School epilepsy-drug bill advances

The Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill that would allow nonmedical school employees to give anti-seizure medication to epileptic students, sending the emotional issue a crucial step closer to final approval by Gov. Jerry Brown.

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School epilepsy-drug bill advances

The Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill that would allow nonmedical school employees to give anti-seizure medication to epileptic students, sending the emotional issue a crucial step closer to final approval by Gov. Jerry Brown.

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Campaign focuses on meningitis

When her daughter, MaryJo, complained about a sore throat one Saturday morning, Rose Kwett thought she had the flu.

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Capital clinic network gets funds to treat kids

A Sacramento community clinic group was awarded $30,000 in federal funding this week to enroll more than 1,000 local children into health insurance programs including Medi-Cal and Healthy Families.

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Culturally sensitive senior care supports aging Japanese Americans

Mary Gima greets strangers with a warm smile as she mingles among diners enjoying lunch at Nikkei Senior Gardens. At 89, she moves among newcomers and friends with equal eagerness and cheer.

Mary Gima, 89, crochets a blanket in her room at Nikkei …

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Dan Walters: Control of health care looms large in Callifornia

Jerry Brown dealt with many controversial issues as governor three-plus decades ago – most notably water, collective bargaining for public employees and farmworkers, highway construction, and the Proposition 13 property tax revolt.

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California bill on epilepsy medication bucks opposition from teachers, nurses

It’s not often that the Democratic-controlled Legislature takes a stand against the state’s Democratic Party chairman and the labor unions that are the party’s main allies.

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Kaiser to unveil 217-bed tower in south Sacramento today

The final piece of Kaiser Permanente’s five-year, $300 million expansion of its south Sacramento Medical Center – the hospital’s five-story South Tower – opens today.

A five-story tower will be unveiled today, with drug and care services…

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Asperger’s into young adulthood

Even for the most independent and outgoing of teenagers, adjusting to college can be tricky. For Spencer Griffin, a 23-year-old with Asperger’s syndrome, the transition is more daunting.

Even for the most independent and sociable teenagers, adjust…

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West Nile spraying in Elk Grove, Wilton today, Wednesday

Aerial spraying will be conducted in the Elk Grove and Wilton areas this week in an effort to control adult mosquitoes that may carry the West Nile virus.

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