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Feb 25Failed to save articlePlease try againThe headquarters of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which oversees Medicaid and Medicare. (J. David Ake/Getty Images)We think of Medicare and Social Security as kind of third rails in American politics: That if you touch them, you get burned. Medicaid has generally not been thought of in that same category, but it actually covers more people now than Medicare or Social Security.

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Feb 15Failed to save articlePlease try againTracy Gage, LVN, prepares a syringe at a flu and COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Kaiser Permanente in Pasadena on Oct. 12, 2023. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)If the flu has hit your household this winter — or your workplace or your friend group — you’re not alone. The Bay Area is in the middle of a particularly pronounced wave of influenza infections, mirroring a wave across California.

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Feb 7Failed to save articlePlease try againBjoern Bingham, a resident scientist at the Desert Research Institute, uses a probe to test the depth and base of the snowpack during Snow Science School, an event organized by UC Berkeley’s Central Sierra Snow Lab near Soda Springs, Calif. on Jan. 16, 2025. (David M. Barreda/KQED)And for the scientists working up here in 2025 the job is essentially “to play in the snow and learn more about it,” said Andrew Schwartz, its director.

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Jan 29Failed to save articlePlease try againUS President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after signing a series of executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 23, 2025 in Washington, DC.  (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)I think that I will benefit from the increased job possibilities from oil drilling and as a business owner I am glad to see limits on the EPA’s oversteps into our daily work.

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Jan 24Failed to save articlePlease try againA view of the PG&E office on Harrison and 18th streets in the Mission District in San Francisco in January 2019. (Sheraz Sadiq/KQED News)In its December 2024 end-of-year update, PG&E representatives offered that customers’ bills — and electricity in particular — will steady or even decrease in price after last year’s historic price hikes.