Last week, we discussed some of the problems that developed at Adventist Health (AH) Mendocino Coast Medical Offices as a result of the...

One of the advantages of the affiliation with Adventist Health that we looked forward to was updating our antiquated electronic medical...

On March 28th, I reported on the new Omicron variant, BA.2. In that article, I mentioned that Shanghai, China’s largest city of 25...

The FDA has approved the use of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines as a second booster last week. The scientific evidence supporting...

BA.2 is a new subvariant of Omicron which was first identified in the Philippines in November. The original variant of Omicron is...

As COVID cases continue to decline in the US, while rising in some other areas in the world, a lot of attention is being placed on COVID...

On October 4th, I reported on the national shortage of healthcare workers and how this affects us locally. Six months ago, when I wrote...

We are hearing a lot of talk about how we are now in an endemic and no longer in a pandemic. What does that really mean? From a...

While there are a few hot spots still in the world where death rates from COVID are climbing, the overall national picture is one for...

Sherwood Oaks Nursing Home in Ft. Bragg has undergone a change in ownership and management that is expected to significantly bolster the...

On February 15th, the California wide mask mandate is expiring. This allows people whose vaccinations for COVID are current to be...

On February 3rd, a community forum was held to discuss how we should address the seismic compliance requirements for our hospital. This...

Is a discussion of masks needed at this point in the pandemic? I think so for two reasons. First, unlike two years ago, there are now a...

If prior respiratory, viral pandemics are any indication, we should expect this pandemic to begin to fade over the next year. The 1918...

The number of new COVID cases continues to rapidly rise throughout the county. This has significantly affected many local businesses,...

Active cases of COVID in Ft Bragg and the immediate surrounding communities have risen to about 100 from 52 active cases just ten days...

As we start off the New Year, we are seeing a significant increase in COVID cases throughout Mendocino County and here on the Coast. ...

As our second year of the pandemic draws to a close, a few updates on where things stand are in order. Omicron, the new variant, is...

We are now just over a month since the new variant, Omicron, was identified in southern Africa. Since then, it has rapidly become the...

The national healthcare staffing shortage continues to be particularly hard felt at Sherwood Oaks, our local nursing home in Ft. Bragg. ...