California: proyecto de ley exigir铆a que estudiantes universitarios se vacunen contra el VPH
Estudios han confirmado que la vacuna contra el VPH reduce el riesgo de desarrollar c谩ncer en casi un 90% cuando se administra a ni帽as y ni帽os en la adolescencia temprana, presumiblemente antes de que est茅n expuestos a cepas peligrosas del virus.
California Bill Would Mandate HPV Vaccine for Incoming College Students
A state lawmaker wants all incoming college students to get an HPV vaccine, as part of a push to drive up vaccination rates and prevent cervical cancer. At least four other states have enacted a similar mandate.
California Author Uses Dark Humor 鈥 And a Bear 鈥 To Highlight Flawed Health System
A new graphic novel by Kathleen Founds follows an angst-ridden bear on his quest for mental health treatment. Founds drew on her own experience with bipolar disorder.
California: propuesta de prohibici贸n del tabaco aromatizado le abre paso a la pipa de agua
Ante la prohibici贸n de cigarrillos electr贸nicos y mentolados, surge una pol茅mica sobre los narguiles o pipas de agua.
California鈥檚 Proposed Flavored Tobacco Ban Gives Hookah a Pass
Californians will decide Nov. 8 whether to approve a statewide ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes. But the measure, known as Proposition 31, exempts hookah tobacco. Anti-smoking activists criticize the carve-out, calling it the latest example of businesses using identity politics to profit from a deadly product.
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From Book Stacks to Psychosis and Food Stamps, Librarians Confront a New Workplace
As public libraries morph into support hubs for homeless people with mental illness or addiction, librarians are struggling to reconcile their shifting roles.
At a Bay Area 鈥楾est-to-Treat鈥 Site, Few Takers for Free Antivirals
In carrying out the federal covid-19 鈥渢est-to-treat鈥 initiative, California is targeting the uninsured by outfitting 138 testing sites with screenings for free antiviral drugs. But as of mid-June, fewer than 800 people had been prescribed the medicines. And two-thirds of those undergoing screenings are insured.
El nuevo movimiento MADD: padres toman acci贸n contra las muertes por drogas
Siguiendo el modelo de Mothers Against Drunk Driving, que gener贸 un movimiento en la d茅cada de 1980, organizaciones como Victims of Illicit Drugs y Alexander Neville Foundation buscan aumentar la conciencia p煤blica e influir en las pol铆ticas sobre drogas.
The New MADD Movement: Parents Rise Up Against Drug Deaths
People who have lost children to pills laced with fentanyl are demanding that lawmakers adopt stricter penalties and are pressuring Silicon Valley for social media protections. The movement harks back to the 1980s, when Mothers Against Drunk Driving activated a generation of parents.
A Disabled Activist Speaks Out About Feeling 鈥楧isposable鈥
Alice Wong, a writer and organizer in San Francisco, says the isolation and loss of the pandemic have shown society what it鈥檚 like to be disabled.
Pandemia resalta la necesidad de cl铆nicas de atenci贸n de urgencia para mujeres
Las cl铆nicas de atenci贸n de urgencia especializadas en ginecolog铆a y obstetricia han comenzado a surgir en todo el pa铆s en los 煤ltimos a帽os, y la pandemia de covid ha aumentado la demanda.
Pandemic Highlights Need for Urgent Care Clinics for Women
For years, women with painful gynecological issues have faced long waits in ERs or longer waits to see their doctors. During the pandemic, women have increasingly turned to women鈥檚 clinics that handle urgent issues like miscarriage or serious urinary tract infections.
San Francisco Wrestles With Drug Approach as Death and Chaos Engulf Tenderloin
Covid-19, distrust of police and cheap narcotics have turned parts of the wealthy city into cesspools of filth and drug overdose. City officials and residents profoundly disagree on what needs to be done.
As Californians Get Older and Less Mobile, Fires Get Hotter and Faster
Retirement areas are increasingly being built in the idyllic wooded fringe of towns and cities. Being close to nature also means being in the path of wildfires.
Black Women Turn to Midwives to Avoid COVID and 鈥楩eel Cared For鈥
Midwifery was a tradition among slaves from Africa, but in more recent decades, pregnant Black women have generally shunned the approach. Now, home births and midwives are making a comeback in the Black community.
El coronavirus prolifera entre trabajadores latinos en un condado rico de California
Las comunidades de color de bajos ingresos, especialmente los latinos, sufren cada vez m谩s el peso de la pandemia de coronavirus en el estado.
In Health-Conscious Marin County, Virus Runs Rampant Among 鈥楨ssential鈥 Latino Workers
The pandemic is racing through packed apartment blocks as Mexican and Central American workers bring the virus home to their families.
COVID-19 Batters A Beloved Bay Area Community Health Care Center
Health clinics in isolated African American communities in the San Francisco Bay Area provide crucial services to neglected populations. But like thousands of other community clinics around the nation, their finances have been wrecked by the pandemic shutdown.
