Author Archives: Liana

Gloria Recognizes Family Health Centers of San Diego for Their COVID-19 Response, Service to Low-Income Communities SAN DIEGO, CA – (September 18, 2020) For their longstanding efforts to provide affordable and high-quality health care to low-income and medically underserved communities throughout the region, California State Assemblymember Todd Gloria (D-San Diego) announced today that he has named Family …

Why wildfire smoke may increase the risk of COVID-19 Air pollution linked to increase in COVID deaths By Derek Staahl for KGTV As wildfires continue to burn in California, researchers say they may be adding fuel to another emergency: the pandemic. Parts of the Golden State have been buried in a blanket of smoke for …

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MTS Frequently Overrules Doctors’ Orders on Reduced Fares for the Disabled MTS is required to provide discounted fares for certain disabled riders, but doctors, service providers, advocates and others say the process is burdensome and confusing. Data shows MTS rejected or deemed incomplete thousands of applications in recent years. By Lisa Halverstadt For years, San …

SAN DIEGO, CA – (August 31, 2020) Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) was designated an LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) for the third year in a row, achieving the maximum score of 100. The designation was awarded in the HRC’s annual Healthcare Equality Index (HEI), released today. …

By Brooke Ruth, Tarryn Mento Nearly six months into the pandemic, there are still many questions about the novel coronavirus — including from our audience. We gathered inquiries from readers, listeners and viewers and put them to Dr. Christian Ramers, the chief of population health at Family Health Centers of San Diego. Ramers has fought against HIV, STIs …

El Cajon Physical Rehabilitation Clinic is Now Open 525 E. Main Street, El Cajon CA 92020 Monday-Friday: 8:15 a.m. – 5:15 p.m. Closed for lunch: 12:15 – 1:15 p.m. For more information, please call (619) 515-2376 or fill out the form below. The El Cajon Physical Rehabilitation Clinic offers physical therapy, chiropractic and sports medicine services. Our …

FHCSD’s Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) offers inpatient home care services which include personal care and light housekeeping. For families whose lives changed when they moved their parent from a nursing home back into their home to become the primary caregiver, PACE may be an option for you. For more information, please …

By CHRISTIAN B. RAMERS More than five months after San Diego county’s first reported case of COVID-19, much has been learned about the novel coronavirus that causes the disease, the global pandemic, and the complex social and political forces at play in our often-unsuccessful efforts to control its spread. It’s been challenging to make sense …

FHCSD’s infectious disease expert, Dr. Christian B. Ramers M.D., MPH, AAHIVS, was invited to speak on the SDSU School of Public Health’s Podcast «If I Could Change One Thing,» which focuses on health policy. As part of the border region, San Diegans know that heath care does not stop at artificial borders.  The situation in …

By TARRYN MENTO San Diego County’s rate of positive coronavirus tests is slowly coming back down after a prolonged surge in new daily cases. A local community clinic that serves vulnerable populations, however, reports its positivity rate is consistently higher than the countywide figure. The nonprofit Family Health Centers of San Diego serves patients, many of …

Via KTVU Dr. Christian Ramers, infectious diseases specialist with Family Health Centers of San Diego, discusses the current situation in California, the difference between NorCal and SoCal, disproportionate impact on Latino and border, vaccine candidates, masks, and the latest youtube «doctor» video to be taken down from social .