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Video: Why the New Autism Benefit Is So Important to Medi-Cal Families
Effective this week, Medi-Cal now covers a key autism therapy, and some 12,000 kids stand to benefit statewide. One of the children who will benefit is Timothy Wilson, a bubbly 6-year-old who will now...
View ArticleThrough Photos, Oakland Youth Focus On Neighborhood Health (Video)
Fifteen students stand facing an imaginary line bisecting the room. “If someone in your family has diabetes, cross the line,” said Sidra Bonner, the UCSF medical student leading the session on...
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Out of Prison — and Hungry
Aous Jarrar was released from prison after an 11-year sentence with $200. He has an internship as a drug and alcohol counselor, but because he doesn’t qualify for food stamps, he is relying on charity...
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Video: Meet 72-Year-Old Rollerblader Frank Hernandez
Editor’s note: For seniors, exercise is an important way to prevent injury and retain independence. But it can be difficult to come up with a routine that works for you. Frank Hernandez of the Central...
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Keeping A Watchful Eye On Farmworker Health
Ephraim Camacho, a community worker with California Rural Legal Assistance, hands out brochures on the Affordable Care Act, heat illness, and wage theft at a farmworker health fair in Huron, Calif....
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Mental Health ‘Warm Line’ Helps Prevent Crises With Good Listening
Daisy Matthias is a counselor at the San Francisco-based Mental Health Triage Warm Line. Most callers are struggling with anxiety, depression, loneliness, and stress. (Jeremy Raff /KQED) Editor’s...
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Bay Area Golf Coach With Cerebral Palsy Defies Stereotypes (Video)
Don’t call Marty Turcios inspiring. Yes, he motivates and challenges his students, but not simply because he’s a golf coach with cerebral palsy. Instead, his students say it’s his commitment to...
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Treating Type 2 Diabetes With A Dose Of History
Erica Sheppard McMath has seen the devastating effects of Type 2 diabetes first hand (Jeremy Raff/KQED) The diabetes epidemic is not abstract to Erica Sheppard McMath. As a girl, she watched her uncle...
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Gunfire Down in East Palo Alto Thanks to … Volleyball?
This story is part of KQED’s ongoing health series Vital Signs. Sia Kailahi is a tough-looking amateur boxer with dark eyeliner and tattoo-covered arms, but today her boxing gloves are off. She tosses...
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Tackling Domestic Abuse, Man to Man
Tired of seeing the effects of alcoholism and domestic abuse in their community, a group of men in Oxnard are getting together to do something about it. They say domestic abuse is not just a women’s...
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Mexican Indigenous Immigrants’ Dire Need for Medical Interpreters
Imagine you are rushed to the hospital as pain radiates through your chest. Doctors whirl around you, but you don’t know what’s happening because everyone is speaking a foreign language. That’s what...
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