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Oside News, January 29th, 2018 Read on the Oside News website April Wilson, Council-member Jack Feller, Andrea Kinley, Terri Haggman and Edina Martinez North County Serenity House to Serve County North Coastal Region  Oceanside CA— North County Serenity House (NCSH), a program of HealthRIGHT 360, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, January 26, 2018 for its new outpatient substance […]

NPR, Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday, From KQED by Carrie Fiebel, December 30, 2017 Read/listen on the NPR website Inside the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic in its earliest days. The clinic opened on June 7, 1967, and treated 250 patients that day. It’s motto, then and now: “Health care is a right, not a privilege.” Courtesy of

SF Weekly, by Nuala Sawyer, Oct 4th, 2017  Read on the SF Weekly website The Department of Public Health and local nonprofits team up to reach the populations most vulnerable to the deadly disease. Last summer, health officials in San Diego County noticed an increase in people suffering from nausea, diarrhea, jaundice, and fatigue. Hepatitis A, a

Los Angeles Times, By Soumya Karlamangla, October 5th, 2017 Read on the LA Times website California’s outbreak of hepatitis A, already the nation’s second largest in the last 20 years, could continue for many months, even years, health officials said Thursday. At least 569 people have been infected and 17 have died of the virus since November in

Asian American Recovery Services, Santa Clara County was ranked number nine in the small category in the San Francisco Business Times and Silicon Valley Business Journal’s Healthiest Employers of the Bay Area 2017 awards.  Learn more about the awards from the San Francisco Business Journal: “More and more companies are making employee wellness a priority. Employees spend a

SF Weekly, by Nuala Sawyer,  Aug 30th, 2017  Read on the SF Weekly website S.F.’s low-income residents can now access everything from dental treatment to computer classes at a new center on Mission and South Van Ness. David had served 26 years of a life sentence in Folsom State Prison when he was released on parole in

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 29, 2017 MEDIA CONTACTIvan Becerra415.392.1000ibecerra@finemanpr.com Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee join HealthRIGHT 360in celebrating expansion of health and social services SAN FRANCISCO – HealthRIGHT 360 today opened the doors to its new Integrated Care Center (ICC) in San Francisco – the first medical center of its kind in California. The

SF Gate, By Bay City New Service, August 29th Read on the SF Gate website SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) A new health clinic opened in the heart of San Francisco today offering one-stop services for homeless and low-income residents ranging from medical and dental care to help with jobs, housing and education. The nonprofit Healthright 360

KALW Radio, By Rose Aguilar & Sana Saleem, August 15, 2017 Read and listen on the KALW website Dr Smith at the Muir Wood Adolescent & Family services in marinKARL MONDON / BAY AREA NEWS GROUP In 1967, during a public health meeting at UCSF, Dr. David Smith declared that health care is a right, not a

JAMA, by Rita Rubin, August 15, 2017 Read on the JAMA website Growing up in Bakersfield, California, in the 1950s, the grandson of Oklahoma farmworkers, David Smith, MD, had never envisioned himself as an activist. But in 1967, when Smith lived in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood and worked as a clinical toxicology postdoc, the growing counter-culture revolution