Health & Wellness
Bay Area’s “Soul Stroll” Returns for 2023 (May 20)
Fairs & Festivals, Get Out: Events, Health & Wellness, Sponsored The Bay Area Community Health Advisory Council (BACHAC) is a grassroots community health organization focused on eliminating health disparities in underserved diverse communities across generations in San Mateo County. We are very excited about the return of Soul Stroll as an in person event and important fundraiser for BACHAC this more...
SF’s Free Swim Days Across The City (Sept. 6-7)
Health & Wellness, Only in San Francisco, Swimming / Waterparks As summer continues to sizzle, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department will offer free afternoon admission at many of its neighborhood pools on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 6-7, 2022. Free family swim hours and locations: Today (Tuesday): Balboa: 2:30-4 p.m. Coffman: 3-4:30 p.m. MLK: 4-5:30 p.m. Sava: 2:30-5 p.m. Rossi: 2:00-3:30 p.m. Mission: 2:30-3:45 p.m. North Beach: 2:15-3:15 more...
Mosquitoes Test Positive for West Nile Virus Around the Bay Area
Bay Area Updates, Health & Wellness, Outdoorsy Four days after Contra Costa County reported mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus, officials in Santa Clara County reported Tuesday that they too have found mosquitoes that have tested positive. The county’s Vector Control District announced plans to begin spraying insecticide from trucks Thursday night in neighborhoods where virus-positive mosquitoes were found more...
SF Has Identified 141 Cases of Monkeypox (So Far)
Health & Wellness, San Francisco By Katy St. Clair and Eli Walsh Bay City News Foundation The San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) will be prioritizing first-doses of the monkeypox vaccine for at-risk people and will defer second dose appointments until an adequate supply of the vaccine is received, a spokesperson for the department said on more...
