Health and Wellness

Oakland Voices’ health coverage examines health challenges and solutions in Oakland in order to be a catalyst to eliminate health inequities, change narratives, and transform the Town.

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Covid Vaccine Websites Violate Disability Laws, Create Inequity for the Blind

By Lauren Webber and Hannah Recht Posted March 3, 2021 10:38 am

"Blind residents said they were unable to register for the vaccine through their state or local governments without help."

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Filmmaker Alex Bledsoe Seeks Families in Oakland Who Experienced Lead Poisoning

By Momo Chang Posted February 3, 2021 9:26 am

Award-winning filmmaker seeking subjects from Oakland to interview about lead poisoning.

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COVID-19 Did Not Get the Best of Me: How I Rapturously Dealt With the Pandemic

By Tonya Shipp Posted January 19, 2021 6:51 pm

Oakland Voices alumna Tonya Shipp shares her experience of what life has been like since the pandemic.

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Oakland nears 20,000 COVID cases; Coliseum might be vaccination site

By Momo Chang Posted January 14, 2021 9:58 am

COVID-19 cases in Oakland expand.

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COVID-19 Vaccines roll out to Oakland healthcare workers

By Howard Dyckoff Posted December 25, 2020 4:42 pm

Doctors, nurses, and other healthcare and frontline workers in Oakland have begun receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.

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COVID Vaccination Begins as ICU Beds Fall Below 15 Percent; Plus, How to Get Tested

By Momo Chang Posted December 17, 2020 11:08 am

ICU BEDS IN REGION IMPACTED Just as the COVID-19 vaccines arrive to frontline workers in the Bay Area, the region’s ICU beds dip below 15 percent availability. As of yesterday, the Bay Area’s ICU beds[Read more]