by Ashley Boarman | May 20, 2021
Local hospital reflects on two decades of providing accessible, high-quality healthcare to residents of Marin County NOVATO, Calif. – Novato Community Hospital (NCH) is delighted to celebrate its 20th anniversary on May 21. To commemorate the milestone, staff unveiled...
by Ashley Boarman | May 19, 2021
Actor Chadwick Boseman’s death from colon cancer at just 43 years old came as a shock last summer. Many headlines captured the public’s collective sentiment: “Colon cancer? But he was so young!” Michael Abel, M.D., a San Francisco colorectal surgeon, says...
by Ashley Boarman | May 19, 2021
Dozens of Sonoma, Calif., residents gathered early — ahead of their scheduled appointments — on the first Saturday in May. These Latino men and women were lined up to receive their second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. The group targeted for this pop-up clinic...
by Ashley Boarman | May 12, 2021
More than 200,000 individuals in Sonoma County, Calif., are now considered fully vaccinated, but many more will need to be vaccinated to reach herd immunity. Among those still unvaccinated include some in the county’s Latino population. “Vaccine science is complicated...
by Ashley Boarman | May 10, 2021
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced it will ban both menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars within the coming year. As smoking is the leading cause of premature, preventable death in America, this is “a positive step,” says Vinayak Jha, M.D., a...
