Mobile services center brings essential tech to coastside farmworkers
The San Mateo coast is farm country but those who work the fields have a tough time accessing basic services to live a normal life. John Ramos reports. (12-11-22)
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The San Mateo coast is farm country but those who work the fields have a tough time accessing basic services to live a normal life. John Ramos reports. (12-11-22)
The Marin County Public Health Department is warning the community about a surge in winter viruses and offering recommendations to protect families as the holidays approach.
A federal jury convicted a 75-year-old Santa Rosa physician of prescribing opioids and other powerful drugs to a patient who didn't need them and who eventually died of an overdose.
Community Medical Centers will launch a mobile crisis intervention response program in downtown Stockton and said it eventually hopes to have four vans providing services throughout the city around the clock.
Pediatric beds are filling up at hospitals across the country with several respiratory viruses circulating, including RSV.
In recent months, nearly 300,000 California residents received Medi-Cal access after the state expanded the program to include all eligible adults aged 50 and up, regardless of immigration status.
The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital made a visit to the Bay Area. Anne Makovec reports. (10-19-22)
Doctors who spread coronavirus lies could be disciplined for unprofessional conduct in California under a law signed Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills Thursday intended to protect and bolster access to health care for transgender children and adults.
While Governor Gavin Newsom's CARE Court initiative has been the focus of a theoretical debate about civil rights versus patient care, some Bay Area residents argue they're living a hellish existence because of society's refusal to be realistic about mental illness.
San Francisco health officials on Monday announced that residents at Laguna Honda will have their Medicare/Medicaid payments extended another two months to Nov. 13, delaying additional transfers and discharges.
A local infectious disease expert on Monday said she supports the FDA's idea of splitting doses of the monkeypox vaccine to get the shots to more people.
Just two months before graduation from Solano Community College, Janon Thomas died. John Ramos reports. (8-6-22)
The federal government declared monkeypox a public health emergency late this week, a move Dr. Peter Chin-Hong from UCSF calls "better late than never."
The federal government declared monkeypox a public health emergency late this week, a move one health expert calls better late than never. Max Darrow reports. (8-6-22)
Just two months before graduation from Solano Community College, Janon Thomas died. John Ramos reports. (8-6-22)
Northern California registered nurses and health care workers on Friday demanded that Sutter Health correct payroll errors that they say began last month.
The city of San Francisco announced Thursday that it's suing the federal government over its decision to cut off funding to Laguna Honda Hospital and the order forcing the nursing home to transfer all patients out of the facility by Sept. 13.
Laguna Honda Hospital in San Francisco has halted transfers for its remaining 600 patients following deaths that occurred after their relocation and unsatisfactory placements.
Amazon announced Thursday it will acquire the primary care organization One Medical in a deal valued roughly at $3.9 billion. Shawn Chitnis reports. (7-21-22)
The Monterey County Board of Supervisors has approved a plan to integrate the county's health care system, making it easier for patients to receive the specialized care they need.
The Health and Human Services Department is telling hospitals that they "must" provide abortion services if the life of the mother is at risk.
Sales of morning-after pills in the Golden State spiked right after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade even though access to abortion in California hadn't changed.
California will become the first state to guarantee free health care for all low-income immigrants living in the country illegally, a move that will provide coverage for an additional 764,000 people at an eventual cost of about $2.7 billion a year.
When Dr. Jason Wong hands his patients a prescription, they often go to a unique pharmacy on the Peninsula where food is medicine.
