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<p>One out of four New Yorkers doesn't speak or understand complex sentences in English. But at some point in their lives, every one of them will need to see a doctor. Language barriers can result in misdiagnoses, medication errors, and potentially fatal mistakes that are costly for both patients and providers. For this reason, hospitals in New York are required to provide "meaningful language access" to all patients. But in a city where more than 140 different languages are spoken, this is no easy task.</p>
<p>This traditional and culturally-linked cuisine remains popular to many but is moving to more healthy dishes and styles.</p>
<p>See photo and hear San Francisco artist Victor Zaballa tell how he received a kidney transplant, and what it means to him.</p>
<p>Mike Tharp is the executive editor of the <em>Merced Sun-Star</em>. He attended the Mar. 2010 seminar for the California Health Journalism Fellows as the editor of Fellow <a href="http://www.reportingonhealth.org/users/danielleegaines">Danielle Gaines</a>, where he met the subject of this column, Dr. Edward Newton, chair of Emergency Medicine at the Los Angeles County USC Hospital.</p>
<p>Much of inland California is rural and poor, a sharp contrast with hip, upscale coastal life. Residents in the rural regions sometimes live with a high degree of pollution. Producer Devin Robins visited three women who became activists over concerns for their communities' health.</p>
<p>This Wednesday, Florida's <a href="http://ahca.myflorida.com/PublicMeetingNotices.shtml">Agency for Health Care Administration</a> is expected to permanently ban Vaginal Birth after Cesarean (VBAC) in the state's birth centers. In response, <a href="http://www.birthgirlz.com/">BirthGirlz</a>, a national nonprofit based in Florida, is mounting a legal challenge, arguing that the ban is beyond the scope of the state health agency's role. See full story <a href="http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2010/03/19/florida-agency-vbac-state…;
<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>
