Prison bars

Valley Fever Threatens Thousands of California Inmates

By Christie Rizk | May 02, 2013 10:59 AM EDT

A federal official has ordered the state of California to stop housing inmates at two prisons where dozens have died of a fungal infection.

Courthouse in San Francisco, California, gay rights, Bob Sodervick

California Judge Partly Blocks Gay Conversion Therapy Ban

By Mary Slosson | Dec 04, 2012 09:24 AM EST

A federal judge temporarily blocked California from enforcing a landmark law that bars therapy aimed at reversing homosexuality in minors.

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Two Dead and Four Injured in Assisted Living Home After Eating Poisonous Wild Mushroom Soup

By Christine Hsu | Nov 12, 2012 04:42 PM EST

Two residents of a Northern California assisted living home have died and four others have been hospitalized after eating soup with wild mushrooms picked by a caregiver.

Ground squirrel

Bubonic Plague Detected in Squirrel Found Dead at California Campground

By Christine Hsu | Oct 10, 2012 12:41 PM EDT

Deadly plague bacteria was discovered in a ground squirrel carcass at a popular Southern California campground.

Tapeworm

California's Unspoken Health Problem: Brain Parasites

By Makini Brice | Sep 06, 2012 02:39 PM EDT

The CDC estimates that there are 386 annual cases of brain parasite infection in California alone which can cost upwards of $66,000.

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