Public Health

Baby Formula Shortage Leaves SF’s Poorest Families Scrambling: ‘It’s Not Going to Last’

Rosa Ninahuanca stands outside the Homeless Prenatal Program with one can of baby formula for her 3-month old. It’s enough for just a few...

The Last Alms House: Laguna Honda Faces Daunting Overhaul to Satisfy Federal Regulators

Perched on the southwest slope of Mt. Sutro and looking like a giant medieval abbey, the 156-year-old Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center looms...

Pandemic Cuts Fuel Protest at Historic Chinatown Hospital: ‘A Really Big Hit’

Pandemic supply and labor shortages have come down especially hard on San Francisco’s century-old Chinese Hospital, where dozens of staffers and union activists walked...

Supes Spar Over How to Get Every Homeless San Franciscan into a Shelter: ‘The Streets Cannot be a Waiting Room’

Supervisors are sparring over how to get every unhoused San Franciscan into a shelter bed, with a proposal that one lawmaker says will undermine...

As Booster Shots Lag, Community Groups Get Creative in Closing Vaccination Gaps 

As San Francisco heads into yet another wave of the pandemic driven in part by a new strain of the virus, community groups are...

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