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The holiday shopping season doesn't have to be unsustainable.

There is an environmental impact each time you hit 'buy now.' Here's an alternative

Overconsumption from the holiday shopping season can have negative an environmental impact. But there are ways to make gift giving more sustainable.

Margarette Osias, patient navigator for the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition, helps a patient schedule a cancer screening. Osias is a bilingual Haitian Creole speaker, which helps her connect with the community she works with in Sussex County, Del.

Delaware is shrinking racial gaps in cancer death. Its secret? Patient navigators

The state's program of free cancer screening and treatment is reducing inequities. Key to its success is robust outreach by patient navigators who connect with those least likely to seek care.

Sugar and Greg Bull play with their twins, Redford and Scarlett, who were born prematurely in 2020. Their insurance company initially said the births were not an emergency, and the family ended up with bills totaling more than $80,000.

An $80,000 surprise bill points to a loophole in a new law to protect patients

An insurer refused to pay bills related to the premature birth of the Bull family's twins because it said their delivery wasn't an emergency and their stays in the NICU weren't medically necessary.

A "for sale" sign is pictured in front of a house in Chula Vista in this file photo from July 21, 2020.

Study: San Diego's Median Home Price Could Near $1 Million Next Year

Though not all experts agree with the prediction, most expect home prices to continue their gains locally.

Above: locals in Liuzhou feast on their regional specialty of snail noodles. The novelty of the dish has made it a viral sensation in China during the pandemic.

Snail noodles go viral in China during the pandemic. But the dish is a bit ... funky

The southern specialty — snail broth, pickled bamboo, slippery rice noodles — has taken off. "A lot of people were looking for crazy, ridiculous things to eat," says food blogger Mei Shanshan.

Akiko Surai's "Pacific Stratum" installed at the Mission Pacific Hotel in a May 2021 photo.

5 Works Of Art To See In San Diego In June

Don't miss these new and notable works of art in San Diego this month from Cataphant, Akiko Surai, Roberto Salas, Kelsey Brookes and Johnny Nguyen.

Todd Gloria signs the San Diego city budget in his office, San Diego, Calif. June 21, 2021.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria Signs $4.6 Billion Budget

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria Monday signed the $4.6 billion budget for fiscal year 2022, also known as "Back to Work SD," into law.

Teamsters Local 542 striking in front of Republic Services in Otay Ranch over stalled contract negotiations, Dec 27, 2021.

Bargaining between union, Republic Services over trash strike continues

Republic Services and Teamsters Local 542 sat at the bargaining table on Christmas Eve, but they failed to reach an agreement.

A "for rent" sign is pictured in San Diego, Sept. 17, 2020.

Gloria Earmarks $42 Million For Renters; No-Eviction Extension On Table

San Diego will make more than $42 million in federal emergency rental assistance available to city residents.

Nina Feldman, a reporter for member station WHYY in Philadelphia, had COVID-19 symptoms that persisted into what she calls "medium COVID."

People with 'medium COVID' are caught in a gray area of recovery with little support

Even if you don't have long COVID, it can still take weeks to recover — much longer than the isolation period implies. Millions of Americans are finding that this still majorly disrupts their lives.

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