There has been a dramatic increase in whooping cough (pertussis) infections, particularly among infants and young children in California and the Bay Area. This increase has lead Alameda County Public Health Department (ACPHD) officials to increase awareness and remind residents to get a whooping cough vaccination.

Counties with notably high rates include Marin (94 cases/100,000); Fresno (27 cases/100,000); and Sonoma (19 cases/100,000).

Ha habido un aumento drástico de infecciones de tosferina (pertussis), especialmente entre bebés y niños en California y el Área de la Bahía. Este incremento ha llevado a funcionarios del Departamento de Salud Pública del Condado de Alameda (ACPHD, por sus siglas en inglés) a aumentar la concientización sobre este tema y recordar a los residentes que se vacunen contra la tosferina.

Encouraging customers to make healthy choices every time they shop is one of the goals of Guadalupe Lopez, owner of Arteaga’s Food Center located in Newark.

Lopez’s mission is a natural one for several reasons. She is owner of several food markets in the Bay Area, and diabetes and obesity have impacted her family. When her brother was diagnosed with diabetes, it had a big impact on the whole family. Lopez decided to change her eating habits and also

Following widespread media coverage of health care reform, political debates and legislative initiatives over the past year, consumers still profess to know very little about the health care system in the United States, according to the 3rd Annual Deloitte Center for Health Solutions Survey of Health Care Consumers.

Less than a quarter (23 percent) of consumers surveyed say they understand how the health care system works, but 76 percent grade the system a