Health and medicine

Mentally ill inmates on the rise in California prisons and jails

By Jocelyn Wiener - Updated: 8:55 am

Inmates with serious mental illnesses deemed incompetent to stand trial are languishing in California jail cells for months as they wait for state hospital beds to open up, according to advocates, jail officials and family members.

California correctional officer battling cancer nears victory in fight to keep her job

By Cynthia Hubert - Updated: 3:21 pm

Hours after a needle fed another round of toxic chemotherapy into her veins, Sandra Knott wondered aloud whether she would survive to don the crisp uniform of a state correctional officer again.

Expanded medical clinic to rise in Woodland

By Cynthia H. Craft - Updated: 10:15 am

Even with affordable health care a bit of an oxymoron these days, no one in Yolo County seems to mind that the proverbial wrecking ball is poised over the Peterson Clinic, a valued community health clinic in Woodland.

Dental care plan audited by California ceases operations

By Emily Bazar - Updated: 2:36 pm

Community Dental Services, a managed-care dental plan with about 16,000 Medi-Cal members in Sacramento and Los Angeles counties, will cease operations and transfer its enrollees to Liberty Dental Plan on June 1, state officials announced Friday.

Mosquitoes with West Nile show up early in Yolo County

By Darrell Smith - Published: Friday, May 25 2012 - 12:00 am

Officials are predicting a busy mosquito season for Yolo County because mosquitoes infected with the West Nile virus have been trapped in Davis more than a month ahead of schedule.

North Highlands firm gets patient transport plane

By Bill Lindelof - Updated: 2:12 pm

The CALSTAR air ambulance company at McClellan Park in North Highlands has added a large, high-flying patient transport plane to its fleet.

Each year, the California Medical Board disciplines hundreds of doctors, often suspending their licenses. This database lets you see all doctors disciplined in a particular area at once, or search for a doctor by name.