Posts Tagged ‘Alameda County Health Department’
Selling home cooked meals: state says yes, Alameda County still to decide
A state bill allowing cooks to sell their homemade meals passed, but Alameda County remains undecided on the issue.
Read MoreOUSD proposes new plan to expand healthy meals program, serve more fresh food
The Oakland Unified School District has proposed a new plan that will expand its healthy meals program by updating meal service facilities on campuses throughout the district, allowing schools to increase the number of campuses that can serve freshly prepared food.
As part of a program called Rethinking School Lunch in Oakland, OUSD Nutrition Services Director Jennifer LeBarre and Zenobia Barlow, executive director of the Center for Ecoliteracy, created an outline of options to expand and improve the overall district-wide food service
Read MoreOakland schools move quickly to vaccinate students against whooping cough
Personal and automated phone calls, advertisements on the sides of local buses, and a team of school nurses have been working to spread the word throughout the Oakland school system about a new requirement for seventh through 12th graders—a vaccine against whooping cough.
Read MoreLocal officials say AIDS taking special toll on county’s African-Americans
As health organizers around the globe assess the illness during the week of World AIDS Day, local officials say funding cuts and young people’s attitudes are contributing to new infections and the comparatively higher rates of HIV/AIDS among black teens and women.
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