As California’s population grows older, more people need help aging in place. This is especially true of veterans, a demographic with higher-than-average rates of homelessness. Over two years ago, Swords to Plowshares launched a pilot program offering enhanced services and staffing in subsidized housing to help veterans stay healthy and housed. Early results are promising, but future funding remains uncertain as the Trump admin moves away from long-term housing solutions.
Category: Health
Posted inHealth, Housing
Treasure Island, a ‘Health Care Desert,’ Gains a Clinic on Wheels
Treasure Island has no permanent medical service, nor does the city plan to establish any. One service agency deployed a medical van to bridge the gap.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Health, Law & Justice, LGBTQ+
Health Experts Brace for Return of Conversion Therapy for LGBTQ+ Youth
Doctors and mental health experts across the country are warning of dire consequences as the U.S. Supreme Court takes up a case that could overturn a Colorado ban on conversion therapy for minors, a practice long tied to psychological harm and elevated suicide risk among LGBTQ+ youth.
Posted inHealth
San Francisco Halts Plan to Displace Dozens of Care Facility Residents With Severe Mental Illness
San Francisco health officials have reversed a controversial plan to uproot 82 long-term residents with severe mental illness from two units at a hospital-based care center. All occupants in one unit will remain in place, while those in another have been promised protections.
Posted inEnvironment, Exposed, Health
City Sat on Plutonium Findings, Then Faulted Navy Over Delay
San Francisco health and redevelopment officials waited nearly a month to alert the community about a suspected plutonium detection at the Hunters Point Shipyard, even as they criticized the U.S. Navy for keeping the discovery under wraps.
Posted inHealth, Hepatitis B: A ‘Silent Killer’
As Trump Allies Undercut Child Vaccination for Hepatitis B, Patient Advocates Warn Chronic Disease Will Spread
A vote by a Trump administration advisory panel to eliminate decades-old guidelines recommending the routine vaccination of newborns for hepatitis B could release a new wave of chronic infections, say local experts in disease management.
Posted inCalifornia, Health
Researchers Back $23 Billion State Science Fund in Response to Deep Federal Cuts
Pushing back against what they called politicized attacks on science, state lawmakers, labor unions, university officials and researchers on Monday announced plans for a 2026 ballot initiative that would make California the largest independent funder of scientific research in the nation.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Health, Homelessness, Politics
Trump Homelessness Order Threatens to Overrun SF Hospitals, Jails
A presidential executive order issued in July focused on homelessness could put increased pressure on San Francisco’s hospitals and jails, which are already over capacity.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Government & Politics, Health
Effects of Research Funding Cuts Ripple Through San Francisco Labs, Clinics and Lives
Federal funding cuts to medical research and new rules for grants are dismantling projects at the University of California, San Francisco, and the San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center, two of the nation’s leading research hubs.
Posted inCommunity, Health, Hepatitis B: A ‘Silent Killer’
The Silent Killer: Hepatitis B Disproportionately Impacts Asian Americans
This story is a condensed version of the Public Press’ Hepatitis B series. It was produced by American Community Media, which also provided translations.