Health and Welfare

Spotlight: Health & Welfare

Accuracy isn’t priority as VA battles disability claims backlog

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For disabled veterans awaiting benefits decisions, location matters

Veterans waiting for decisions on disability claims wait longer than the VA has acknowledged, especially in larger urban areas. Solutions tried in...
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With rise in young painkiller abusers, officials see more heroin overdoses

Many young men and women who became addicted to pills like OxyContin are now IV heroin users, experts say
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Without federal recognition, tribe struggles to protect sacred sites

The Winnemem Wintu, lacking official recognition from the federal government, are fighting to preserve their traditions and save sacred sites...
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Health & Welfare
April 18, 2013

To mark 1906 quake, resources to teach kids about disaster safety

To commemorate the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire and follow up on our investigation into...
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Health & Welfare
April 11, 2013

Lawmakers mull next steps for developmental centers

SACRAMENTO – State lawmakers weighed today whether to appoint an inspector general to oversee...
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Health & Welfare
April 10, 2013

Independent oversight proposed for developmental centers

The state’s influential legislative analyst is recommending that the California Legislature...
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Health & Welfare
March 29, 2013

Doctors claim Prime hospital kept them from patients

A dozen Southern California doctors are accusing the leadership of a Prime Healthcare Services...
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Health & Welfare
March 28, 2013

Cambodian youth confront ‘historical forgetting’

LONG BEACH – Youthful rebellion can come in many guises, from being anti-Google to defending...
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Health & Welfare
March 27, 2013

Unincorporated neighborhood finally getting sewer service

The unincorporated neighborhood of Parklawn, one of hundreds of impoverished California communities...
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Health & Welfare headlines from the Daily Report archive.
Health & Welfare | March 25, 2013

Join our discussion on Pomona's developmental center

Health & Welfare | March 25, 2013

For East African women, moving from Cheetos to mushmush

Health & Welfare | March 7, 2013

New director to take over troubled Sonoma disability center

Health & Welfare | February 6, 2013

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

Health & Welfare | February 6, 2013

Prime hospital chain acknowledges it faces 2 federal investigations

Health & Welfare | February 6, 2013

Excerpts from Reddy’s presentation to Texas doctors

Health & Welfare | February 4, 2013

National Green Week makes a splash on The I Files

Health & Welfare | January 31, 2013

Sonoma disability center staff weighs in on abuse claims

Health & Welfare | January 18, 2013

State disability center forfeits funding over abuse

Health & Welfare | January 18, 2013

Former patient claims confidentiality breach in Prime Healthcare lawsuit

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Christina Jewett
Health and Welfare Reporter
E-mail | Tel: 916-504-4085, ext. 201
Bio
Health care costs and quality; state oversight of health and welfare systems; elder care; medical devices.
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Bernice Yeung
Health and Welfare Reporter
E-mail | Tel: 510-809-3177
Bio
Health disparities, public and environmental health, overlooked communities.
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