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Oakland Police Commission leadership conflict | The cost of free eggs | How should the county address the opioid crisis? | Rift in local NAACP

Tag: Health

A young Asian woman with a medical mask hold an SEIU picket sign with Chinese characters. Other workers carrying signs can be seen walking on the city sidewalk behind her.
Posted inHealth & Environment

Asian Health Services workers approve contract for higher wages, avoid strike

by Holly McDede September 25, 2023September 25, 2023

Hundreds of SEIU members at the Oakland clinic were prepared to strike if an agreement wasn’t reached. The news comes as health care workers across the Bay Area are demanding better pay.

Oaklandside reporter Jose Fermoso, wearing all-black, is surrounded by a dozen high school students inside a classrom at Castlemont High School in East Oakland. A laptop is open to a presentation in the foreground.
Posted inHow We Work

Sharing our reporting on traffic safety and systems with high schoolers

Avatar photo by Jose Fermoso May 17, 2023May 17, 2023

The Oaklandside’s Jose Fermoso recently attended a public health summit at Castlemont High School.

Posted inHealth & Environment

Pharmaca closing all its stores after Walgreens buys pharmacy chain

by Joanne Furio February 9, 2023February 9, 2023

Closures include the pharmacy in Oakland’s Rockridge neighborhood, as well as the Solano Avenue branch in Berkeley.

Krista Hayes holds her baby, Noa Hayes-Guess, one month postpartum in their home in Oakland, CA on February 18, 2021. (Photo courtesy of Krista Hayes)
Posted inHealth & Environment

Oakland programs are supporting Black postpartum women

by Florence Middleton February 3, 2023August 23, 2023

Local women-led efforts are filling a void in care, as new data reveals most maternal deaths are preventable.

Posted inHealth & Environment

Christmas carol protesters call on Mayor Schaaf to reinstate mask mandate at city buildings

Avatar photo by Jose Fermoso December 14, 2022December 14, 2022

Oakland’s masking requirement in libraries and other city buildings ended Nov. 28, but health officials say COVID and other dangerous respiratory illnesses are spiking again.

Posted inHealth & Environment

How one health center is serving Oakland’s growing Mam community

by Florence Middleton December 12, 2022August 23, 2023

About 25% of participants in the Women, Infant and Children program at Native American Health Center in Fruitvale are Guatemalans whose primary language is Mam.

Posted inHealth & Environment

Nurses in Oakland, Berkeley join statewide Sutter Health strike

Supriya Yelimeli headshot by Supriya Yelimeli April 18, 2022April 19, 2022

After long months in the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses say hospitals are short-staffed and under-resourced.

Posted inHealth & Environment

Bay Area health officers recommend mask use indoors amid rising COVID-19 cases

Supriya Yelimeli headshot by Supriya Yelimeli July 16, 2021October 15, 2021

The mask recommendation applies to both vaccinated and unvaccinated residents in an effort to prevent COVID-19 virus spread among all groups.

Posted inHealth & Environment

Fentanyl test FentCheck will make drug use safer

by Laura Casey July 6, 2021July 12, 2021

The test, distributed by Oakland residents Alison Heller and Dean Shold, checks if the deadly opioid is laced in street drugs including cocaine, heroin and meth.

People and geese on a sunny day at Lake Merritt in Oakland.
Posted inHealth & Environment

Oakland enters yellow COVID-19 tier, one week shy of state reopening

Supriya Yelimeli headshot by Supriya Yelimeli June 8, 2021June 8, 2021

It’s the first time since the state began its tier system last summer that Alameda County has entered the least-restrictive, yellow tier.

Posted inHealth & Environment

‘Social bubbles are now popped’; Bay Area closes outdoor dining, sets strict rules amid COVID-19 surge

Supriya Yelimeli headshot by Supriya Yelimeli December 4, 2020December 8, 2020

The new guidelines prohibit gatherings with people outside of your household through Jan. 4.

Posted inHealth & Environment

Indoor dining closed again in Alameda County due to COVID-19 surge

Supriya Yelimeli headshot by Supriya Yelimeli November 17, 2020November 17, 2020

After three short weeks, indoor dining is once again closed in Oakland as the state grapples with a rise in COVID-19 cases and Alameda County returns to the purple tier.

Alameda County COVID-19 spread and conditions depicted in a map of the state
Posted inHealth & Environment

Alameda County freezes new openings in Oakland, Berkeley due to worsening COVID-19 conditions

Supriya Yelimeli headshot by Supriya Yelimeli November 12, 2020November 12, 2020

Businesses that are currently open indoors, like personal care services and restaurants, can continue, but there won’t be further expansions in any sector.

Posted inNosh

Ready or not, indoor dining is reopening in Alameda County

Supriya Yelimeli headshot by Supriya Yelimeli October 14, 2020October 21, 2020

Restaurants can reopen indoor dining at 25% capacity beginning Oct. 26 under a new orange tier designation for the county in the state’s COVID-19 reopening guidelines.

Posted inHealth & Environment

Bay Area wildfires are affecting air quality in the East Bay. Here are tips to protect your health

by Tracey Taylor August 19, 2020August 19, 2020

Wildfire season is upon us and air quality locally will be very poor for the foreseeable future according to weather experts.

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