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Palm Springs, California - The Desert Health Care District Board of Directors voted unanimously to support AB 2414, a bill that will require the Desert Healthcare District, upon voter approval, to expand its territory to include the Eastern Coachella Valley region.
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Los Angeles, California - Scientists at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA have taken a major step toward confirming an unusual theory of how some cancer cells metastasize. Their findings may lead to new strategies for keeping melanoma from spreading.
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Los Angeles, California - USC researchers have tracked down two Zika proteins potentially responsible for thousands of microcephaly cases in Brazil and elsewhere - taking one small step toward preventing Zika-infected mothers from birthing babies with abnormally small heads.
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Berkeley, California - Fire-fighting foam containing highly fluorinated chemicals is contaminating drinking water supplies around many of the nation’s military bases, airports and industrial sites, according to a new study by UC Berkeley and Harvard University researchers.
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Sacramento, California - Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D- Coachella) and members of the State Assembly today passed ACR 194, proclaiming the month of September Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts - More than 13 million pain-blocking epidural procedures are performed every year in the United States. Although epidurals are generally regarded as safe, there are complications in up to 10 percent of cases, in which the needles are inserted too far or placed in the wrong tissue.
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