Practical tips for older adults in case of an emergency
September is National Emergency Preparedness Month, and it’s especially important for older adults to think about what to do when faced with an…
Continue ReadingSeptember is National Emergency Preparedness Month, and it’s especially important for older adults to think about what to do when faced with an…
Continue ReadingBy Meg Tirrell and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — While grilling Novo Nordisk’s chief executive over the price of its blockbuster diabetes and…
Continue ReadingBy Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, CNN (CNN) — A devoted meditator, Eli Susman wanted to deepen his practice, and his meditation journey took him across…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — A fractured landscape of reproductive rights continues to evolve in the United States in the wake of the…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 200 chemicals connected to breast cancer are used in the making of food packaging and plastic tableware,…
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Three men’s lacrosse players at Tufts University remain hospitalized after a…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The US government plans to make more at-home Covid-19 tests available for free this month as the country…
Continue ReadingA local nonprofit in Santa Barbara is calling the community to help donate diapers for families in need across Santa Barbara…
Continue ReadingBy Faye Chiu, CNN (CNN) — Rates of enterovirus D68 infections are on the rise across the United States, according to the…
Continue ReadingSANTA BARBARA, Calif.-The final day of the 50th Mary Jane McCord Planned Parenthood Book Sale turned out to be one of the busiest. The annual 10 day…
Continue ReadingCAMARILLO, Calif.-A record number of new nursing students took part in the annual White Coat Ceremony at Cal State University Channel Islands in…
Continue ReadingThis week, Santa Barbara-based disaster and emergency response organization Direct Relief delivered thousands of N95 masks to assist those impacted…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — A third close contact of a patient in Missouri who was hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu has reported that they…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — For some young people, a popular method for getting a quick high is by misusing laughing gas — and lately,…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman and Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Whooping cough is surging in the United States, with cases now five times higher than they…
Continue ReadingIn honor of National Rehabilitation Awareness Week, Dignity Health’s Arroyo Grande Community Hospital hosted a special reunion between former patient…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first flu vaccine that does not have to be…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Exposure to heavy metals has been linked to cancer, neurological harms, and reproductive or developmental…
Continue ReadingThis week, five Tibetan monks are creating a sand mandala at the Empathy Center for the…
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Trade Commission took action Friday against the nation’s three largest pharmacy benefit managers,…
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