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Santa Clara County nurses rally over pay, working …
WebSanta Clara County nurses staged a rally at Valley Medical Center in an effort to bring renewed attention to familiar concerns including pay, working conditions and patient care standards.. About 100 nurses and other health care workers gathered Wednesday afternoon at the hospital courtyard, holding signs, yelling chants and calling on county …
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San Jose among nation's healthiest cities in survey, but advocates …
WebSAN JOSE HAS made the top 25 in a nationwide healthiest city survey, but advocates say deep inequities still persist.. San Jose ranks 22nd in a study compiled by personal finance outlet WalletHub, which pitted 182 of the nation’s most populous cities against each other on various health metrics, such as available health care, healthy foods, fitness and green …
‘It’s just too much’: Why many insured Californians avoid hospitals …
WebEvery three months Bernie Medina takes a day off of work and drives an hour from Salinas to San Jose to see her oncologist.She was diagnosed with uterine cancer two years ago and needs regular checkups. Medina lives in Monterey County but her health insurance forbids her from using any of the local hospitals.
‘It’s concerning’: Wastewater levels fuel spike in respiratory
WebSarah Rudman, deputy health officer for Santa Clara County Public Health Department, said wastewater readings for RSV are higher than this time last year — and COVID-19 wastewater readings have shot up in the last couple of weeks. “Usually when we see that, it’s followed by a wave of folks with more serious diseases winding up in the emergency …
Putting the ‘TRUST’ back: Santa Clara County OKs new mental …
WebThe greatest challenge for someone experiencing a mental health crisis is finding immediate access to care that doesn’t involve the police.A Santa Clara County program offers this option, but it’s difficult to reach. The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously voted to create a direct phone line to reach the Trusted Response Urgent …
Omicron wave pushing Napa County's case rate to record high, …
WebEli covers public health, transportation and state politics for the Bay City News Foundation, serves as the main editor of the Public Health and COVID-19 Information Hub and assists with Local News Matters' social media strategy.
A medical program seeks a million people to improve the health of
WebThe experience ignited Campos’ advocacy for personalized and involved health care treatment. Campos, a self-identified Portuguese-Latin American man from Brazil, works with medical researchers as his full-time job, as a paid participant in multiple studies.
Free health supplies: Here’s where you can find 3 installed vending
WebLocations include inside the lobby of the county’s Public Health Services administration office, on the first floor lobby of the county Human Services Agency and the Montezuma Fire Protection District station. “When we examine the barriers that some people in our community have to obtaining rapid test kits and quality protective masks, accessibility …
Vietnamese American Service Center opens in San Jose to aid with …
WebAn architectural model fly-through of the new Vietnamese American Service Center. (Video courtesy of Santa Clara County/YouTube) The health assessments from 2011 and 2012 both had recommended county leaders construct the VASC.
Tuberculosis cases in San Joaquin County jumped sharply in 2023
WebTuberculosis is a contagious disease that spreads through the air from person to person. For example, when a person with active TB coughs, anyone around them can become infected when they breathe in the bacteria, according to public health officials.
Santa Clara County nurses set to strike for 3 days over working
WebMore than 3,000 Santa Clara County nurses are at an an impasse with county officials and are headed to the picket lines over pay increases and workplace conditions.. The Registered Nurses Professional Association plans to strike from April 2-4, with members saying they’re struggling to live in the county, facing violence from patients and opposed to the county’s …
Most parents are worried school closures will leave their students
WebFour out of 5 parents of California public school students say that school closures from the coronavirus are making them feel stressed, and 9 out of 10
Category: Coronavirus Go Health
New mobile apps give young people trusted resource to deal with …
WebSoluna and BrightLife Kids, both available to download and use at no cost, offer live coaching, peer support, assessment tools, crisis services and more to the state’s 13 million youth under the age of 25.The web-based apps are part of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s multi-year $4.6 billion Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, meant to address the …
Stockton unveils mobile crisis intervention program for those with
WebThe city of Stockton and Community Medical Centers recently introduced the city’s first ever mobile crisis intervention response pilot program, aiming to assist people who are grappling with mental health or social service needs.. Community Medical Centers will launch the program this month in downtown Stockton and said it eventually hopes to have four vans …
Sonoma County declares racism as a public health crisis, pledges …
WebThe resolution also outlined steps to take to combat the crisis. It comes roughly four years after the COVID-19 pandemic brought to light multiple health disparities in the United States and across the Bay Area, and nearly four years to the day of the killing of Breonna Taylor by police officers in Louisville, Kentucky.
$5.2M partnership helping San Joaquin Valley meet its dire need …
WebLIKE MANY STUDENTS working on a master’s degree program in behavioral health, Allie De Avellar knew she would be required to work an internship to complete her degree.. Also like many students, she was worried because those hours are typically unpaid — requiring 40 hours of work a week for about three months without additional financial support.
Regional: Status update on Bay Area public health developments
WebThe latest developments around the region related to the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19
Category: Coronavirus Go Health
The whole city is a stage for the queens of Oasis
WebWhen the pandemic hit, many of the queens of Oasis, a premier San Francisco drag venue, found themselves without a stage to perform on. But thanks to a bit of ingenuity, the Oasis queens are hitting the city streets delivering food and a show to quarantining residents through the Meals on Heels catering program.
Tina Rivera promoted to director of health services for Sonoma …
WebTina Rivera appears in a 2020 promotional video for Sonoma County's Alternative Care Site during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rivera, who has been serving the past nine months as interim director of the county's Department of Health Services, has been named its permanent director. (Image courtesy of Sonoma County/YouTube)
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