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Home visits are helping new moms get health care, support, and diapers in the weeks after they give birth

When Jefferson Einstein Hospital began offering new mothers who gave birth there a follow-up visit with a nurse at home, ...
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Mayo Clinic scientists create tool to predict Alzheimer’s risk years before symptoms begin

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new tool that can estimate a person's risk of developing memory and thinking ...
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Understanding and preventing antimicrobial resistance

Antimicrobial Awareness Week, Nov. 18–24, serves as a global call to action to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR) — a ...
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Former Sonora City Councilwoman Colette Such dies at 72

Colette Such is remembered by those who knew her best as someone who was always willing to step up and do the hard work ...
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Tuolumne County elementary schools swarm Wildcat Ranch for cross country championship

Wildcat Ranch played host to the Tuolumne County Elementary Schools Cross Country Championships on Oct. 29, bringing together ...
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Full recap: Wildcats stomp visiting Pirates in decisive D6 playoffs opener

The Sonora High School varsity football team manhandled their first playoff opponent Friday night, pounding the ball with a ...
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Winter storms soaks the Central Sierra foothills, dump snow in high country

A multiday system of storms brought more than 5 inches of rain to the Sonora area Thursday through Sunday, while the area’s ...
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Full recap: Summerville surges past Rams on way to rematch with Lions

On Halloween night, the Summerville High School varsity football team narrowly eked out a road victory against the Linden ...
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Death Notice for Nov. 18, 2025

Donald Richard Moore, 82, of Twain Harte, died Tuesday, Nov. 11, at Alexander Cohen Hospice House in Hughson. Cremation is planned, and a memorial service will be held ...