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Caring Does Not Pay

The Health Care Blog

Required staffing ratios and other regulations make child care exceedingly expensive for parents. Doctors, lawyers, nurses, sanitation workers – none of those people can go to work if they don’t have anywhere to put their children.” . history, race, racism, gender and sexual orientation, as well as LGBTQ issues. Sefton was right.

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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.

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Immigration Detention Center Contractor Sues Over California Health Inspections

KFF Health News

GEO Group, one of the nation’s largest private prison contractors, filed a federal lawsuit last month against California officials to strike down a state law allowing local public health officials to inspect immigration detention facilities. District Court for the Eastern District of California.