by Emma Dugas | Apr 2, 2020
Pregnancy can often be filled with a lot of questions. Parents welcoming babies into the world right now face an unusual new set of fears. Health experts are reassuring expectant mothers and answering key concerns about pregnancy amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “Above...
by Emma Dugas | Mar 17, 2020
By Emma Dugas, Vitals contributor Power cords, data cables and sanitation supplies topped Raymond Fellers long list. No, Fellers wasn’t preparing to isolate during the COVID-19 outbreak—quite the opposite—he was opening the first ever “car clinic” at the Palo Alto...
by Emma Dugas | Mar 6, 2020
By Emma Dugas, Vitals contributor SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Santa Cruz Community Health (SCCH) and Dientes Community Dental Care (Dientes), today announced a $1 million dollar investment from Sutter Health to support the construction and operation of a 19,000-square-foot...
by Emma Dugas | Nov 1, 2019
By Emma Dugas, Vitals contributor A spine injury at age 19 left Santa Rosa resident Ken Kilgore with paralysis in both his arms and legs. Bedbound and dependent on a special electric mattress that circulates air to prevent bedsores, Kilgore was nervous about the...
by Emma Dugas | Oct 28, 2019
By Emma Dugas, Vitals contributor It was a 9-1-1 response three years in the making. On July 2, 2019, Tomás Goco had a stroke just moments after he deplaned at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Tomás’ wife and travel companion, Marisol, recognized the...
