Tag: health

Seeing The Good In The Bad

UNITED STATES—I do not know what is going on, but I feel like the past 6 weeks of my life has been utter hell....

Cancer Can Be A Scary Thing

UNITED STATES—My family was presented some devastating news last week when we discovered my step mom has breast cancer. I have dealt with cancer...

Curbing A Sweet Tooth

UNITED STATES—I just did something last week that I thought was NOT possible. I went an entire week without any sweets. NOTE: when I...

Costly Food Shopping

UNITED STATES—I have told this to people in the past that the cost of food or groceries (it depends on who you speak to)...

Exercise Starts With A Commitment

UNITED STATES—Commitment. It is a word that many of us fear. However, it is a commitment that pushes us to accomplish things that we...

Dr. Kunins Joins SFDPH To Lead Mental Health Initiative

SAN FRANCISCO—Mayor London Breed and Dr. Grant Colfax, Director of Public Health, announced on Wednesday, January 27 that Dr. Hillary Kunins will join the...

Governor Newsom Appoints Tomas Aragon As New CDPH Director

CALIFORNIA—Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Dr. Tomas J. Aragon as California's newest director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) on Monday, December 7....

San Franciscans Might Quarantine If Traveling During Holidays

SAN FRANCISCO — Residents in San Francisco may have to do a two-week quarantine if they choose to travel during the holidays. Health officials in...

Quarantine Health Crisis

UNITED STATES—We can sit here and ignore the elephant in the room if we want, but the truth remains, many Americans put on a...

San Francisco Ranked 5th Rattiest City

SAN FRANCISCO—Pest control service Orkin released its Top 50 Rattiest Cities List on October 13, and San Francisco ranked fifth "rattiest" city in the...