Schools are struggling to respond to heightened levels of student anxiety seven months into the pandemic.
As Schools Stay Remote, Pandemic Adds Barriers to Mental Health Support Read More »
California’s undocumented workers face food insecurity and evictions now that $75 million in California state funding appropriated in April to support them through the crisis has been depleted.
Undocumented Workers Face Worsening Economic Crisis Without Relief Read More »
As students across the nation grapple with the challenges of a virtual semester, the University of California is considering expanding its definition of basic needs beyond minimal food and shelter.
UC Considering Boosting Aid to Most Needy Students Amid Pandemic Read More »
Cynicism comes easily to those living in Jurassic Park, a homeless encampment in San Jose. As COVID-19 struck the city, a case manager for a local nonprofit knew that he couldn’t leave them behind.
In a pandemic, reaching San Jose’s homeless is a matter of trust Read More »
SAN FRANCISCO — Crowdsourcing diagnoses has gained traction in recent years as an unconventional approach to solving particularly tricky medical mysteries—especially when doctors struggle to resolve an illness.
In the Wild West of online medicine, crowdsourcing is the next frontier Read More »
SANTA CLARA COUNTY — Vacancies and turnover is a growing problem for mental health workers in Santa Clara County. In October, workers launched a labor strike to try and achieve better working conditions. The union has since entered into mediation with the county.
Amid labor actions, mental health workers see high vacancies, turnover Read More »
EAST PALO ALTO — East Palo Alto on Wednesday launched the first round of a free mobile health screening clinic provided by Life Saving Images Inc. in an effort to save lives through early detection of major diseases.
Free cancer screening services launched in East Palo Alto Read More »
HALF MOON BAY — When the power goes out in Canada Cove, a Half Moon Bay neighborhood for seniors, dozens of residents are unable to use vital medical devices. So neighbors are helping spread support and information, including how to get backup batteries.
Half Moon Bay neighbors support the medically vulnerable during power shutoffs Read More »
PALO ALTO – During PG&E’s latest round of power shutoffs to reduce fire risk, the utility worked with local independent living centers to provide back-up power and hotel vouchers for people with disabilities.
PG&E provides batteries and hotel vouchers for some Californians with disabilities Read More »
SAN JOSE – After finding that existing programs were not adequately serving adults with the most severe forms of mental illness, Santa Clara County is expanding intensive mental health services for adults.
PALO ALTO – Amid a new wave of preemptive power shutoffs by PG&E, San Mateo and Santa Clara County health officials are working to ensure those who depend on electric-powered medical devices know of and are prepared for the blackouts.
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid is 100 times more potent than morphine and 50 times more potent than heroin. Now, it is the most commonly used drug in overdoses: about 30 percent of overdoses in 2016 involved fentanyl. In 2016, the rate of overdoses involving fentanyl was 12 times larger than it was in 2013.
A drug 50 times deadlier than heroin finds its way to California Read More »
