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Research conducted at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health detected significant levels of metals in the blood and urine among marijuana users, concluding that marijuana may be an important and under-recognized source of lead and cadmium exposure.

During the course of this investigation, a suspect was identified as Fredy Morales, 21 years of Perris. On August 30, 2023, arrest charges of murder were added to Morales, who was in custody at the Robert Presley Detention Center, on unrelated charges.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provides an at-a-glance summary of news from around the agency.

The Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization a year ago has reshaped reproductive health care across the U.S., with abortion access now banned, severely restricted or unavailable in nearly two dozen states.

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced it has permanently housed 26,470 Veterans through July 2023, on pace to exceed its goal of housing 38,000 homeless Veterans in 2023.