By Sunita Sohrabji The United States, which has both the largest number of infections and deaths from Covid-19, is lagging far behind other countries, many of which have far fewer resources, [...] Continue Reading
Science & Health
Nursing Homes Unsafe during Pandemic?
By Sunita Sohrabji The Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare the plight of U.S. seniors, who have been disproportionately infected and killed by the disease. Eight out of 10 Covid deaths in the United [...] Continue Reading
Meet Madera County’s New Public Health Officer
By Peter Maiden Dr. Simon Paul is the public health officer for Madera County. He started in his position in February, just weeks before the first reported case of Covid-19 in Madera County. He [...] Continue Reading
A Fresno Coronavirus Time Capsule
By Kevin Hall (Editor’s note: The coronavirus situation is evolving continually. The article below was submitted on March 15, so in all likelihood the data has worsened since the article’s [...] Continue Reading
What to Do About Teen Stress
By Ariana Mohebbi People often think that teenagers are influenced by the media to smoke, vape, drink or do drugs, but the main cause of these bad decisions is stress. School is the culprit for [...] Continue Reading
Workers Strike at Kaiser
By Peter Maiden Kaiser mental health workers with the National Union of Healthcare Workers struck throughout California the week of Dec. 16–20 to improve the standard of care for mental health [...] Continue Reading
California Wildfires Affect Air Quality in the Valley
By Eduardo Stanley Wildfires are becoming more common and more dangerous in California, destroying communities and polluting the air we breath. While there weren’t any big fires in the Central [...] Continue Reading
Behind the Scenes at the Pharmacy
Everyone goes to the pharmacy at one time or another. But how much do we know about what goes on behind the scenes there? Pharmacy manager Dr. Sheena Abedini, who works in a supermarket pharmacy in [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Veterans Stand Down 2019
By Stan Santos During the week of Sept. 16–20, the Central Valley Veterans (CVV) held their Veterans Stand Down 2019 at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8900 in Fresno. In their 30th year, [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Community Emission Reduction Plans
By Tom Frantz When community residents and local businesses meet to discuss solutions to their air pollution needs, innovative ideas are sometimes the result. Ten communities in California have [...] Continue Reading
Eight Arrested Supporting Fresno County Home Care Workers
By Vic Bedoian Eight people, including United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta, were arrested on Aug. 20 for blocking a meeting of the Fresno County Board of Supervisors, as hundreds of [...] Continue Reading
Why I Oppose Privatization of the VA Hospital
I am a Vietnam veteran. My reasons [for opposing privatization of the VA Hospital] are because • the VA provides to veterans who cannot afford healthcare; • veterans need care from doctors [...] Continue Reading