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The Legal Aid Society of Santa Clara County (LAS) is a nonprofit corporation founded in 1960 to provide free, civil legal services for low-income individuals unable to obtain access to the judicial...
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Dr. Martin Fenstersheib is the health officer for Santa Clara County. In this state-appointed role, Fenstersheib works closely with the Santa Clara County Public Health Department, part of the Santa...
View ArticleFallout from A Failed Health Insurer
When a major insurance company goes under in California's strained healthcare system, the reverberations run deep.
View ArticleHomeland Security Money and Swine Flu Preparedness
State, local and national agencies were supposed to be prepared for this swine flu outbreak. After September 11th, money started flowing to law enforcement agencies and public health departments to...
View ArticleHomeland Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness Grants - Helpful for Swine Flu?
How did Santa Clara County in California spend its Homeland Security and bioterrorism preparedness grants after 9/11?On public health? Or "toys for boys?"
View ArticleWork in Progress: Health Care in the Silicon Valley
I am a California Broadcast Fellow this year. For my fellowship project, I am developing three series of radio reports 1590 KLIV, an all-news radio station in San Jose, Ca. and I'm looking for...
View ArticleHealth Effects of State Budget Cuts
As Congress considers a major overhaul of the U.S. health care system, Health Dialogues examines how the new state budget will affect health care closer to home. Will kids in low income families be...
View ArticleCounty Health Rankings: We're Number One! Or 12. Or 56....
We’re Number 6! Hurray!There has been quite a flurry of quick-hit news stories about the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s health rankings of the nation’s counties. Apparently, at one point on the day...
View ArticleEliminating Happy Meals: A Good Move or Government Regulation Gone Overboard?
You may not have heard the latest news out of California’s Silicon Valley.No, it's not about the iPad. It’s about no more Happy Meals.The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 this week to...
View ArticleDon't Poop in the Pool, Please: Covering Cryptosporidiosis and Swimming Pool...
From the annals of gross but important stories – now, with a summer news peg! – comes a new CDC MMWR report showing a striking 62 percent increase in the number of cryptosporidiosis cases from 2006 to...
View ArticleAntonio Estremera
The Legal Aid Society of Santa Clara County (LAS) is a nonprofit corporation founded in 1960 to provide free, civil legal services for low-income individuals unable to obtain access to the judicial...
View ArticleMartin Fenstersheib
Dr. Martin Fenstersheib is the health officer for Santa Clara County. In this state-appointed role, Fenstersheib works closely with the Santa Clara County Public Health Department, part of the Santa...
View ArticleFallout from A Failed Health Insurer
When a major insurance company goes under in California's strained healthcare system, the reverberations run deep.
View ArticleHomeland Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness Grants - Helpful for Swine Flu?
How did Santa Clara County in California spend its Homeland Security and bioterrorism preparedness grants after 9/11?On public health? Or "toys for boys?"
View ArticleWork in Progress: Health Care in the Silicon Valley
I am a California Broadcast Fellow this year. For my fellowship project, I am developing three series of radio reports 1590 KLIV, an all-news radio station in San Jose, Ca. and I'm looking for...
View ArticleHealth Effects of State Budget Cuts
As Congress considers a major overhaul of the U.S. health care system, Health Dialogues examines how the new state budget will affect health care closer to home. Will kids in low income families be...
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