Phillip Reese • KFF Health News, Author at Stocktonia News

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As mosquito season peaks, officials brace for new normal of dengue cases

by Phillip Reese • KFF Health News July 5, 2025, 4:00 p.m.July 5, 2025, 2:03 p.m.

As summer ushers in peak mosquito season, officials are bracing for another possible year of historic rates of dengue.

Mental health and substance misuse treatment is increasingly a video chat or phone call away

by Phillip Reese • KFF Health News May 22, 2025, 6:00 a.m.May 21, 2025, 11:29 a.m.

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More Californians are freezing to death amid rise in older homeless population

by Phillip Reese • KFF Health News Dec. 16, 2024, 10:10 a.m.Dec. 16, 2024, 10:10 a.m.