San Francisco drug users may see safe injection sites
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco could soon become the first U.S. city to open official safe injection sites for drug users.
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On the front lines of mental crisis: Dealing with mentally ill a growing challenge for SFPD
SAN FRANCISCO — When Sean Moore, a 43-year-old with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, was shot twice by a San Francisco police officer on Jan. 6, it triggered a police department investigation, a town hall meeting and months of headlines, as well as serious medical problems and criminal charges for Moore. The middle-of-the-night confrontation, which took place on the stairway leading to Moore’s front door, was the San Francisco Police Department’s first officer-involved shooting of 2017 and the first ever to be filmed on body cameras.
Visualizing feelings: Art and social emotional learning in the Bay
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA — Social and emotional learning-driven art is emerging in school districts across the Bay Area. The program takes a progressive approach to education aimed at enhancing emotional intelligence and specifically designed for children.
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Santa Clara, San Mateo’s quests to make cities friendlier for older adults
SANTA CLARA COUNTY – San Jose’s Happy Hollow Park & Zoo opened its doors an hour early to seniors for the Senior Safari Walkabout on the fourth Thursday of each month from May to October this year. The free event sponsored by the Health Trust was just one of many activities encouraging seniors in Santa Clara County to exercise.
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Santa Clara County program connects the formerly incarcerated with primary healthcare
SAN JOSE — A clinic aims to provide primary care, psychiatric care, and referral services to the homeless and formerly incarcerated in Santa Clara County.
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Nearly 1.3 million kids’ Medi-Cal coverage jeopardized without CHIP funding
PALO ALTO, CA – Roughly 200,000 Bay Area kids could lose their Medi-Cal health insurance after Congress failed to renew funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, according to a report released at the end of October by the California Department of Health Care Services.
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Sonoma fires put unprecedented strain on region’s healthcare system
Two major hospitals in Santa Rosa have resumed their normal operations after the deadliest wildfires in California’s history destroyed parts of the city and surrounding areas. But dozens of families remain in evacuation shelters across the region, which have mainly been consolidated to the Sonoma County Fairgrounds RV park in Santa Rosa. Both Sutter Santa
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Hepatitis A Outbreak Triggers Vaccination Efforts Across the State
BOULDER CREEK — A deadly hepatitis A outbreak in southern California has spread to two counties in the San Francisco area, prompting local officials to increase vaccinations and improve sanitation practices among the region’s homeless population.
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Breaking the mold: A doctor’s illness journey changes her practice
Dr. Cynthia Li turned to alternative solutions for her own mysterious medical condition — something that would soon change her approach to life and to medicine.
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School nurses face challenges meeting health needs of all students
Gone are the days of a nurse simply doing vision screenings and doling out Band-Aids in one school. In many communities, more students with serious health conditions are getting care from school nurses, many of them racing from school to school.
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Investing in food as medicine: Food pharmacies debut from coast to coast
Pioneering a new approach to health challenges, clinics and hospitals are now offering a different kind of medicine – a prescription for healthy food every week.
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Do you know what’s lurking in the surf? Heed the warning signs for beach bacteria
A Peninsula Press analysis of water sampling data shows the water quality problems at Pillar Point Harbor are chronic.
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