Cathie Anderson
Tacoma News Tribune
Sacramento, CA, United States
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First U.S. coronavirus death confirmed in Washington state. More cases identified
Washington health officials said Saturday that one person has died from the coronavirus in the state, in King County near Seattle, the first reported death in the United States. More virus cases have been found. → Read More
Mental health crisis center coming to Sacramento County. Mercy San Juan gives an early look.
Sacramento County and Dignity Health are undertaking an $18.7 million effort to ensure patients having a behavioral health crisis get time to stabilize while being treated at Mercy San Juan. → Read More
Covered California says consumers will see lowest-ever premium hike for individual policies
Covered California announced Tuesday morning that it expects an average premium increase of 0.8 percent for 2020 in the state’s individual marketplace, the lowest such rate change since the health insurance exchange started business in 2013. → Read More
Covered California says consumers will see lowest-ever premium hike for individual policies
Covered California announced Tuesday morning that it expects an average premium increase of 0.8 percent for 2020 in the state’s individual marketplace, the lowest such rate change since the health insurance exchange started business in 2013. → Read More
Covered California says consumers will see lowest-ever premium hike for individual policies
Covered California announced Tuesday morning that it expects an average premium increase of 0.8 percent for 2020 in the state’s individual marketplace, the lowest such rate change since the health insurance exchange started business in 2013. → Read More
Covered California says consumers will see lowest-ever premium hike for individual policies
Covered California announced Tuesday morning that it expects an average premium increase of 0.8 percent for 2020 in the state’s individual marketplace, the lowest such rate change since the health insurance exchange started business in 2013. → Read More
Covered California says consumers will see lowest-ever premium hike for individual policies
Covered California announced Tuesday morning that it expects an average premium increase of 0.8 percent for 2020 in the state’s individual marketplace, the lowest such rate change since the health insurance exchange started business in 2013. → Read More
Nurses at Oroville Hospital approve contract that will raise pay by 12 percent over 4 years
About 400 registered nurses represented by the California Nurses Association ratified a four-year labor contract Wednesday with Oroville Hospital, securing pay increases of 12 percent over the life of the deal. → Read More
Parents will stay close to their preemies in $35 million NICU at Sacramento-area hospital
Dignity Health is investing $35 million at Mercy San Juan Medical Center to expand the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit, adding 16 rooms where parents can stay with the frailest preemies. → Read More
UC Davis Health recruits leader of influential National Eye Institute to join faculty
UC Davis Health has recruited the internationally recognized director of the National Eye Institute, Dr. Paul A. Sieving, to join the faculty for its Sacramento-based eye center. → Read More
A health plan that pays for Weight Watchers, gyms? Why this California insurer has it covered
Blue Shield gets rid of a one-size-fits-all wellness program and gives its members choices in an effort to help them tackle their health challenges through lifestyle changes rather than prescription medicines. → Read More
States going ‘too far too fast’ in legalizing pot, U.S. surgeon general tells UC Davis doctors
Speaking Monday at UC Davis Medical School, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams said California and other states are going “way too far too fast” in legalizing the powerful marijuana strains being cultivated today. → Read More
Report ties 50 infant deaths to inclined sleepers, but U.S. watchdog has not issued recall
The deaths of at least 50 infants have been linked to those comfy-looking inclined sleepers that have been marketed as great for babies’ naptime and nighttime, according to Consumer Reports magazine. → Read More
Patient’s morphine overdose death leads to state fine for Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento
Medical staff at Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento administered a lethal dose of morphine, 166 times the prescribed dosage, to a patient that resulted in his 2017 death, California public health regulators say. → Read More
In worldwide first, UC Davis docs can peek into your whole body with one scan by 3-D device
Starting this summer, physicians at UC Davis Health will use a powerful new scanner that can render detailed, 3-D images of the inner workings of the entire human body in as little as one minute. → Read More
UC Davis-Shriners ranked among top hospitals for children’s orthopedics in U.S. News survey
Sacramento’s UC Davis Children’s Hospital and Shriners Hospital for Children ranked among the top 10 medical institutions in the U.S. for children to get orthopedic care, according to U.S. News & World Report. → Read More
New DNA test beats others at hunting down germs that inflame the brain, UC study finds
Right now, neurologists don’t have one test that can identify multiple causes of neurological diseases such as encephalitis and meningitis. UC San Francisco researchers say their new test provides more diagnoses. → Read More
Sutter secretly sharing patients’ private info with Google, others, Sacramento lawsuit alleges
In a class-action complaint filed in Sacramento, two plaintiffs allege that Sutter Health revealed their personally identifiable information to Facebook, Google, Twitter and other third parties. → Read More
Dietary supplements are a waste of money for most seeking to avoid dementia, experts say
Sales of purported brain-health supplements such as fish oil and jellyfish are expected to reach $5.8 billion by 2023, but in a report released Tuesday, an AARP panel of brain experts called them a huge waste of money for healthy seniors seeking to avoid or reverse dementia. → Read More
Dietary supplements are a waste of money for most seeking to avoid dementia, experts say
Sales of purported brain-health supplements such as fish oil and jellyfish are expected to reach $5.8 billion by 2023, but in a report released Tuesday, an AARP panel of brain experts called them a huge waste of money for healthy seniors seeking to avoid or reverse dementia. → Read More