Virtual Celebration honoring our very own Dr. Noha! Tune in tonight at 7pm!
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Virtual Celebration honoring our very own Dr. Noha! Tune in tonight at 7pm!

Dear Constituent, 2020 has been a challenging year. Many events – weddings, birthday celebrations, vacations, and more – were postponed or canceled, leaving a little emptiness all around. The California Legislature was no different. This year was the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, yet the events commemorating that anniversary and…

Virtual Community Forum

Virtual Community Forum

Join Roots Community Health next Friday for our Virtual Community Forum centered on Children’s Mental Wellness during the Pandemic! Dr. Patricia Nunley and Dr. Tony Jackson will help guide the discussion and give you tips on supporting your children through this transition. Friday from 3pm-5pm on Zoom! Sign-up here or in the bio: https://bit.ly/3ocmH3A

Town Hall on Stay-at-Home Order, Vaccine Update
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Town Hall on Stay-at-Home Order, Vaccine Update

  Dear Constituent, Since early November, the COVID-19 infection rate has been worsening here in the Bay Area and throughout the state. Health officials have grave concerns that last week’s Thanksgiving gatherings will result in many more cases that will then overwhelm hospital ICU beds. California is now entering “the most challenging moment since the…

Roots Community Health received an early holiday gift from Albertsons and Safeway Foundation Nourishing Neighbors Community Relief Fund
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Roots Community Health received an early holiday gift from Albertsons and Safeway Foundation Nourishing Neighbors Community Relief Fund

We’re excited to open an early holiday gift from Albertsons and Safeway Foundation. We received a grant from their Nourishing Neighbors Community Relief Fund. What a way to kick off the holiday season!  The grant will help us ensure the most vulnerable members of our community can also celebrate the season.  We’re thrilled to receive…

Two Bay Area counties halt COVID-19 test program run by Google offshoot

Two Bay Area counties halt COVID-19 test program run by Google offshoot

A person displays documentation to enter a Verily coronavirus free drive-up testing site at Cal Expo in Sacramento in March. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press) By Jenny Gold, Rachana Pradhan   Amid fanfare in March, California officials celebrated the launch of a multimillion-dollar contract with Verily — Google’s health-focused sister company — that they said would…

Verily’s COVID Testing Program Halted in San Francisco and Oakland

Verily’s COVID Testing Program Halted in San Francisco and Oakland

Health officials in San Francisco and Alameda counties have cut ties with Verily’s state-funded COVID testing sites amid concerns about data collection and privacy. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) OAKLAND, Calif. — Amid fanfare in March, California officials celebrated the launch of a multimillion-dollar contract with Verily — Google’s health-focused sister…