A Hot Topic for Labor Day: Extreme Heat Kills Workers
WORK SAFETY - Here's a hot topic for Labor Day: heat.
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Why Did the Government Wait So Long to Act Against Monkeypox?
HEALTH CRISIS - A familiar script is playing out with the latest global virus: a quick moving germ. A sluggish federal government. A vaccine in short supply.
Health Insurance Plans: Here's 6 Benefits You Need to Know
YOUR HEALTH - The Covid-19 pandemic brought the pressing need for health insurance coverage into sharp focus.
I Stood in Line for the Monkeypox Vaccine. All Around Me Were Echoes of Other Epidemics
PUBLIC HEALTH - It is early August 2022 and I am in San Francisco for a few days.
New White House Monkeypox Strategy Targets LGBTQ Pride Events
HEALTH - The White House will announce today it is zeroing in on the population most at risk currently of contracting and spreading the monkeypox virus: men who have sex with men.
California Monkeypox Response is Bumpy, But Builds on Some Lessons From COVID
HEALTH WATCH - Hundreds waiting hours for a monkeypox vaccine only to be turned away.
That Pound of Flesh?
ACCORDING TO LIZ - “There were only two people working in patient registration… I saw a lady sitting across from me crying, and she was sitting in a puddle of her own blood. She miscarried in the waiting room.”
How We Must Address the Monkeypox Emergency
HEALTH EMERGENCY - In early May, Massachusetts General Hospital confirmed that it was treating a patient with monkeypox – the first case of the rare virus in the United States in 2022.
How Do Pandemics End?
HEALTH WATCH - The study of epidemics has routinely centered around what medical historian Charles Rosenberg calls a “dramaturgic structure”:
Kaiser Permanente Therapists to Strike
WELLNESS - Mental health workers at Kaiser Permanente announced plans Tuesday for an open-ended strike that could lead as many as 2,000 Northern California mental health workers to curtail appointments beginning on Aug. 15.
Therapists Flee Kaiser as Mental Health Patients Languish
HEALTH WATCH - When Susan Whitney was a therapist at Kaiser Permanente, her colleagues missed working in prison.
Commission's Report Shows 'Medicare for All' Is Logical Next Step for California
WELLNESS - For years, the private insurance company lobby has falsely claimed that California can’t afford quality and universal healthcare.
Covered California Insurance Rates to Increase
HEALTH WATCH - Premiums for health insurance plans sold through the state marketplace will increase an average of 6% next year, Covered California officials announced today.
Supreme Court Denies Religious Freedom
SUPREME INJUSTICE - A good friend who heads a leading law firm once explained that when a lawyer’s case is weak, he argues precedent.
CARE Court: Can CA Counties Make It Work?
MENTAL HEALTH - In early March, Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a controversial proposal to compel people with serious mental health issues into care and housing.
What Will You Do Post Roe V. Wade?
THE DOCTOR IS IN - The first baby I ever helped deliver as a third-year medical student at Galveston, Texas was from a 17-year-old petite 5' 0" black female, who walked into the OB-Gyn delivery suite with an unforgettable, blank, and defeated look in her eyes.
Creating A Barbershop To Address Black Men’s Health Needs
WELLNESS - In the near future, Black men in Compton may be able to get a haircut, have their blood pressure checked and maybe even get their COVID shots all in one place: the barbershop.
A Fair Assessment: Our COVID-19 Efforts Not Good, Not Poor...Just Fair
THE DOCTOR IS IN - This is 2022, and not 2020. There WAS an Operation Warp Speed that got us two mRNA vaccines (Moderna and Pfizer) for us to use in 2021,
Monkeypox: What the Future Holds, Cause and Prevention
MEDICAL WATCH - By now, everyone has heard about monkeypox, which is now in numerous countries.
We’ll All Need Home Care Someday
HEALTH & WELLNESS - My son JJ has cerebral palsy. He’s unable to speak or use his arms and legs.
Without Funding, Governor’s CARE Court Plan is Just an Empty Gesture
MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES - A young man with a history of mental illness has been sitting in San Francisco County Jail for nearly a year.
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WELLNESS--Over the past few months I have been using an FDA approved, homeopathic, transdermal, Human Growth Hormone (HGH) gel. Like many people, I am always on the lookout for the next breakthrough product that will help me remain healthy, young, and vital.
WELLNESS--I’ve been taking a social media vacation. I needed a break. The more people I speak with, it seems that I am not alone.
WELLNESS--Have you ever noticed that even when you’re doing well, life seems to test you?
WELLNESS--We have been having record breaking heat in Southern California and with the planet continuing to warm up, there’s a good chance we have not seen the end of it.
This past week Los Angeles and San Diego have felt more like Arizona with temperatures reaching 117 in some places. Heat records all over southern California were toppled and at one point in Los Angeles alone there were over 32,000 residents without power.
WELLNESS--For starters, the all or nothing attitude towards exercise is not the mindset we want to hold.
WELLNESS--Last week two high profile celebrities Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain took their own lives.
WELLNESS--There is a drug that has taken the psychiatric world by storm and it’s called Ketamine.