Kaiser mental health clinicians and patients protest long wait times

On Sunday afternoon, over 100 therapists, patients, and their supporters from across Northern California gathered in downtown Oakland to stage a vigil in front of Kaiser Permanente’s corporate office—one they said they’d run indefinitely until the corporation’s leadership takes big steps to make their clinicians’ jobs more sustainable and improve access to mental health care.…

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After 14-year study, Kaiser finds chickenpox vaccine highly effective

A recent study by Kaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center found that the Chickenpox vaccine is 90 percent effective in reducing a child’s chance of catching Chickenpox. Doctor designed by Andrew McKinley from the Noun Project, Medical clip board designed by Douglas Nash from the Noun Project, Syringe designed by Richard Pasqua the Noun Project

A rash followed by itchy, fluid-filled blisters all over a child’s body, usually tells parents their child has chickenpox. The illness was once a standard part of growing up—and many have the scars to prove it—but since a vaccination became common practice, fewer kids contract the virus. In 1995, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices,…

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