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Mission Neighborhood Vaccine Site Helps Address …

WEBCOVID-19 has disproportionately impacted Mission District’s Latinx community, prompting local leaders to take extraordinary measures After being turned away from San …

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California advocates continue the fight for better health data on

WEBThe panel was at the summit to discuss SB435, a bill that was recently vetoed by California Governor Gavin Newsom but would have required two California government …

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Health workers in The City take a stand against genocide in Gaza

WEBDina Bseiso, a Palestinian who was born and raised in San Francisco’s Outer Sunset, speaks during a rally at San Francisco General Hospital on Nov. 20, where healthcare …

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35 years of health and well-being for the community

WEBWith the support of funders and donations from the community, IFR has been able to offer an extensive list of services—including violence prevention, trauma recovery, mental …

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988: A step towards transforming mental healthcare in California

WEBTo date, $20 million in state funding has been designated to support 988 implementation. Dr. Le Ondra Clark Harvey, CEO of the California Council of Community Behavioral …

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COVID 'long-haulers' advocate for more research, labor …

WEBWhite people with long COVID, however, have been overrepresented in clinical treatment settings — what The Guardian calls an “equity gap.” Even in cities with predominantly …

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Clínica Martín-Baró bridges healthcare gaps for SF’s uninsured …

WEBEvery Saturday on 24th Street in San Francisco’s Mission District, Clínica Martín-Baró — a self-described “hole in the wall” — is bridging the gap in healthcare for the city’s …

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El Tecolote's 2022 news stories: reporting on the San Francisco Bay

WEBEl Tecolote has served the San Francisco Bay Area since 1970. In our 52nd year, El Tecolote’s core mission is as it was upon launching our first edition decades ago — to …

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Health fair addresses issues affecting low-income families

WEBCity College of San Francisco hosted the Growing Healthy Kids community health fair on Saturday, Nov. 16 at its Mission Campus on Valencia Street.

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Knowledge is power: Using education to improve oral health …

WEBLovatos has seen a vast amount of oral disease in children due to a lack of prevention and a lack of understanding and or education. A CDC study found 33 percent of Mexican …

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ALAS: A Decade of Advocacy for Latinx Farmworkers in Half Moon …

WEBSam Garzon is El Tecolote’s Report for America Corps Member who reports on mental health and healthcare inequality in the Latinx community. Recognizing that farmworkers …

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Milagros de Mexico, the drugstore making health and wellness …

WEB“We need to make sure we are disciplined because as we age, it’s very easy for us to gain weight and as we gain weight, that’s where the pre-diabetes, diabetes and obesity …

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Fruitvale artist honors the dead, celebrates life of the community

WEBIn the face of more than a million confirmed deaths this year from COVID-19 and ongoing outrage over police killings, Dia de los Muertos has taken on a new meaning for …

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‘It’s cultural genocide’: Native Americans shine a light on the

WEBDuring the mid to late 1800s, the United States government began using the blood quantum measure in the hopes that “intermarriage would “dilute” the amount of “Indian blood” in …

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The added challenges that people with disabilities face during the

WEB*Editor’s note: Grady Duggan is a journalism student in SF State’s Journalism 575 Community Media this spring. Taught by professor Jon Funabiki, the class is a …

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988 mental health hotline may be flawed, but it’s safer than calling

WEBIf you read nothing else in this article, let it be this: In cases of mental health crisis, 988 is a safer phone number to call than 911. You will be connected with trained mental health …

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SF Pinay helps community heal through ancestral remembrance

WEBAside from her practice with Hilot with Verma, Zapanta graduated from the Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences in downtown Oakland, and is currently pursuing …

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CA woman creates national database of missing, murdered …

WEBStill, on Nov. 14, Lucchesi and UIHI released their findings, summarizing data from 71 urban areas across 29 states. Their report identified 506 cases across the 71 selected …

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Substance Abuse in California and the LGBTQ Community Amid …

WEBAccording to the Centers for Disease Control, one-fourth of young adults between 18 and 24 said they had considered suicide in the past 30 days during COVID-19. In California, …

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