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<p><em>A Crisis in Caring: California's School Nursing Shortage</em> focuses on the critical shortage of school nurses in Northern California, and its impact on students, teachers, parents and whole communities. California's top leaders, local physicians and students with chronic illnesses weigh in on the crisis.</p>
<p>When her doctor told her she was a borderline diabetic, Rose Morales took the warning seriously. The 50-year-old Ventura woman had seen what diabetes had done to her relatives.</p>
<p>When huge earthquakes hit Haiti and Chile recently, teams of doctors from California flew there to help. But physicians in disaster zones are often hampered by the lack of a critical need often taken for granted: reliable power. Now, a California couple's handmade solar power kits are filling that need.<span class="tcr-reporter"> Reporter: Rachel Dornhelm</span></p><p><span class="tcr-reporter">listen <a href="http://bit.ly/a4T4Gu">here</a></span>, aired on <a href="http://www.californiareport.org/">KQED's The California Report</a></p>
A five part series on how the city and region is emerging as a national model for public healthcare. Part 1: Grand Junction healthcare is a model of low cost and high quality.
A five part series on how the city and region is emerging as a national model for public healthcare.
<p>Should amateur and professional soccer players wear some kind of head protection to prevent against concussions? We speak to several experts about the frequency of head injuries in soccer, and about the arguments for having players wear some kind of head protection.</p>
<p>Climb aboard the Teen Health Van, a free traveling clinic serving homeless and uninsured youth in the Bay Area.</p><p>Click here to view an audio slideshow of <a href="http://www.kqed.org/assets/slideshow/teenhealthvan/" target="_blank" title="Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Teen Health Van">Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Teen Health Van</a> in action.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Teen Health Van slide show produced by Shuka Kalantari</em></p>
<p>Producer Nick Vidinsky sits down with a group of students at the Phillip and Sala Burton High School in San Francisco, to talk about their hopes, their fears and their health. What are they concerned about, and to whom do they turn for help? Plus, hear what teens across California have to say about their own health and where they go for information.</p><p> </p>
