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UC Davis forms new publichealth unit
Electric day
By Caleb Hampton
An electric vehicle charges at a station in Millbrae. New gas-powered cars will be banned in California beginning with 2035 models under a new regulation.
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new vehicles, beginning with 35% of 2026 models sold, increasing to 68% in 2030 and 100% for 2035 models. As of this year, about 16% of all new car sales in California are zeroemission vehicles, twice the share in 2020. The millions of existing gaspowered cars already on the roads and used car sales are unaffected by the mandate, which only sets a zero-emission standard for new models. The switch to zero-emission vehicles marks a historic precedent that would ripple across
UC Davis’ student health center has formed a new public health unit to work on patient care, prevention efforts and campus response to infectious diseases and other public health issues, UC Davis announced this week in a news release. The unit, which grew out of initiatives prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, is part of Student Health and Counseling Services, the department that manages UC Davis’ Student Health and Wellness Center. SHCS began building out the public health unit last fall, the release said. It now includes an infection control physician, a public health coordinator and a public health nurse. The unit will also have access to two nurses who already work at the SHWC and will assist the public health unit when needed. UC Davis’ Health Education and Promotion department, a longrunning program within SHCS, will be folded into the public health unit. HEP includes four health promotion
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State phases out sales of gas cars By Nadia Lopez CalMatters New gasoline-powered cars will be banned in California beginning with 2035 models under a new groundbreaking regulation unanimously approved Thursday to force car owners to switch to zero-emission vehicles. In its biggest move yet to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and fight climate change, the new rule approved by the state Air Resources Board culminates
a decades-long effort to transform the auto and power industries and change the cars people drive — the state’s leading source of air pollution. The regulation is the first in the world to end the sale of traditional gas-powered vehicles and ramp up sales of cars powered by electricity. A small number of other states and nations have set only voluntary targets. The proposal was first unveiled in April. In response to several board members’ concerns, the
staff made minor revisions Thursday to address issues related to electric car battery durability and added provisions to enhance assistance for lowincome residents. “This regulation is one of the most important efforts we have ever carried out to clean the air,” said Air Resources Board Chair Liane Randolph. “Our previous regulations to make cars cleaner made improvements, but those improvements were incremental. This regulation will essentially end vehicle emissions altogether.” Automakers will have to gradually electrify their fleet of
UCD patient makes every breath count Woodland Community College
hosts Binational Education Week
By Liam Connolly Special to The Enterprise SACRAMENTO — Forrest Reed always felt extremely healthy for a 70-year-old. He did not require any medications, his blood pressure was low and at his annual physical his doctor thought his lungs sounded fine. Then he mentioned a dry, recurring cough he had been experiencing for the past couple of months.“If some clear phlegm hadn’t appeared the day before, I might not have mentioned anything at all,” Reed recalled. A lung scan showed white cobwebbing that represented scar tissue building up on his air sacs. He
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Forrest Reed, an idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patient, goes through his paces at a UC Davis Health facility. was referred to a pulmonologist, who conducted a lung biopsy. After three stressful weeks, his pulmonologist told him that he had idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and a small cancerous tumor in his left lung. “I remember thinking, is there such a thing as a
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small amount of cancer?” Reed said. A month later, Reed underwent a positron emission tomography scan looking for cancer in his lymph nodes and organs. “My oncologist called me
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In a first, Woodland Community College hosted the fifth Binational Week of Education — or Semana Binacional de Educaion — this week and solidified a collaboration to provide bilingual teaching. Nearly 100 people attended the Monday afternoon event, including representatives from the Mexican Consulate, Mexican foreign affairs office, along with educators from throughout Yolo County, and elected officials from its various school districts and city
councils. Previous gatherings have been held in Philadelphia, Calexico and other locations across the United States and Mexico. Woodland Community College President Art Pimentel, who served as host of the event, said the recognition was important due to the school’s increasing student enrollment. He noted that of the approximately 7,000 students enrolled this year about half are of Latino descent, making it critical that “Latino-based” programs be provided.
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