by Karin Fleming | Mar 25, 2021
Bob Murphy, 68, uses walking poles to aid his stroll over the Bay Area’s Dumbarton Bridge. When he first began a battle with stage 4 lung cancer in 2016. the 2-mile walk aided by his wife was peppered with rest stops every 50 yards. Now Murphy walks the bridge with...
by Karin Fleming | Feb 10, 2021
Jane Finch*, 87, was hospitalized with a serious bacterial skin infection that caused significant loss of mobility and difficulty walking. Like many seniors, she wanted to return to her San Francisco home, but needed help with that transition. That’s where a...
by Karin Fleming | Jan 20, 2021
While COVID-19 vaccines are being rolled out to the public less than a year after official reports of the novel coronavirus pandemic in the United States, there is still no vaccine for another deadly virus that reared its ugly head about 40 years ago, accounting for...
by Karin Fleming | Dec 21, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to persist worldwide, few defenses to stop its spread have been as urgently awaited as a vaccine. Following the emergency use authorization issued Dec. 11 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, a...
by Karin Fleming | Dec 14, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to persist worldwide, few defenses to stop its spread have been as urgently awaited as a vaccine. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorization late Friday of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine cleared the way for the...