Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz wrote a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency calling for the agency to identify long-term solutions to the arsenic-contaminated drinking water in mobile home parks and communities in the Eastern Coachella Valley. Since 2019, the EPA has issued emergency orders to at least 8 mobile home parks on tribal land in
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By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials warned parents on Thursday not to use three popular powdered infant formulas manufactured at an Abbott plant in Michigan that investigators recently linked to bacterial contamination. The Food and Drug Administration said it is investigating four reports of infants who were hospitalized after
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE WASHINGTON (AP) — COVID-19 vaccinations for children under 5 hit another monthslong delay Friday as U.S. regulators abruptly put the brakes on their efforts to speed review of the shots that Pfizer is testing for youngsters. The Food and Drug Administration, worried about the omicron variant’s toll on kids,
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Democrats on Monday failed to gather enough support to advance a government-funded universal health care system, succumbing to intense pressure from business groups and the insurance industry in an election year. The bill had to pass by midnight on Monday to have a chance at becoming law this year. But
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California has made improvements when it comes to tobacco control in the state, but a new report from the American Lung Association says Riverside County and the Coachella Valley, have some major improvements to make. None of the valley’s nine cities received a passing grade when it comes to their tobacco control and all of
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The leader of an Inland Empire blood bank said today rapidly dwindling supplies are putting surgeries at risk and creating other complications for medical facilities in the region, prompting a year-end appeal for people to make blood donations. “We have less than a one-day supply of red blood cells available, and several of our
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Warning of potentially high arsenic levels in drinking water, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued three emergency orders to privately owned and operated mobile home parks on the Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indian Tribe’s Reservation near Thermal, authorities announced today. The orders require the owners of Mora Mobile Home Park, Valladares Mobile Home Park and
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Newsweek ranked the best Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) in America for 2022 and we’ve got some valley representation in this list. ASCs are facilities where patients can have specific surgical procedures that usually don’t require hospitalizations – which means they are normally home the same day as the surgery. Newsweek partnered with respected global research
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Eisenhower Health in Rancho Mirage has been named the top cardiovascular teaching hospital in the nation without a cardiovascular residency program by Fortune and IBM Watson Health, officials announced today. The annual Fortune/IBM 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals study spotlights short-term, acute care, non-federal U.S. hospitals that treat a broad spectrum of cardiology patients, according to
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN America’s drug epidemic is the deadliest it has ever been, new federal data suggests. More than 100,000 people died of drug overdoses in the United States during the 12-month period ending April 2021, according to provisional data published Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s a new
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More than 2 million at-home COVID-19 tests are being recalled due to a high rate of false-positive test results. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it is a Class One Recall, the most urgent type. The tests are from the brand Ellume. According to the Ellume website, the tests were available online and through
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The city of Riverside received a $10 million grant to help provide housing and support services to Inland Valley residents living with HIV who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, officials announced today. The funds will go toward the construction of a 49-bed housing facility that will provide health care, job training and
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The first human case of hantavirus in Riverside County was recently confirmed by health officials. County officials said they believe the patient might have been exposed to deer mice droppings or urine that contained hantavirus while in the Whitewater area. The individual was briefly hospitalized and is recovering at home. Hantavirus is usually found in
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Unions representing thousands of Kaiser Permanente health care workers in Southern California said today their members have voted to authorize a strike, which union officials say would likely “cripple” the health care giant’s operations. The United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals said 96% of 18,209 participating members working at Kaiser Permanente’s Southern
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October is going pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Comprehensive Cancer Center at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs is starting its annual Mammogram Mondays for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The center is extending its hours on Mondays to help get more women screened. Throughout October, the center will be open 7:30
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Students and employees of the College of the Desert will need to prove their vaccination status to attend in-person instruction or events on campus next year, with few exceptions. This plan was announced Friday by the College of the Desert Board of Trustees, COD community members will have until January 31, 2022, which is the beginning
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Two Coachella Valley parents are celebrating the birth of their son. Christina Vu and Eric Diaz welcomed their baby boy at the Eisenhower Health Birthing Center earlier this week. The proud parents say their newborn was due today, but came early, adding “he wanted to be the 100th baby.” His arrival comes less than two
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Riverside County awarded a certificate of appreciation to Eisenhower Health for being one of the county’s top vaccine distributors. The county’s public health officer, Geoffery Leung, said over 66,000 vaccines were distributed by Eisenhower Health. That’s about one in every 30 vaccines given in Riverside County. The hospital ranks among the top five distributors in
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Eisenhower Health is celebrating its 500th procedure of a lifesaving heart procedure: transcatheter aortic valve replacement. It’s a minimally invasive procedure mainly for people who aren’t good candidates for open-heart surgery. Before, medium-risk patients didn’t have an alternative. The director of the transcatheter valve program at Eisenhower Health, Dr. Puneet Khana, was one of the
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For the first time in nearly 20 years, newborns will be delivered at Eisenhower Health in Rancho Mirage. “We are so excited. We’ve been waiting for this for quite a while,” said Veronica Williams, nursing director at Eisenhower Health. The hospital says the 50,000 square foot facility has everything new parents need for a safe
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