Santa Barbara County to Get $4.4 Million in Purdue Pharma Opioid Settlement Courts & Crime By Nick Welsh Opioid overdoses have claimed the lives of 524 county residents since 2017.
Surf’s Up, Bacteria’s Out: Storm Runoff Sparks Ocean Health Warning Health By Ella Heydenfeldt Despite the warning, not all folks waited to reenter the water — and suffered the consequences.
Leadership Change at Santa Barbara’s Sansum Diabetes Research Institute Health By Ella Heydenfeldt Dr. Andy Rhinehart is named CEO following Elizabeth Thompson’s departure.
Santa Barbara Supervisors Hit Pause on Transferring Undocumented Immigrants off Public Health Rolls Health By Nick Welsh
$1 Million Gift Energizes Physician Housing and Recruitment in Santa Barbara Announcement By Sansum Clinic
What’s Happening with IVF? Federal Initiatives, State Mandates, Local Concerns Health By Ella Heydenfeldt
Sutter Health Acquires Hayashida Physical Therapy, Expanding Access in Santa Barbara Health By Ella Heydenfeldt
Newsom Promises $140 Million to Keep California’s Planned Parenthood Clinics Open Health By Callie Fausey
Undocumented Santa Barbara Patients Get Reprieve from Forced Health Provider Transfer Health By Nick Welsh
Newsom Signs First-in-Nation Law to Ban Ultra-Processed Food in School Lunches Health By Kristen Hwang, CalMatters
CDC Expands Listeria Outbreak to Include More Prepared Meals Announcement By U.S. Department of Health and Human Services