Health
For health and social services, call 2-1-1
New service addresses the needs of the uninsured by providing referrals to local services.
A coming public service ad campaign, planned for area buses, billboards and BART stations, will highlight a new feature of the toll-free help-line 2-1-1.
Band-aids will replace the “1” in 2-1-1 to call attention to the availability of information about affordable health services in Martinez and surrounding communities.more...
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Cooked food is trans-fat free in California
As of New Year’s Day, California restaurateurs can no longer serve food cooked in trans fat.
Trans fat, or unsaturated fat with trans-isomer fatty acid(s), raises the low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, or LDL — the so-called “bad” cholesterol — and lowers the high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, or HDL — the “good” cholesterol — in a person’s body, according to information from the Mayo Clinic. It’s created when hydrogen is added to vegetable oil through a process called hydrogenation. more...
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A quarter-century of AIDS in the Bay Area
Conversations with scientists and officials at the premier national conference on the pandemic.
San Francisco was the logical choice for the 13th annual U.S. Conference on AIDS organized by the National Minority AIDS Council and held last week at the Hilton Hotel. While it was 29 years ago in Chicago where the first AIDS case was diagnosed, since then San Francisco has been ground zero for the worldwide HIV/AIDS pandemic.more...
County to hold free community H1N1 flu vaccination clinic
Only priority groups will receive vaccine.
Contra Costa Health Services will hold the first of four community H1N1 (swine) flu vaccination clinics this Saturday at Hilltop Mall in Richmond. Both H1N1 and seasonal flu shots will be offered for free to priority groups according to vaccine availability, said Contra Costa Public Health Director Dr. Wendel Brunner.
The clinic runs 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the JC Penney parking lot. This clinic will not be a drive-through due to traffic safety concerns because of the high number of people expected. Parking will be available. more...
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What are the kids eating?
School district has a food services contract with a multinational company that procures products from agrobusiness, offers packaged foods and very few healthy choices.
The nearly $500,000 annual contract between the multi-national conglomerate Sodexo and the Martinez Unified School District will soon expire, and the District’s CFO is considering shopping around for a new food services operator for the nine MUSD campuses.more...
