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State Lawmakers Seek $2M To Boost Valley Fever Research, Monitoring

The money, to be added to an existing valley fever fund, would pay for tracking equipment, new research and community outreach on a fungal disease that is relatively benign in most cases but can be extremely serious in some people.

Tracking Air Quality Block By Block

An environmental advocacy group plans to install 100 pollution sensors at homes, schools and businesses in the congested area near the Port of Oakland to capture variations in the level of diesel contaminants.

Lead Poisoning’s Lifelong Toll Includes Lowering Social Mobility, Researchers Find

Research published today suggests childhood lead exposure, which affects half a million children and which the CDC has been deemed a major public concern, doesn’t just impact cognitive development but also undermines class mobility.