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Dallas Fire-Rescue to move forward with pilot blood transfusion program

The program, set to launch in late summer, will make blood transfusions available on ambulances to injured patients in Dallas.

Community Safety
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How the Tampa Bay Times investigated the kratom industry

Reporters built a first-of-its-kind database of deaths, tested potent products and traveled across Florida.

Addiction
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2023 Is San Francisco’s Deadliest Year on Record for Drug Overdoses

A homeless vigil mourned more than 420 unhoused people who died this year.

Addiction, Housing and Homeslessness
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200 volunteers tally local homeless population in 2024 Point-in-Time Count

Volunteers conducted a 2024 homeless count in San Luis Obispo County, aiming to improve services and secure federal funding.

Housing and Homeslessness
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Can Sacramento get a handle on its youth vaping crisis?

Vaping and other smokeless alternative forms of nicotine have proliferated as cigarette substitutes, creating in turn new types of addiction in adolescent users.

Health Insurance and Costs
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The Health Divide: Medical debt, loss of internet and poor air quality are not shared equally

Study links medical debt with poor health outcomes, urging attention to financial hardships in healthcare.

Healthcare Regulation and Reform
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We’re exploring how distrust in tap water fuels the kiosk water industry

Too often, journalists take public tap water for granted — until it fails. A new reporting project for the Center for Public Integrity will investigate the kiosk water industry and its relationship to tap water quality.

Community Safety
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The Health Divide: Giving low-income families $1,000 a month boosts their stability and prospects

Some urban cities across America are experimenting with guaranteed income programs to boost people out of poverty and help them afford housing and food. Results from a pilot in Austin, Texas show real promise.

Community Safety
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Why are Black people dying from guns at such a disproportionate rate in Sacramento?

While Sacramento Sheriff Jim Cooper called the 2023 shooting death of a 10-year-old Black child an anomaly, the incident highlights the serious issue of people having guns who shouldn’t, and worse yet, children or teenagers having access to guns.

Community Safety
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Judge to consider Madera hospital reopening plan. ‘We all have been waiting a long time’

If the plan is approved, Madera Community Hospital could reopen as early as July.

Healthcare Regulation and Reform

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