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A tick preserved in prehistoric amber. They've been around a long time, and they're not going anywhere. (Photo/George Poinar Jr., Oregon State University)
Posted inParenting

As if Covid wasn’t enough, my new nightmare is ticks

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein June 28, 2021June 28, 2021
A person's face pressed up against a piece of optometry equipment.
Posted inHealth

I just found out I have cataracts. Here’s what I’ve learned.

by Dr. Jerry Saliman June 15, 2021June 15, 2021
Posted inNews

Requests for ‘psychological first aid’ spiked in Israel during the recent conflict

by Zeela Kotler Hadari and JTA May 27, 2021
The new Nancy Friend Pritzker Psychiatry Building at UCSF is named in honor of John Pritzker's sister, who died by suicide at the age of 24 in 1972. (Photo/Courtesy Pritzker family)
Posted inPhilanthropy

$60 million gift from Pritzkers builds UCSF family psychiatry center

by Liz Harris May 20, 2021
(Illustration/JTA-Leila Devine-Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

Take it from a fat rabbi: Nobody needs your dieting advice

Rabbi Minna Bromberg by Rabbi Minna Bromberg and JTA May 10, 2021
(Photo/Pixabay CC0)
Posted inHealth

After a fall, life is unpleasant. So take steps to prevent it!

by Dr. Jerry Saliman April 27, 2021April 27, 2021
UCSF's Dr. Robert Wachter was part of a Federation-sponsored webinar on post-pandemic reopening in the Jewish community.
Posted inBay Area

Communal leaders fire questions at doctor as they plan post-pandemic reopenings

by Sue Fishkoff April 22, 2021April 22, 2021
photo illustration. a young white man in a hoodie is seen from the back in a city at night. he is enveloped and obscured by a multi-colored bubble.
Posted inHealth

A lost year: Teen mental health during the pandemic

by Gabriel Greschler April 16, 2021April 16, 2021
Hannah Hassid, a second-grader at Oakland Hebrew Day School, on the Magical Bridge Playground in Redwood City: "It’s all just extremely awesome." (Photo/Andrew Esensten)
Posted inKids & Family

Local ‘magical,’ inclusive parks inspired by one in Israel

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 23, 2021March 23, 2021
Nurse Manager Teri Grados receives the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine from Mary Ann Salinas at San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living, Dec. 21, 2020. (Gabriel Greschler/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

From Los Altos, she tracks vaccination volunteer slots across the country

by Patricia Corrigan March 9, 2021March 8, 2021

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