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The city of Berkeley agreed to enter into a franchise agreement with FlixBus, a long-distance bus company started in Germany, to allow buses to stop at the campus’s western edge at Tuesday’s regular City Council meeting. Previously, the closest stops were located in West Oakland and Richmond.
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On April 30, Berkeley City Council voted to approve the construction of a Kaiser Permanente medical office building and a surface parking lot to serve patients.
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On Feb. 8, health policy professors Richard Scheffler and Stephen Shortell of UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health released a proposal for funding a universal health care plan in California, estimating the cost of covering the uninsured population to be about $7 billion per year.
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The Berkeley City Council met Tuesday for its last regular meeting of the year, at which it swore in its newly- and re-elected representatives as well as addressed a variety of issues including the Alta Bates Hospital closure, street paving and tobacco sales.
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State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, announced Monday the unveiling of SB 18, which seeks to expand state funding and offer rental assistance and legal aid to help California residents who are at risk of displacement.
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You see, four months before I moved to Berkeley and started the semester, I was diagnosed with anxiety and clinical depression. Two months before starting the semester, I had just became accustomed to my pills and was becoming so dependent on my therapist, who allowed me to release and express myself in ways I never thought I could.
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Chancellor Carol Christ and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Paul Alivisatos released a joint statement Tuesday announcing Dow’s appointment as interim dean, calling him a “celebrated scholar of the economic aspects of health insurance, health behaviors, and health and demographic outcomes.”
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Butterfly Medical, a social-impact startup, has developed a device to treat urinary blockage from noncancerous enlargement of the prostate.
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As part of International Walk and Roll to School Day, Bay Area parents, students and city officials pedaled, rolled and strolled to classrooms Wednesday in an effort to leave their cars at home. Communities from more than 40 countries are participating in the International Walk and Roll to School Week
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