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Climate and health: Stories to watch in 2025

Association of Health Care Journalists

medical schools now include the health effects of climate change as a topic in required courses more than double the number reported in 2019. Coverage must emphasize that past safety strategies may no longer work in todays climate, and highlight actionable steps to reduce carbon emissions within the current political landscape.

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Immigration detention center contractor sues over California health inspections

HEALTHBEAT

“This case involves the latest in a string of attempts by the state of California to ban federal immigration enforcement in the state, or so significantly burden such efforts as to drive federal agencies and contractors involved in that constitutionally mandated national security function from California,” according to the lawsuit filed in the U.S

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Immigration Detention Center Contractor Sues Over California Health Inspections

KFF Health News

Detainees have complained of health threats ranging from covid-19, mumps, and chickenpox outbreaks to contaminated water, moldy food, and air ducts spewing black dust. In 2019, Newsom, a Democrat, signed a measure banning private prisons and detention facilities from operating in California.