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National health care reform is well under way, and money is flowing to local communities and governments to boost prevention and medical-training efforts, a federal official said Thursday. Herb K. Schultz, the Region IX director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services , outlined key elements of the health care reform legislation during a speech at UC Riverside's Palm Desert campus.

The York Health Boutique will celebrate its 10th year of providing specialty health care products and services for women who have been or are in the process of being treated for cancer.

The Calhoun County Health Department has issued a water advisory for those with private wells living within 200 feet from the edge of the Kalamazoo River bank between Talmadge Creek and the Kalamazoo County line.