Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan and the City of San Leandro announced a one-day seasonal flu shot clinic at the San Leandro Senior Community Center. The...
As someone who has been self-employed as a rideshare driver and a freelance writer, I’ve received a crash course in making sense of the quirks and...
Californians can rest easy. With a little over two months to go until the state’s open enrollment period for 2021 ends on Jan. 31, 2021, expect...
Kaiser Permanente Northern California and Southern California achieved the highest possible rating for overall quality of medical care in the annual Health Care Quality Report Card...
Timothy Busby, a 56-year-old writer who lives in a van in Berkeley, just started chemotherapy for cancer in his neck. He has tried to plan ahead...
Nine months into the COVID-19 pandemic, three vaccine trials have yielded promising results, and the first round of Americans could begin to receive shots as early...
I was first introduced to GirlTrek when founders Vanessa Garrison and T. Morgan Dixon hosted a live conversation with poet Nikki Giovanni and civil rights activist...
Dr. Nicholas Moss, MD, MPH has accepted appointment as the County Health Officer. The appointment was approved by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors at Tuesday’s...
Kaiser Permanente is supporting efforts to provide more COVID-19 testing to people experiencing homelessness in Oakland and raising awareness about how to prevent the further spread...
California is expanding aid and protections to health care workers as the COVID-19 pandemic continues through two new laws and an executive order. Late last month,...
The Shoreline Leadership Academy via the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project (WOEIP) is poised to receive up to $180,000 from the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority....
In the wake of recent calls to shift responsibility for non-violent intervention away from police departments, lawmakers and community advocates around California are calling on Gov....
When Dr. Andrea Goings launched her mobile medical service, offering at–home doctor visits and virtual consultation sessions via video in 2016 in the Los Angeles area, she did not know that just four years later her business model would be more...
Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills into law that expand mental health coverage in California. “The bills I am signing today will help Californians access the behavioral health...
Racial injustice negatively impacts the fight against domestic violence and intimate partner abuse so this is a good moment to examine policies, procedures and historical practices...
Getting vaccinated for the flu this fall is more important than ever. Not only will a flu shot help keep you and your family healthy, but...
Alameda County is going to help thwart the spread of COVID-19 by providing payment to people who have tested positive for the virus who can’t afford...
On Aug. 28, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new framework for re-opening businesses in California counties shut down because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The state will...
Each year, more than 250,000 women in the United States learn that they have breast cancer, and more than 20,000 find out they have ovarian cancer....
Through all the chaos of the COVID-19 crisis, Wendy Raquel Robinson says she has managed to hold it all together. The actress, known for her roles...
California Black Media A group of doctors, some African American healthcare advocates as well as Californians living with diabetes are asking the state Senate to take...
Having “conquered” cancer twice rather than being a survivor of cancer speaks to the power of Annetta Grady’s battle with breast cancer, twice. “I used to...
The Men's Ministry, at Parks Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, located at 476 34th Street Oakland is sponsoring the Deborah H. Gardner Food Bank August 1st....
On Tuesday mornings, Dr. Noha Aboelata MD and other physicians from the Roots Community Clinic host The People’s Health Briefing on Facebook and YouTube to offer...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Trump’s poll numbers indicate he will have an uphill battle defeating Joe Biden. In 2016, Hillary Clinton lost the electoral college but won...
