by Emma Dugas | Jan 7, 2021
By Emma Dugas, Vitals contributor Dr. Katarina Lanner-Cusin has been passionate about babies since she was a child herself. Now, after more than 25 years as an obstetrician, Dr. Lanner-Cusin has teamed up with nurses, midwives, doulas and others to rethink childbirth...
by Ashley Boarman | Jan 6, 2021
Tents Act as New Front Doors to Help with COVID Care For years, many hospitals stored large, camping-style tents and put them up occasionally as part of emergency drills or surge events. These tents were meant to be a quick, temporary solution to help triage and treat...
by Liz Madison | Jan 1, 2021
While New Year’s celebrations looked different in 2020, one tradition remained: honoring the first baby born in the new year. With roots dating back to ancient Greece, the first baby of the year represents rebirth. At a time when the world faced a global health...
by Gary Zavoral | Dec 29, 2020
By Kathy Engle Yevgeny, a 37-year-old software engineer, suffered for two weeks with the novel coronavirus, and now, nearly three months later, he is free of COVID-19. But he is far from being recovered. Yevgeny is still off work, suffering from ongoing “brain fog,”...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Dec 24, 2020
As COVID-19 infections continue to surge across the state, California’s leading healthcare systems are offering a prescription to residents to help slow the spread of the virus: Stay home for the holidays. At a Dec. 22 virtual statewide joint press conference,...
by Gary Zavoral | Dec 21, 2020
This is part of a series celebrating those individuals who define themselves by what they can do, not what they can’t do. Sutter Health Assistant General Counsel Ed Fabi serves as co-lead of the Military & Veterans Inclusion Resource Group. He retired in May 2020...
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 Ashley Boarman | Dec 21, 2020
Diabetes care teams are talking differently these days. That’s because the effect language has on patient care and patient outcomes can be profound, physicians have discovered. As our U.S. healthcare system moves toward a more patient-centered approach, it’s necessary...
by Ashley Boarman | Dec 19, 2020
Dec. 24, 2020 This holiday season, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s best to make merry from afar, as difficult as that may be. Although hope is on the horizon, with the current surge in cases across California and the U.S., it’s important to remain vigilant about...
by Ashley Boarman | Dec 18, 2020
From the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, testing has been a critical tool in helping identify cases so COVID-positive individuals can isolate and recover. With COVID-19 cases spiking across the country, the need for more rapid and diverse testing options is crucial....
