorneys who represent... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Advocates fear patient care will suffer under state budget cuts

May 15, 2012, 12:05 AM
Gov. Jerry Brown announced a state budget yesterday that relies on hospitals and nursing homes to achieve nearly $400 million in savings – a week after a far smaller proposal prompted concerns about patient care. The governor's revised budget is the starting point to... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

HIV, AIDs rates rise sharply among blacks, Hispanics

December 1, 2011, 12:05 AM
The profile of HIV and AIDS patients in California has shifted significantly since the disease first made headlines 30 years ago, reflecting the success of drugs to extend patients’ lives and the failures to stem the spread of the disease in diverse communities. A statewide analysis of... + read more
Only about 56% of dialysis technicians are passing a new competency test.
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Nearly half of dialysis technicians failing skills test

January 26, 2011, 12:06 AM
A large percentage of dialysis technicians are failing a new competency test required by federal authorities, cutting into the patient-care workforce in California. Dialysis patients rely heavily on services provided at storefront facilities to do what their kidneys can no longer do –... + read more
Doctors, medical board
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Medical board allows one reprimanded doctor to supervise another

February 3, 2010, 12:09 AM
The California Medical Board appointed a doctor who lost his license after a patient died in childbirth to supervise a California physician who lost and regained his license after the death of two infants. Since the board approved the arrangement, the doctor under supervision stands accused... + read more
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