As a medical provider, I know that reproductive health care is not a political issue. It is a fundamental part of comprehensive health care. Access to services like abortion, contraception and reproductive counseling allows individuals to make informed decisions about their bodies and their futures
The Department of Public Health announced today that Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center (Laguna Honda) resumed admissions and began welcoming home former residents who were moved out of the facility during the recertification process.
How did two ambitious young high schooler students light up San Francisco’s most prominent buildings, City Hall and Salesforce Tower, to bring awareness to the unjust treatment of women in healthcare?
The answer: It was the drive and success of Sadie O’Leary and Sophia Todd’s Women’s Health Advocacy Club.
UCSF Health has signed a definitive agreement with Dignity Health to acquire Saint Francis Memorial Hospital (Saint Francis) and St. Mary’s Medical Center (St. Mary’s), along with associated outpatient clinics in San Francisco. The organization hopes to close the transaction in spring 2024.
My apologies to those who have tried to contact me over the last several weeks. I had a medical emergency that prevented me from carrying out my duties as editor.
North East Medical Services (NEMS) celebrated the expansion of dental and acupuncture services at its Clement Street Clinic in the Richmond District recently to address the severe lack of dental services for Medi-Cal patients, known as Denti-Cal, as well as to increase access to its culturally and linguistically sensitive Integrated Medicine program.
Federal and state regulators have paused all patient transfers and discharges from Laguna Honda Hospital after nine patients died following their removal from the facility.
As the world emerges from the pandemic, nations should unite to get the best price for everyone on earth. This would be the first step to move beyond the proven model of national health care.
By Plyfaa Suwanamalik-Murphy In Mae Sot, a town adjacent to the Thai-Myanmar border, I hung behind my family, watching street vendors shouting to passersby of the goods they offered. Walking past a tourist […]
Having helped some friends navigate the choppy waters of finding a COVID-19 vaccine in SF, I created a Google doc to share what I’ve learned. It walks you through the steps to make an appointment …
I met Don Bechler during the successful living wage campaign in San Francisco in the late 1990s. As a result, 20,000 workers received a raise in pay. Many joined a union. After that campaign, he recruited me to join the fight to achieve an Improved Medicare for All.
Nationwide, more than 1 in 5 people in this country rely on Medicaid for their health care. In California, where the program is called Medi-Cal, it is 1 in 3.
The November election is not far away. My first vote for president was in 1972. Most elections since then, I voted against rather than for a candidate.
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane,” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said in 1966.
Link to a video of personal protective equipment (PPE) being delivered to local hospitals, and healthcare professionals giving an update on the coronavirus pandemic.
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