Congratulations are in order for the UC Davis medical school for being selected to receive a cool $1 million award to transform how future physicians are trained. Here’s the word from the American Medical Association: On the eve of its annual meeting, the American Medical Association has announced that the University of California, Davis, School [...]
On Thursday, American Medical Response paramedics and emergency medical technicians held seven events around San Joaquin County and trained about 675 residents how to save a life using chest compression-only CPR. It was part of the inaugural AMR World CPR Challenge during which 140 AMR operations in 40 states plus Trinidad and Tobago and India [...]
Brandie Banks-Bey, communications specialist with the Fresno-based Central California Regional Obesity Prevention Program, provided this statement on the retirement of San Joaquin Valley healthy food pioneer Edie Jessup: Edie Jessup has witnessed and worked in just about every angle of food justice in California’s San Joaquin Valley. In 1969, she graduated from Pomona College with [...]
The Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Hispanic Institute issued the following statement today: Regulation of big sugary drinks and processed foods can help reduce alarmingly high rates of obesity among Hispanics, but changes in individual behavior and support from community organizations are also crucial, according to a new report released today by The Hispanic Institute. The report, [...]
Covered California has announced that by the end of the year it will open a state-of-the-art call center in Rancho Cordova. Representatives at the call center will guide Californians through their health coverage options and help determine if they qualify for federal financial assistance to cover some of the costs. The center will be located [...]
