Health Resources and Health in the news

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Data websites

• California County Health Rankings - See how Kern County ranks
• Kidsdata- Data for kids in Kern and California
• California School Data - truancy, suspensions, fitness, and wellness data.
• Kern County Report Card- data on how children are faring in Kern County
• Burden of Diabetes in CA report
• Toxic Stress in Kern County
• STD Data for State and Kern County
  
• Kern Health Indicators
  
• Food Safety and Pesticides Information
  • This one is a great data base tool on pesticides use
    
  • This one is on endocrine disruptors
  • Antibiotic Resistance and food
  • Biosolids and Kern lost article
    
    

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Public Health in the News

• E-coli Outbreak - Feb 2016 - E-coli outbreak linked to Chipotle
  
• Updates regarding Zika Virus - Zika Virus is a serious public health concern.
• Scientists Move Closer to Understanding Schizophrenia's Cause - genetic research unlocks part of the puzzle.
• Drug overdose ripples across America - death rates are impacted.
• Population Ages- Where are the Geriatricians?
• Can we be retrained to like healthier food? - exposure to food can change behaviors.
  
• Food Hardship Study
  

The Bakersfield Californian Articles on Public Health Issues

• Treatment Crisis, The Bakersfield Californian, Harold Pierce, The Bakersfield Californian, (November 5, 2017) 
• An Invisible crisis: Toxic Stress is helping to shorten lives in Kern County communities. The Bakersfield Californian, Harold Pierce (July 15, 2017).
• Suicide rates among kids startles Kern County advocates, The Bakersfield Californian, Harold Pierce, (
• What's killing America's new mothers? Quartz, Annalisa Mereli, October 29, 2017