(Editor’s note: The following article is printed with the permission of the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative, a nonprofit newsroom based in Merced.) During its last meeting of the year, the [...] Continue Reading
Healthcare
UC Merced to Get a Medical Education Building
BY RACHEL LIVINAL (Editor’s note: The following article is printed with the permission of the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative, a nonprofit newsroom based in Merced.) After many years of [...] Continue Reading
Good News from the Pesticide Front
The fight to protect California residents, especially those who live near agricultural fields, from the negative effects of pesticides is far from over, but it is important to pause and take stock of [...] Continue Reading
Death and Injustice in Fresno
There is an unequal justice system in Fresno. One for the police and the rich. Another for the poor and working class. For the unhoused of Fresno, there is often no justice. Some recent examples of [...] Continue Reading
Patient Care Crisis
On May 25, a sea of purple engulfed the Capitol in Sacramento. More than 600 healthcare workers, medical assistants, home caregivers, clinic workers, resident physicians and patients wearing purple [...] Continue Reading
Madera Hospital Closure Impacts Communities
(Editor’s note: Reprinted with the permission of Fresnoland.) Madera residents from Punjabi Sikh and Indigenous migrant farmworker communities have been heavily impacted by the Madera hospital [...] Continue Reading
Diagnosing Dementia Early Can Help Slow Progression
(Editor’s note: This article is reprinted courtesy of California State University–San Francisco.) Diagnosing dementia is often difficult. The brain itself is complicated, so someone suffering from [...] Continue Reading
Maderans Receive Insight to Hospital Closure
By Johanna Torres The Madera Community Hospital (MCH) announced its closure less than a week before officially closing last year, leaving Maderans with many questions and concerns. As the MCH [...] Continue Reading
Court Orders Reconsideration of Cancer-Causing Pesticide Regulation
In early March, the Alameda County Superior Court ruled that a proposed regulation fails to protect farmworkers who labor near fumigated fields from harmful levels of exposure to the cancer-causing [...] Continue Reading
Making Sense of Mental Illness
There are so many ways we are confused about mental illness. What is going on in the minds of people whose words and behavior don’t make sense? Where can a family turn for help when a loved one shows [...] Continue Reading
¿Nos Protegen las Mascarillas de los Virus?
(Nota del Editor: esta nota fue originalmente publicada por Ethnic Media Services, https://ethnicmediaservices.org/category/spanish-translations/) Una red internacional de investigadores sanitarios [...] Continue Reading
Dar Sentido a la Enfermedad Mental
Hay muchas cosas que no sabemos o entendemos sobre las enfermedades mentales. ¿Qué está pasando en la mente de las personas cuyas palabras y comportamiento no tienen sentido? ¿A dónde puede acudir una [...] Continue Reading