by Observer StaffMay 18, 2021 Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, a research fellow and the scientific lead for the Coronavirus Vaccines and Immunopathogenesis Team at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is the featured guest speaker at the next Health Equity Forum (HEF). Hosted by the California Black Health Network (CBHN), the forum is scheduled…
By Angela Hart May 6, 2021 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has embraced Silicon Valley tech companies and health care industry titans in response to the covid-19 pandemic like no other governor in America — routinely outsourcing life-or-death public health duties to his allies in the private sector. At least 30 tech and…
By Rachel B. Levin March 19, 2021 People hold candles during a vigil and anti-violence rally for Reuben Lewis at Concordia Park in Oakland on Feb. 28, 2021. Lewis was shot and killed in the park on Feb. 24 as his son and others took part in a youth football practice. | MediaNews Group /…
by California Budget & Policy Center February 17, 2021 SACRAMENTO February 17, 2021 – A new report by the California Budget & Policy Center highlights how racist policies and practices have led to disproportionate COVID-19 infection and death rates for Californians of color, and why state policymakers must declare racism a public health crisis to…
Despite rhetoric that we’re in this pandemic together, data clearly shows that COVID-19 is affecting some communities more than others. California Health Report, News Partner Posted Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 1:40 pm PT (Credit: California Health Report) By Denzel Tongue, the California Health Report Feb 3, 2021 “It’s huge, it’s like a bombshell ……
BY:Julie Chang This report contains a clarification. Nonprofit clinics and coronavirus testing centers that don’t require insurance are seeing large numbers of people with insurance seeking tests. People running these centers say that’s taking resources away from the low-income communities they’re meant to serve. And many of those insured patients are Kaiser Permanente members who…
Join us on-line tomorrow as Mennen, our Food and Nutrition Program Coordinator, discusses the inspiration and youth vision behind the #Dream #youthgarden and #outdoorclinic with our Dream Youth Clinic Medical Director, Dr. Mays! Learn more about this #youthled #youthdesigned project!! Register Here! https://linktr.ee/rootsempowers
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 13TH AT 11:00AM We are 6 months in to shelter in place … how are you? The world feels heavy and uncertain in so many ways and we want to provide a space, especially for those that are being impacted more heavily by everything happening in this moment. Two changes to our BIPOC…
On this show: 0:08 – Trump’s Attorney General William Barr yesterday testified to Congress in a heated hearing on the gassing of protesters at Lafayette Square, the deployment of federal agents to cities like Portland, the deaths of people incarcerated in federal prisons, and more. He faced intense grilling by Democrats, including Rep. Pramila Jayapal….
