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.
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."
By Momo Chang Posted February 3, 2021 9:26 am
Award-winning filmmaker seeking subjects from Oakland to interview about lead poisoning.
Filed under Arts & Culture , Health and Wellness , Home
Tagged Berkeley Film Foundation , Breaktide Productions , film , filmmaker , Fruitvale , lead poisoning , OAKDLEAD , Residue , The Redford Center , women of color
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.
Filed under COVID-19 , Health and Wellness , Home
Tagged bookkeeping , covid , covid19 , covidexperience , delivery , doordash , driver , EDD , essential worker , gigworker , grubhub , pandemic , professional development , Tonya Shipp , Unemployment
By Momo Chang Posted January 14, 2021 9:58 am
COVID-19 cases in Oakland expand.
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.
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]
By Gerald Green Posted December 8, 2020 9:11 am
A program for African American men with prostate cancer pivoted to organizing COVID testing for African Americans in East Oakland this fall.
Filed under COVID-19 , Health and Wellness , News
Tagged African American communities , comorbidities , covid19 , Dr. Staggers , Eastmont Mall , Gerald Green , health , prostate cancer , testing , UCSF , wellness
By JoAnn Hollis-Bell Posted November 23, 2020 9:08 pm
We caught up with essential worker, EMT Allen Hernandez from West Oakland.
By Momo Chang Posted November 20, 2020 4:16 pm
Takeout, walking one's dog, going to the grocery store are still allowed after curfew.
By Momo Chang Posted October 15, 2020 7:52 am
More businesses and activities, including indoor ones, allowed to re-open during COVID pandemic, but is it a good idea when flu season is starting?
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