North Bay Reports that deal with health and wellness in Sonoma County.

The epidemic of opioid addiction across America has triggered a surge in the use of other, related drugs, including heroin, and it’s more potent synthetic relative, fentanyl.

Long before this week’s election results came in, organizers of the annual Latino Health Forum in Santa Rosa had selected as this year’s theme, the health impacts of racism and Discrimination.

Can you remember what your school lunches were like? For many the thought can conjure up memories of bland sandwiches, dry meat meat patties and sugary juices. But with stricter food regulations and a general move towards healthy and nutritious eating those meals are poised to become a thing of the past.
Read more: North Bay School Districts Pioneer Healthy Food Options for Students

Marin General Hospital successfully lowered its caesarian section rates by employing nurse midwives.
Read more: How to Change Hospital Culture When It Comes to Giving Birth
- Home Healthcare Workers Seek Support
- Activism as a Key to Improving Latinos’ Health
- Grants Boost Food Stamp Use at Farm Markets
- Farm Workers Get New Protections from Pesticides
- Congress Eyes Mental Health Measures
- California-China Trade Office Prospering
- Supervisors Weigh Licensing Tobacco Sales
- Pinkwashing in Alcohol Beverage Advertising
- Farmworker Health Survey Details Disparities
- When the Inside Air is a Health Hazard
- Assessing Indoor Air Quality
- Reborn Palm Drive Hospital Awaits Re-opening
- Home health workers still excluded from county’s Living Wage
- Banning Bids to Label GMO Foods
- Alternative Birthing Centers
- Medi-Cal Turns 50
- Covered California Releases 2016 Insurance Rates
- Seeking a Sustainable Niche in the Operating Room
- Gaining in the Fight Against AIDS
- EPA to Expand Pesticide Ban
- The Next Generation of Food
- Vaccine Bill Wins Assembly Approval
- Landpaths Introduces ‘TrekSonoma’ Outings
- Inside the “Portrait of Sonoma County”
- Supervisors Adopt Living Wage Proposal
- Spreading the Word About Soil
- Medicine Disposal Requirements Upheld
- Personalized Support for Developmentally Disabled Adults
- Responding to Pollution's Health Impacts
- Sebastopol Hospital’s Reopening Delayed
- Young Adults with Autism Thrive in Their New Home
- Health Games -- Innovation or Fad?
- Addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences
- Connecting New Farmers with Land
- Kaiser Announces Large-scale Autism Study
- The Mosquito District’s Assessment Election
- California 'Safety-Net' Hospitals at Risk Amidst Health System Changes
- California Lawmakers Look at Unequal Access to Health Care
- California Doctors, Lawmakers Renew Push for Medi-Cal Rate Increase
- 10,000 Degrees Heats Up Educational Opportunities
- Inspired Forward by LandPaths
- Marin’s Breast Cancer Cluster Disputed
- Healthy Aging in Sonoma County
- California's Retiree Health Care Costs Jump Past $70 Billion
- Applying Restorative Justice at School
- Reopening Palm Drive Hospital
- County Landfill Prepapres for Composting Move
- Recognizing Micro-aggressions
- Getting started with Micro-loans
- Micro-lending in Sonoma County
- Creating Hope for the Moorland Neighborhood
- Questioning the 'Common Core Standards'
- Addressing Latinos’ Mental Health Needs
- The Long Slow Recovery from Concussion
- Common antibacterial products expose pregnant women, infants to potential health risks
- California's Largest Healthcare Workers Union Drops Two Fall Ballot Initiatives
- Why Palliative Care is Growing
- Opponents Remain as Common Core Nears Implementation
- What is Behind Sonoma County's low Vaccination Rates?
- Brain Health Registry
- Understanding Dyslexia
- Medical Marijuana Study Gets Federal Green Light
- Report: Childhood Obesity Rates Declining
- Unraveling Marin's Breast Cancer Cluster
- Climate Change and Health
- Pesticides and Kids' Health
- Branding the Health Care Exchange
- Employers and Health Insurance
- Electronic Health Records
- Health Physics
- Thyroid Health
- Children's Dental Health
- Community Health Centers
- "What If Cannabis Cured Cancer?"
- Sonoma County in 10 Years
- Wood Smoke Health Hazards
- Cannabis as Medicine
- Ethnic Mental Health
- Community Clinics & Health Care Reform
- HealthySonoma.org
- PTSD & Medical Marijuana
- Health Benefits Suit
- Doctors for Healthcare Reform
- Homeless Census Report
- Health Frontiers Conference
- Health Action Coalition
- The Future of Health Care