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<p>Are you confused, angry and, frankly, pissed off as you watch sumo-sized egos battle out the mammogram issue? How will it affect you and your loved ones? What actually is the thinking behind the new United States Preventative Services Task Force recommendation to NOT screen women in their forties for breast cancer? Is it as nonsensical as it sounds? Doc Gurley gives you a common sense, plain-language explanation of the ins and outs of this complex issue. She's a practicing board-certified internist who's also published cost-effectiveness research.
<p>See a slideshow our trip to a San Francisco Safeway, where janitors and members of <a href="http://www.seiu.org/" title="SEIU">SEIU</a> rallied to demand <a href="http://www.kqed.org/assets/slideshow/seiurally/" target="_blank" title="SEIU Rally">safer cleaning supplies</a>.</p><p>Photographs by me, Shuka Kalantari. Web producer <a href="http://www.reportingonhealth.org/users/nick" target="_blank">Nick Vidinsky</a></p><p> </p>
<p>View our interactive charts showing 2008 <a href="http://www.kqed.org/assets/graph/hd-2008osha/" target="_blank" title="Cal-OSHA workplace deaths"> Cal/OSHA reported workplace deaths</a>. You can look at fatalities by industry, job, gender, cause of death and location.</p>
<p>One of the bright spots in the economy is the green jobs sector. Workers are being hired, in some cases with federal stimulus money, to weatherize old homes or install rooftop solar panels. But while the results bring environmental benefits, it may also present hazards for the workers.</p>
<p>The WIC federal nutrition program has just undergone a makeover, and vouchers are now good for fresh produce and healthy foods. This switch has put thousands of WIC-certified stores through some changes of their own. Rachel Dornhelm reports.</p>
<p>Throughout California, county health departments are dealing with anxious residents. The situation varies county by county, with some local officials complaining they're not being treated fairly by the state health department. First host Scott Shafer checks in with county health directors in Imperial, Santa Clara and Los Angeles counties, and then asks Dr. Mark Horton, director of the California Department of Public Health, about the discrepancies between counties</p>
<p>View our interactive charts exploring health access statistics for immigrants, based on how long they have been in the United States. According to the data, immigrants who have been here for more than twenty years are most likely to see a doctor, yet are least likely to have a usual source for health care.
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