Tag Archives: California Department of Public Health

Calif. Scientists' Calls to Warn Yosemite Visitors of Virus Went Unheeded

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By Christina Jewett, California Watch California public health scientists have twice recommended in the past five years that Yosemite National Park authorities educate visitors about hantavirus, a rare disease that is linked to the deaths of two park visitors, one illness … Continue reading »


Interview: California Health Dept Interim Director on Japan Radiation in Milk

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Yesterday, The California Report's Central Valley Bureau Chief Sasha Khokha interviewed Dr. Howard Backer, Interim Director of the California Dept of Public Health, about traces of radioactive iodine emanating from Japan's downed nuclear power plant that have been found in … Continue reading »