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Central Valley community members travel to California State Capitol for Equity on the Mall event
On Wednesday, April 26th, Californians from the Central Valley region gathered on the California State Capitol lawn to advocate for issues affecting the valley as part of the 2023 Equity on the Mall event.
Kern County Aging and Adult Services to host free webinar on preventive Medicare Services
Kern County Aging and Adult Services will be hosting a free webinar on Medicare coverage of preventive services on March 31 at 10 a.m.
Community Members Express Fear of Social Security and Medicare cuts
Hundreds of Californians traveled to Bakersfield from all over the state to express their frustration and fears surrounding Social Security cuts and cuts to Medicare.
New campaign launched to protect communities from harmful health mergers
California healthcare advocates are launching a new campaign in order to highlight the negative effects of unchecked mergers in the healthcare system and the need for a legislative solution.
Arvin Navigation Center of Flood Ministries Holds Community Outreach Event
Tuesday, Arvin Navigation Center of Flood Ministries and several other local organizations came together to offer free services with food and music.
The Arevalo family’s uses their platform to bring awareness to the deaf community
Estefani and Oscar Arevalo have a small family in Kern County where they work, thrive, and educate the community about what it means to be deaf or hard of hearing.
Kern Public Health Department encourages the community to take preventative measures against Winter viruses
During the winter season, many people are starting to get sick and the public health department is seeing an influx of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and COVID-19.
How the City of Wasco helped the community during the COVID-19 pandemic
The City of Wasco played a key role during the COVID-19 pandemic as they held pop-up vaccine clinics and food distributions with the help of the American Rescue Plan funding.
California is facing a “tripledemic” threat as respiratory illnesses surge
An increase in the number of cases of COVID-19, the flu, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is prompting concern across California communities as threats of three coinciding epidemics — a “tripledemic” — are looming ahead of the upcoming holiday season.
Updated Moderna and Pfizer boosters get approval from CDC and FDA
The director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Rochelle Walensky, signed off on updated COVID-19 vaccine boosters from Pfizer and Moderna.