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Catherine Ho

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Reporter at @SFChronicle covering health and health care

 San Francisco, CA
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Joined June 2011
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Nobel Laureates Urge Senate to Turn Down Kennedy’s Nomination nytimes.com/2024/12/09/healt…

Nobel Laureates Urge Senate to Turn Down Kennedy’s Nomination (Published 2024)

Elevating Mr. Kennedy to secretary of H.H.S. “would put the public’s health in jeopardy,” more than 75 laureates wrote.

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The % of Americans who consumed alcohol, which had already risen from 2018 to 2020, inched up further in 2021 and 2022. And more people reported heavy or binge drinking nytimes.com/2024/11/11/healt…
As the Pandemic Deepened, Americans Kept Drinking More (Published 2024)

As the Pandemic Deepened, Americans Kept Drinking More (Published 2024)

Excessive drinking persisted in the years after Covid arrived, according to new data.

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Bay Area folks - if you're feeling stressed or anxious about the election & open to talking for a story, please let me know! I'm working on a story about coping strategies - reach me here or [email protected].
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Breast Cancer Continues to Rise Among Younger Women, Study Finds nytimes.com/2024/10/01/healt…
Breast Cancer Continues to Rise Among Younger Women, Study Finds (Published 2024)

Breast Cancer Continues to Rise Among Younger Women, Study Finds (Published 2024)

Death rates are declining among U.S. women with breast cancer. But the disease is turning up more often in women under age 50.

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Severe obesity is on the rise in the US apnews.com/article/how-commo…
Severe obesity is on the rise in the US

Severe obesity is on the rise in the US

Obesity is high and holding steady in the U.S. About 4 in 10 Americans have obesity overall and about 1 in 10 have severe obesity.

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For the first time in decades, public health data shows a sudden and hopeful drop in drug overdose deaths across the U.S. npr.org/2024/09/18/nx-s1-510…
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California’s summer COVID surge is waning just as new vaccines arrive sfchronicle.com/health/artic… via @sfchronicle
It’s official: California’s summer COVID surge is waning just as new vaccines arrive

It’s official: California’s summer COVID surge is waning just as new vaccines arrive

California’s annual summer COVID surge is finally subsiding, with hospitalizations and viral presence in wastewater decreasing since a peak in August.

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Breast cancer is rising at a faster rate among Asian American & Pacific Islander women, especially young women, than other racial and ethnic groups. Researchers are scrambling to understand why: californiahealthline.org/NDk… via @CalHealthline
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Mayor London Breed appoints S.F. fire department veteran as interim chief, first Asian American in role sfchronicle.com/sf/article/m… via @sfchronicle
Mayor London Breed appoints S.F. fire department veteran as interim chief, first Asian American in...

Mayor London Breed appoints S.F. fire department veteran as interim chief, first Asian American in...

Sandy Tong was assistant deputy chief of emergency medical services and has over 35 years of experience working in EMS.

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Counterpoint: She is tho 🐾
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Heat-related mortality is on the rise in the U.S., according to new research, the first to show a clear uptick from 2016 to 2023: latimes.com/environment/stor…
As national heat deaths rise, California girds for worsening bouts of extreme temperature

As national heat deaths rise, California girds for worsening bouts of extreme temperature

The last seven years have been marked by a surge in heat-related deaths, including 2,325 deaths in 2023 — the planet's hottest year on record.

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🚨🚨🚨!!!!!!!! 7-Eleven’s coveted Japanese sandwiches have arrived in the Bay Area sfchronicle.com/food/restaur… via @sfchronicle
7-Eleven’s coveted Japanese sandwiches have arrived in the Bay Area

7-Eleven’s coveted Japanese sandwiches have arrived in the Bay Area

The sandwiches on soft milk bread are one of the signature snacks at 7-Eleven locations in Japan.

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Chevron, a Bay Area corporate giant for more than a century, to move headquarters from San Ramon to Houston sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti… via @sfchronicle
Chevron, a Bay Area corporate giant for more than a century, to move headquarters from San Ramon to...

Chevron, a Bay Area corporate giant for more than a century, to move headquarters from San Ramon to...

Chevron announced Friday that it plans to relocate its corporate headquarters from San Ramon to Houston after 145 years in the Bay Area, becoming California’s latest corporate giant to shift to...

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Why it's so hard to find a COVID vaccine right now: The switch to the new fall vaccine is leaving many pharmacies & health care providers short on supply of the current vaccine. sfchronicle.com/health/artic… via @sfchronicle
Why it’s hard to find a COVID vaccine right now in the Bay Area

Why it’s hard to find a COVID vaccine right now in the Bay Area

At least two major health care providers in the Bay Area are no longer offering the current COVID vaccine in most locations, leaving patients waiting until the fall.

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S.F. drug crisis: Mayor Breed and ally want to pay welfare recipients $100 a week to stay sober sfchronicle.com/sf/article/b… via @sfchronicle
S.F. drug crisis: Breed and ally want to pay welfare recipients $100 a week to stay sober

S.F. drug crisis: Breed and ally want to pay welfare recipients $100 a week to stay sober

S.F. Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Matt Dorsey want to use incentives rather than discipline to encourage sobriety amid the city’s historic drug crisis.

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Tuskegee syphilis study whistleblower Peter Buxtun has died at age 86 apnews.com/article/buxtun-tu…
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Passengers on Southwest flight out of San Jose last week may have been exposed to measles sfchronicle.com/health/artic… via @sfchronicle
Passengers on Southwest flight out of San Jose may have been exposed to measles

Passengers on Southwest flight out of San Jose may have been exposed to measles

An adult with measles who flew out of San Jose Mineta International Airport this month may have exposed others at the airport and on a Southwest flight during their infectious period.

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My latest on the California heat wave: Why more Americans die from hot weather than floods, tornados & other extreme climate events sfchronicle.com/health/artic… via @sfchronicle
Heat wave: Why more Americans die from hot weather than other extreme climate events

Heat wave: Why more Americans die from hot weather than other extreme climate events

In the last decade, an average of 188 people died each year from heat — nearly half of all weather-related deaths, and surpassing the 103 deaths from floods, 74 from rip currents and 57 from wind.

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Bay Area city’s only hospital is ending elective surgeries. Staff fear emergency procedures could be next sfchronicle.com/health/artic… via @sfchronicle
Bay Area city’s only hospital is ending elective surgeries. Staff fear emergency procedures could...

Bay Area city’s only hospital is ending elective surgeries. Staff fear emergency procedures could...

The only hospital in Alameda is halting elective surgeries on June 30 and sending patients to other county facilities. Doctors and nurses worry emergency procedures will be cut next.

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The first major heat wave of 2024 is expected to hit CA starting today, w/ excessive heat warning for Central Valley & Solano County & heat advisory for inland portions of Bay Area. 6 things you should do before & during the heat: sfchronicle.com/health/artic… via @sfchronicle
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