The new guidance emphasizes the need to avoid so-called highly processed foods, which can contain preservatives, sweeteners, ...

The state Department of Health and the state Department of Human Services are strengthening coordination between two major ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Earlier this year, Selena Peña spent her days helping Kern County residents learn how to lead healthier lives through ...

Whether federal cuts are legal is still undecided. But local health departments have closed clinics, stopped programs, cut immunization appointments and laid off workers anyway. Why now: Across the ...

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But in July the county eliminated the program, citing the loss of $12.5 million in federal public health funding. It was early in a series of cascading cuts to Kern’s health programs this year. Other ...