Healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente has partnered with Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation to connect young people with mental health resources. Kaiser Permanente is providing a $350,000 grant to the foundation's Kindness in Community Fund, which will support community organizations that focus on youth mental health and wellness, are informed...
Valley Pastor Reflects on His Life or Death Battle With COVID
On the second anniversary of the COVID-19 global pandemic, a Dinuba pastor is giving thanks for the medical efforts that saved his life. Mark Wallace is one of the lucky ones. In the U.S. alone, nearly 1 million people have died from the virus. “I arrived at Kaiser on...
Kaiser Permanente Fined $43,000 for Deadly Post-Holiday Outbreak
Kaiser Permanente has been fined $43,000 for failing to report a deadly coronavirus outbreak that may have been caused by an inflatable holiday costume worn by an unknowingly infected staffer on Christmas Day. The number of cases linked to the outbreak at the Kaiser San Jose Emergency Department has reached...
Here’s the Costume That May Have Infected 44 People and Killed One at San Jose Kaiser
[aggregation-styles] SF Gate With a red nose and big smile, a Christmas tree costume worn by a Kaiser employee in a California emergency room on Christmas was meant to spread cheer. Instead it may have help spread COVID-19, infecting more than 40 staff and killing one at the Kaiser Permanente...
Nurses Suspended for Refusing COVID-19 Care Without N95 Mask
Nurse Mike Gulick was meticulous about not bringing the coronavirus home to his wife and their 2-year-old daughter. He’d stop at a hotel after work just to take a shower. He’d wash his clothes in Lysol disinfectant. They did a tremendous amount of handwashing. But at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in...
COVID-19 Vaccine Participant: Expect a Lot of Data in 4 Weeks
Data is forthcoming, says one of the initial participants in a vaccine trial for COVID-19. Neal Browning just received his second, and final, vaccine shot. On March 16, 2020, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute gave the first injection of an investigational vaccine for the novel coronavirus to four volunteers participating...
Fighting COVID-19: Kaiser Permanente Launches First Vaccine Trial
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, one of the National Institutes of Health, selected Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute as the first to begin clinical testing of a coronavirus vaccine. This is how the NIH describes the vaccine trial: "The experimental vaccine was developed using a genetic...
Kaiser Permanente Expands Access to Care in Fresno
Kaiser Permanente Fresno opened a new medical office Monday near Cedar and Alluvial Avenues. Six physicians and their staffs are providing care at the Cedar Avenue Medical Offices at 7415 N. Cedar Avenue, Suite 102. Dr. Shahzad Jahromi is the physician in chief. “We are providing more convenient places for...
Kaiser Commits $130 Million to Train 10,000 for Medical Jobs
Kaiser Permanente and its labor partner are teaming up to create Futuro Health, a $130 million nonprofit to address California's healthcare worker shortage. Listen to this article: The partnership stems from the four-year contract reached last October between the healthcare provider and SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West. The idea is to...
MLK Jr.'s Legacy Inspires a Day of Service in Fresno
On the 25th anniversary of the first day of service celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and legacy, scores of Fresno residents turned out to support their community. For example, Mayor Lee Brand's Keep Fresno Beautiful campaign benefited from 125 volunteers who made downtown and other locations sparkle Monday. "We're...