LifeLong Medical Care’s street medicine team has vaccinated 35 people in the park so far.
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‘COVID-19 hero’ award honors street medicine team’s aid to the unhoused
Mukund Raguram says providing health care and case management to unhoused communities in the East Bay is a team effort.
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If you can sew, you can help those on the front lines of the COVID-19 fight
Some hospitals are using fabric masks over N95 masks as they can be removed and sanitized. Other agencies want them for their work with the elderly or the homeless.
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Nurses, officials voice concerns about Alta Bates changes
“We have a real problem and it’s a regional problem,” said Mayor Tom Bates on Tuesday night amid a brief discussion by the Berkeley City Council related to plans by Sutter Health to move inpatient services to Oakland, leaving Berkeley services focused on outpatient care. Council voted unanimously in support of a resolution to oppose “plans to […]
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Shop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses
TOTALLY RAD ART GALLERY A new art gallery has opened on San Pablo Avenue in the old Leslie’s Ceramics building. Totally Rad, run by Amber Mueller, is dedicated to exhibiting contemporary works by emerging local and national artists. On Jan. 9, 6-9 p.m., there will be an opening reception for the gallery’s new exhibition, “Daft Affect: “Dear Volunteers” showing […]
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LifeLong Medical Care opens new clinic in South Berkeley
LifeLong Medical Care will hold a grand opening ceremony at 5:30 p.m. Monday for its 15th health center, in the Ed Roberts Campus on Adeline Street in South Berkeley. The new Ashby Health Center, a full-service clinic, will offer care to underserved populations covered by Medi-Cal, Medicare, managed care plans through Covered California, or people without insurance. […]
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Shop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses
NEW: SUTTER HEALTH BERKELEY CARE CENTER Sutter Health opened a new clinic in the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center/Herrick campus on Jan. 26. The new center houses pediatric, family medicine, and obstetrics and gynecology departments, as well as lab services and some imaging, according to a Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation press release. The urgent-care clinic is […]
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4 Berkeley buildings to get upgrades after library lawsuit
A bell tower constructed in 1878. A nursery school built in 1927. An import-export warehouse converted into a music venue. A prefabricated panel cottage put together in 1887. These four Berkeley structures will soon be improved, thanks to $87,000 generated by the settlement of a lawsuit between Berkeley and Concerned Library Users, a group that […]
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Bauman College grads boost local food community
Chances are good there’s a Bauman College grad working somewhere near you, improving the Bay Area’s health and food systems.
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Years of work culminate in new Berkeley medical clinic
Hundreds of people gathered Sunday afternoon to celebrate the grand opening of Lifelong Medical Care’s new West Berkeley clinic, and for many of the dignitaries, it was a reunion of sorts. Amid speeches about the glorious new building and the patient-centric care it will foster, came memories of Berkeley in the 1970s and the push […]
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Lifelong Medical celebrates renovated Berkeley space
For 38 years, Lifelong Medical Care has been been providing high-quality medical, dental, and other services to Berkeley’s most vulnerable residents. Started by the Gray Panthers as the Over 60 Health Clinic in 1976, LifeLong has now grown into nine different facilities around the Bay Area, with most centered in northern Alameda County. Lifelong just renovated […]
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Three Squares benefit to help free cooking class program
This Sunday at UC Berkeley’s Pauley Ballroom the non-profit organization Three Squares raises awareness — and funds — for its free cooking programs for low-income residents.