by Ashley Boarman | Nov 16, 2021
Food banks provided record numbers of meals and groceries in 2020 as people and families grappled with the arrival of the novel coronavirus and the economic impacts that resulted. And, like COVID-19, the huge number of people needing food assistance has persisted in...
by Ashley Boarman | Nov 11, 2021
“Did someone say there’s a dog on the unit?” ICU nurses at a bustling medical center in San Francisco are enjoying calming kisses and cuddles from Omega, California Pacific Medical Center’s resident “good boy.” Three-year-old Omega is no ordinary Labrador Golden...
by Ashley Boarman | Nov 4, 2021
Surani Kwan recently walked into what she thought was going to be an administrative meeting at Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital only to find a room full of flowers, family, colleagues and a catered meal in her honor. “What’s my mom doing here?” was Kwan’s first...
by Ashley Boarman | Oct 28, 2021
It took 38-year-old Jose Jimenez more than nine months into the country’s vaccine rollout to decide he was comfortable getting the shot. It’s a decision he says was suddenly made easy after spending more than a month in a Bay Area ICU battling COVID-19. “To everyone...
by Ashley Boarman | Oct 15, 2021
Matthew Farruggio is no stranger to overcoming adversity in health and in life. He was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy in 2009, suffered a hemiplegic stroke in 2016 and began using a wheelchair full-time in 2019. “I’ve had some pretty significant physical setbacks,...
