Upcoming Event – The People’s Health Briefing 8.25.20
Don’t miss The People’s Health Briefing occurring every Tuesday on Facebook live! The next Briefing on 8/25/2020 will cover COVID-19 and Oakland’s unhoused along with the Saliva test. Hope to see you there!
Lack of Access to Information Implies Double Risk for Latinos During The COVID-19 Pandemic
By: BELatina Daily- August 18, 2020 From its origin to its transmission speed, the new coronavirus has been a myth-filled problem from the beginning. Now, nearly seven months since the global pandemic was declared, access to adequate information continues to put millions of lives at risk. This is especially true for communities that were already…
First Intermountain Healthcare-Stanford Medicine Physician Fellows Focus on Healthcare Innovation
This press release was orginally distributed by ReleaseWire Salt Lake City, UT — (ReleaseWire) — 08/10/2020 — The first two physician fellows from the Intermountain Healthcare-Stanford Medicine Population Health and Care Delivery Science Fellowship have graduated from the unique two-year master’s degree program in health services research. The collaborative program teaches future physician leaders how…
Bridging the Gap in Diabetes Care
Bridging the Gap: Reducing Disparities in Diabetes Care is a 5-year initiative funded by the Merck Foundation that seeks to improve access to high-quality diabetes care and reduce disparities in health outcomes among vulnerable and underserved populations with type 2 diabetes in the United States. Bridging the Gap grantees aim to build sustainable partnerships to…
California surpasses 500,000 cases, capping off deadliest month yet
© Gabrielle Lurie / The Chronicle California caps off July as deadliest month since pandemic began Nurse Rosemary MacLeod (left) performs a Covid-19 test on nurse Pauline Tran at Laguna Honda hospital on Thursday, June 25, 2020 in San Francisco, California. California became the first state to surpass 500,000 confirmed coronavirus cases Friday, capping off a…