By Bay City News Sonoma County is seeing “alarming” increases in congenital syphilis and is urging pregnant residents to access prenatal care as soon as possible...
According to a new draft recommendation statement, the US Preventive Services Task Force proposes that women with an average risk for breast cancer begin screening at...
Marin HHS and partners offer educational events throughout May San Rafael, CA — Local and global events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, household economic instability, racial inequality,...
PART 7 – Not all Sexual Exploitation is Equal and Black Girls Get the Worst of It By Tanya Dennis and Vanessa Russell Facts and reality...
By Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters Five months after declaring a fiscal emergency and predicting that they’d run out of funds by early this year, officials at...
From less access to quality healthcare, to the exclusion of anti-obesity medications from Medicare, and most Medicaid and general insurance coverage, our healthcare systems under-prioritizes the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — From less access to quality healthcare, to the exclusion of anti-obesity medications from Medicare, and most Medicaid and general insurance coverage, our healthcare...
McKenzie Jackson California Black Media Californians enrolled in Medi-Cal should keep an eye out for a yellow envelope in their mailbox over the next 14 months....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — This feeling of concern around socialization increases for the Black senior community 55 and older with nearly 4 in 10 (39%) of these...
The Mission – Soroptimist is a global volunteer organization that provides women and girls with access to the education and training they need to achieve economic...
Despite retaining top spot, work continues to tackle inequities San Rafael, CA – Marin County again has been ranked the healthiest of California’s 58 counties because of...
By StopWaste.org Happy Earth Month! Whether you’re interested in learning how to get started with worm composting, how to electrify your home, reduce wasted food, or build healthy soil, there’s a...
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire In a big blow to health insurance in the U.S., a federal judge has ruled that insurers no longer have...
Post News Group Intern For the last six years, I’ve practiced Aikido at a Berkeley dojo called the Aiki Arts Center—previously named Aikido Shusekai. Aikido is...
TEXS METRO NEWS — The study by Leone et al., published in the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health’s Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry,...
The Richmond Standard When Bob Gerner attended his first Organic Merchants meeting in 1970 on Mount Shasta, it led to creating the popular El Cerrito Natural...
San Rafael, CA – Over the next few months, up to $200,000 will be awarded to Marin County community-based organizations to help overcome barriers and connect communities...
By Kristen Hwang CalMatters For the second time in as many years, Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing for major reform of California’s mental health system, this...
Voices of the Heart – Awareness Campaign for hereditary ATTR-CM affecting almost exclusively individuals of African Ancestry, including Black African Americans and Afro Caribbeans.
By Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media Economists advising The California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans have developed economic formulas...
By Edward Henderson California Black Media McKenzie Young is a traveling nurse from California who works in Hawaii. She gets placements through an agency that connects...
By Eli Walsh Bay City News More than 300 residents in Santa Cruz County remained in emergency shelters on Monday due to recent storm damage as...
By Kara Manke More than 1 million Californians live near active oil or gas wells, potentially exposing them to drilling-related pollution that can contribute to asthma,...
By Kara Manke More than 1 million Californians live near active oil or gas wells, potentially exposing them to drilling-related pollution that can contribute to asthma,...
By Eli Walsh Bay City News Federal regulators approved the first over-the-counter naloxone product Wednesday, enabling people to buy the opioid overdose treatment directly from places...
