As Dr. Jodi Sherman thought about her residency at Stanford University, she couldn’t help but notice how many medical supplies, plastic, resources — stuff — she was throwing away every day. “It just felt wrong,” she said. Sherman couldn’t put out of her mind that she was feeding into pollution and dirty air that would,…
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Information from a Carroll County Government Press Release: Due to high COVID-19 transmission and increasing hospitalizations, Carroll Hospital, the Carroll County Health Department, and the Carroll County Board of Commissioners are working together to encourage county residents to take steps to enjoy the holidays safely. “We have the tools we need to reduce local transmission…
Testing by Healthy Davis Together has detected two more cases of the Omicron variant in Yolo County. The variant was identified in two positive samples collected during the week of Dec. 5-11, according to HDT data, bringing to three the total number of Omicron cases identified locally. Another 71 positive samples collected that week and…
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In summary State leaders should keep their promise and continue to support organizations that play a critical role in public health. By Jim Wood Assemblymember Jim Wood, a Democrat from Santa Rosa and a dentist, represents the 2nd Assembly District. Genoveva Islas, Special to CalMatters Genoveva Islas is executive director of Cultiva la Salud. When…
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A mother in the West African nation of Togo was seven months pregnant when a community health worker went to her home to connect her with prenatal care for the first time. She had given birth five times before. Only two of her children had survived. “She was really worried [about whether] the baby she…
Marking its 75th anniversary, the Philadelphia chapter of The Links Inc. has partnered with the Maternity Care Coalition and the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium to provide vaccinations and booster shots, as well as maternal and infant health care resources. The health services event recently drew a line of people outside the Dr. Ala Stanford Center…
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UC Davis Health today officially opened its new Healthy Aging Clinic in midtown Sacramento. This one-stop clinic serves patients 65 and older and their caregivers. It allows patients and their families to leverage integrated specialty clinical care and services that can lead to better quality of life and facilitate independent living. “For older adults, we need to have a more…
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Image Over the past decade, Texas has made significant investments into the behavioral health delivery system. Policy revisions, infrastructure development, and technological innovations have been employed to allow people to have better access to the care they need. However, gaps and fragmentation of care continue to present significant barriers for populations with serious and persistent…