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Caring Does Not Pay

The Health Care Blog

With a jobless rate at 3.5% , and with millions of people who left the job market in 2020 opting to not return to work, employers are having a hard time finding workers. Required staffing ratios and other regulations make child care exceedingly expensive for parents. BY KIM BELLARD. Things are tough all over the job market.

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Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Taint Rural California Drinking Water, Far From Known Sources

KFF Health News

Exposure to PFAS, a group of thousands of compounds, has been linked to health problems including cancer, decreased response to vaccines, and low birth weight, according to a federally funded report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Not long after she moved, Valle started feeling sick. California Gov.