Meet the Breathmobile, an asthma clinic on wheels
In the Bay Area, a huge healthcare disparity exists for people seeking treatment for asthma.
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Alameda County gets ready to promote PrEP, a drug that prevents HIV infection
The Alameda County Public Health Department is preparing to launch a marketing campaign this summer to promote PrEP, a drug that prevents HIV infection, targeted specifically to communities which are most affected by HIV. PrEP,...
Nurses union, Oakland City Council push for single payer health bill
Most healthcare bills have a hefty price tag attached, but Senate Bill 562 may have one larger than some Californians are willing to take on—an estimated $400 billion a year, according to an analysis from...
Seniors find a second home at Chinatown Recreation Center
For the elderly, staying active can be difficult. But that’s not the case at the Lincoln Square Recreation Center in Oakland’s Chinatown.
EPA fines Oakland and municipal utility district for sewage discharge violations
Last week, the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) and five East Bay communities were fined $389,300 in penalties for violating the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2014 Clean Water Act settlement. Oakland was penalized the most...
The Tale of Two Cities podcast: Hooked
Kava, kratom and caffeine — the stories in this episode of our podcast dive into obsession, addiction and habits. We follow reporters Susie Neilson ad Padmini Parasarathy as they goes to Melo Melo Kava Bar where...
Women of the African diaspora gather to celebrate Oakland’s new Coco Coalition
Coco Coalition is a social enterprise dedicated helping women of the African diaspora to connect, grow and thrive. The enterprise’s mission is to create safe and empowering opportunities for women, while also addressing health and...
Bay Area, international support groups discuss sex workers’ rights in Oakland
Monday night local and international support groups gathered to discuss decriminalizing sex work and protecting workers' rights.
Prescription for mindfulness: Non-profits and hospitals use new practices for healing
Since the 1970s, psychologists and neurologists have been studying what happens in the brains of meditating children and adults. Now, hospitals and non-profits like Kaiser Permanente and Mindful Life Project are turning to mindfulness and...
Past cannabis convictions can be dismissed in Alameda County–by petition, says DA
Proposition 64, which voters passed in November 2016, not only legalized the adult use of cannabis, but also established protocols for reducing, dismissing and sealing old marijuana-related convictions. That means Californians convicted of cannabis crimes...
Lina Park named executive director of the Korean American Community Foundation
Lina Park was recently named the executive director of the Korean American Community Foundation of San Francisco. She discusses her new role, the community’s biggest hidden issues and cultural taboos.
Experts are unsure of the severity of this year’s flu season
The rate of hospitalizations for the flu in the United States has hit the highest levels since health officials started recording this data in 2010. But experts are cautious comparing this year's flu season to...
Oakland support group hosts workshop for families struggling with mental health and substance abuse
The African American Family Support Group hosted the 'Help for Family Caregivers Coping with Mental Illness or Substance Abuse' workshop last Saturday
Oakland North’s 2017 year in review — our top stories
2017 brought a new group of student reporters to Oakland North from across the country and the globe. They covered a city in flux: a housing and homelessness crisis that shows no sign of abating,...
Advocates push Oakland officials to treat homelessness as an emergency
Community members and city officials struggle to confront the the epidemic of hundreds of Oakland residents--most of them black, many of them elders--sleeping on the streets due to to skyrocketing rents and a lack of...
Birthing inequities: Combatting racial disparities in the health of newborns
This article is part of “Birthing Inequity,” an Oakland North project on maternal and infant health disparities in Oakland. See the full multimedia report here. In 2003, while she was carrying her third child, Tanisha Fuller...
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