by Monique Binkley Smith | Mar 16, 2020
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California Governor Gavin Newsom, echoing recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is calling for the state’s bars, wineries and nightclubs to close and for restaurants to observe social distancing to help curb...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Mar 13, 2020
SACRAMENTO, CALIF.— With the World Health Organization’s recent declaration of a COVID-19 pandemic, an avalanche of advice from a variety of sources—some of it accurate, some of it misleading or even downright dangerous— can be overwhelming for anyone. Now Sutter...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Mar 4, 2020
OAKLAND, Calif. –Alta Bates Summit Medical Center earned a distinguished three-star rating, the highest possible, from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for excellence in mitral valve replacement and repair (MVRR) surgery. Of the approximately 130 participating...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Sep 20, 2019
3-story expansion, plus a 10,000-square-foot renovation, will add 40 private room hospital beds, treatment areas in the emergency department and additional surgical suites SANTA ROSA, Calif. – Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital today broke ground on a major expansion...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Apr 20, 2019
In the U.S., one out of seven people living with HIV don’t know it, and the majority of people living with hepatitis C might be undiagnosed. In Alameda County, HIV[1] and hepatitis C[2] infection rates have not declined significantly over the last 10 years, and a...
