Goals for New Santa Clara County Fire Chief Tony Bowden Healthy workforce, strong infrastructure and ‘servant leadership’ Santa Clara County’s new fire chief assumed his post recently. One of the main things on Tony Bowden’s mind is reducing the cancer rate among current and former firefighters. By having dozens of firefighters agree to be closely…
Public health data now at fingertips of researchers The County of Santa Clara recently released a powerful new tool that allows anyone to easily dig into public health data and slice it up in countless illuminating ways. At the unveiling of the Department of Public Health’s open data portal on Sept. 4, Deputy Director…
Stroke Awareness Saves Lives Would you know what to do if you were having a stroke?https://youtu.be/YLl4eL5-xxU If you are having any of the following warning signs, you may be having a stroke, even if you’re a younger person. Don’t wait to see if you’ll start to feel yourself again. You or someone else should call…
Day of boating left rehabilitation patient floating on air, too June 2 was a big day for rehabilitation patient Annamarie Moreno. Until that day, the 33-year-old mother of two had never been sailing. Easing up to the dock at Vasona Lake County Park after her voyage, her smile shined like the hot sun….
County of Santa Clara spearheads age-friendly designation The County of Santa Clara and its 15 constituent cities have made a firm, ongoing commitment to making life as friendly as possible for older people. Good thing, too. Like most places on the planet, Santa Clara County stands on the cusp of an unprecedented wave of people…
Opioids: County hands out drug to reverse overdose effects In April, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams urged that more people — not just first responders — start carrying a drug that immediately reverses the effects of opioid overdoses. Even if they don’t know any addicts. The County of Santa Clara had been doing exactly that,…
The Rehabilitation Center at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center has built a reputation as a national leader in care for patients who’ve suffered a stroke, a spinal cord damage or a traumatic brain injury. Based in innovation-driven Silicon Valley, the center pioneered an interdisciplinary team approach to care that has since become the standard. The care team…
Santa Clara County Vector Control lab: the scientists behind eradicating mosquitoes Ideally, summer is about freedom from homework, weekends at the lake and hanging out into the night, not mosquitoes. That’s why it’s also the season when Santa Clara County is most active protecting residents from the threat of the West Nile virus-carrying insects….
Wise people learn the lessons of history. And history says gun violence has been somewhat less of a problem in Santa Clara County than in many places in California and beyond. Nor has the County endured spectacular mass slayings. Yet. But history also says that dozens of Santa Clara County die in firearms-related violence every…
GILROY — It’s not even noon, and dentist Brendon Nguyen has already seen four indigent adults in the leased mobile dentistry clinic parked in front of the County-run Valley Health Center in Gilroy. He’ll see six or eight more before his day’s work is done, providing a full range of dental services for free or…
