Half a dozen public health and addiction experts interviewed by Mission Local said that Mayor London Breed’s recent comments denigrating harm reduction went against best practices in their field.  Breed’s […]

Breed’s broadside against harm reduction isn’t based on facts, experts say

Despite a recent surge in Covid-19  hospitalizations and deaths in California, San Francisco is set to close its six neighborhood vaccination sites, including two sites in the Mission, by mid-February, […]

SF to end neighborhood Covid-19 vaccine sites, shuttering six

For HIV patients who struggle with daily pills — because they are homeless, or suffer from mental-health problems or drug addiction — long-acting injectable treatments are the newest innovation in […]

Can’t take HIV treatment pills? New injections show promise

As respiratory illnesses begin to circulate this winter season, far fewer San Franciscans have rolled up their sleeves to get the latest Covid-19 shot than in previous years, according to […]

Covid vaccine rates lag as winter illnesses loom

“Stimulant use disorder truly is a next frontier that will require all hands on deck,” Appa said during UCSF’s Grand Rounds on Thursday.

What addiction treatment works best? UCSF doctors share

“But the important thing is this happened. And it is improving public health.”

Evaluación de los cinco años del impuesto sobre las bebidas azucaradas: dulce éxito

“But the important thing is this happened. And it is improving public health.”

SF health officials’ 5-year assessment of soda tax: Sweet success

A Mission-based nonprofit has won a five-year $6 million federal grant to fund a variety of different health programs for Native American, Latinx and Black communities in the Mission.  Cultura […]

Mission nonprofit receives $6M for BIPOC health programs

On Friday, an Israeli airstrike hit near the entrance of Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza, killing 15 people and wounding dozens, according to the Gaza health ministry. Jess Ghannam, a […]

SF doctors, nurses denounce Gaza siege as public health crisis

Kids in the city’s southeast are more at risk for cavities than those in other neighborhoods.

SF’s Magic ToothBus takes dentistry on the road

“It's definitely not something that I was thinking about before,” Shalom Bandi said. 

How Covid-19 turned Bay Area residents into community-health workers

The latest Covid-19 vaccines will be available, free, at two community health sites run by the Latino Task Force later this week.  Those 12 and older can receive both covid […]

Free Covid-19 boosters available at Mission community sites this week

Mayor London Breed and three moderate supervisors said on Tuesday that a proposal to drug test San Francisco welfare recipients would keep individuals “accountable” and help shepherd those struggling with […]

Withholding welfare to force drug users into treatment won’t work, experts say

Data show that those most at-risk of dying in an overdose are not the same people who use treatment centers most often.

Drug policy desperately needs data, NY doctor says

On a wet January evening, students from John O’Connell High School trekked to the San Francisco Board of Education meeting, pleading for help. The high school had entered its second […]

For first time, health clinic opens at John O’Connell High

San Francisco’s public healthcare network consists of 14 primary clinics, offering general and specialized services to thousands of annual patients.  We wanted to know: How does the city allocate public […]

Explore: San Francisco in health data

New Covid-19 vaccines are on their way, and expected to begin arriving at hospitals, pharmacies and clinics by the end of this week.  Vaccines will also be free and available […]

Updated Covid-19 vaccines set to roll out this week. Here’s what you need to know.

So, what’s the deal with the recent rising Covid-19 cases, and this new variant? Luckily, the usual suspects from the University of California, San Francisco Grand Rounds have reconvened just […]

Covid booster coming in 1-2 weeks amid new, but less ‘scary,’ variant 

As Covid-19 cases ramp up nationwide, so will the response from one Mission community health site.  Amid the surge and increased local demand, Unidos en Salud, the organization behind the […]

Mission Covid-19 site will increase hours during mini-surge

In 2017 he opened Newkirk’s, the Philly cheesesteak restaurant known for East Coast-style breakfast sandwiches and homemade hot sauces, and “as soon as I opened the doors, people started coming in,” Blumenthal said. And not just anyone: “Doctors.”

Philly cheesesteak, STAT. Newkirk’s is a hit with the hospital

Every Wednesday at 15th and Julian streets, you can spot the social workers and staff therapists with the Harm Reduction Center: They’re standing around a colorful van, blasting upbeat music, […]

Mission harm reduction van offers clean needles, warm meals, massages

An additional budget was not top of mind, Jail Health Services officials said. Instead, they are facing a problem endemic to public agencies.

SF jail health officials say they need more staff — not more money

“We are hoping to do a big push for the Triple Vax campaign if we’re able to obtain vaccines,” Jones said. 

Mission Covid-19 testing, vaccine site scales back to a day a week

Despite its reputation as a sanctuary for queer people, San Francisco’s LGBTQ+ community is grappling with unequal access to services for the transgender community — particularly for trans men, who […]

In SF’s queer mecca, trans folks feel abandoned by services 

A 19-year-old girl walks up to the clinic’s front desk, a couple of her friends trailing behind. Everyone is yawning after the eight-hour overnight drive from eastern Arkansas to Wichita, […]

The doctors bringing abortion care from SF General to Wichita

On Thursday, July 13, Mayor London Breed wrote that, of 115 people cited or arrested for public drug use in the previous two weeks, none accepted services, and the overwhelming […]

SF says drug users turn down services. But what’s on offer?

Leer en español The Bayview RV site that has housed hundreds of homeless people since it opened at the beginning of the pandemic will, in a reversal of course, remain […]

In reversal, Bayview homeless RV site at Pier 94 to stay open—for now

It’s a foggy summer for humans, but no matter the weather, this is denning and dispersal season, when coyote pups born earlier in the year begin to look for territory […]

What to do when you meet a coyote in San Francisco?

Leer en español If we wound the clock back to the early 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, what would some doctors do over? School and economic guidance, for two.   At Thursday’s latest […]

Doctors reflect on race, schools three years into Covid-19

“We should be helping each other from over here to over there. We shouldn’t just be causing violence in these streets,” Escobar said during a short speech preceding her performance.

Mission leaders call for peace in wake of shootings

The San Francisco Department of Public Health held a free workshop Wednesday night on recognizing overdoses and administering Narcan, a medicine that reverses potentially fatal opioid overdoses. The event, held at […]

City’s workshop teaches when and how to Narcan