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Monthly Archives: December 2025

Posted inHealth Care

New Covered California enrollments dip amid tax-credit confusion, cost uncertainty

by Tim Sheehan December 28, 2025December 28, 2025

The U.S. Congress adjourned for its holiday break without taking action on legislation to forestall the expiration of tax credits that help subsidize the cost of health insurance premiums under the federal Affordable Care Act. The expiration of those tax credits on Dec. 31, combined with the absence of legislation to take the place of […]

Posted inHousing

New recuperative care center opens in North Sacramento, filling gap for unhoused people leaving the hospital

by Riley Palmer, CapRadio December 18, 2025December 18, 2025
Posted inEnvironment

Valley has high air-pollution burden, also lags in zero-emission vehicles

by Tim Sheehan December 15, 2025December 15, 2025
Posted inHealth Care

To help improve health of farmworkers, residents are training themselves

by Israel Cardona Hernandez, KVPR December 10, 2025December 10, 2025
Posted inHealth Care

How a Kern County community is getting by after public health clinic closure

by Samantha Rangel, KVPR and Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado, KVPR December 10, 2025December 10, 2025
Posted inHousing

Unhoused residents say Sacramento’s weather respite centers work but choose to stay outside

by Tony Rodriguez, CapRadio December 10, 2025December 10, 2025
Mitragyna speciosa, or kratom, is a plant native to Southeast Asia and a botanical cousin of the coffee plant. Kratom leaves have a long history of traditional use as a stimulant and analgesic in that part of the world, but it has gained increasing popularity in the U.S. in recent decades. (Photo: ThorPorre via Wikipedia Commons)
Posted inHealth

Fresno pivots on kratom sales, allows natural leaf but bans the plant’s concentrated derivative

by Tim Sheehan December 5, 2025December 5, 2025
Posted inHealth

Fresno officials consider prohibiting sale of products containing kratom, sometimes called ‘gas station heroin’

by Tim Sheehan December 1, 2025December 1, 2025
Posted inHealth Care

‘They still need care’: Why California migrant workers are avoiding medical clinics

by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters December 1, 2025December 8, 2025

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