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From the Times of San Diego: The City of San Diego will debut a first-of-its-kind “one-stop shop” of services and resources for people experiencing homelessness Monday morning in East Village. The new Housing Navigation Center is a coalition of more than 25 partners that includes the San Diego Housing Commission, Family Health Centers of San …

Monday, February 11, 2019 By David Mitchell, AAFP Sarah Matthews, M.D., was fascinated by her undergraduate work with lasers in a University of Delaware physics lab, but she eventually realized it wasn’t where she was meant to be. “It was missing the human element and helping people, which was important to me,” she said. “I …

Thursday, January 24, 2019 By Susan Murphy, KPBS South of downtown San Diego’s towering skyscrapers, where hundreds of homeless people have taken refuge in large tent shelters or are languishing on the streets, Dr. Harris Niazi serves on the front lines of caring for some of the region’s poorest residents. “We had a patient last week …

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Live Well San Diego Health care centers across the nation are experiencing a growing demand in the number of patients over the age of 55 that are looking to access medical, dental, mental health and support services. This aging population of patients comes with a special set of health care and support needs that intertwine …

The Bay Area Reporter The California HIV/AIDS Research Program has announced that it has funded three new demonstration projects – including two in the Bay Area – to learn more about PrEP for transgender women and men. “These studies will provide critical information on the implementation of PrEP among transgender people in California, and will …

San Diego LGBT Weekly It has recently been reported that over 20,000 individuals in San Diego County are affected by HIV/AIDS – this is a third of HIV/AIDS cases in the state of California. Often, those newly diagnosed are unsure where to turn for emotional and community support. Now, a new site – Poz Link – provides …

Regional leaders to address looming physician shortage at Family Health Centers of San Diego’s Spirit of the Barrio On Friday, March 18 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Family Health Centers of San Diego’s (FHCSD) Spirit of the Barrio luncheon will feature a panel of regional leaders addressing the nation’s looming physician shortage crisis. The luncheon …

San Diego Community News Gambling – especially on horses – traveling and being with friends were among retired schoolteacher and administrator Maruta Gardner’s favorite things, friends and family noted during a celebration of Gardner’s life in the park near the Mission Beach jetty on March 4. Gardner’s passion, however, was community service, which anyone who’d seen her …

Society of Teachers of Family Medicine The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine has awarded scholarships to help cover expenses for 15 residents to attend the Faculty for Tomorrow Workshop and the 2016 STFM Annual Spring Conference from April 30 – May 4, 2016 in Minneapolis, MN. Scholarship recipients were chosen based on essays they …

East County Magazine Coral Bradley may be only barely a teenager at 14, but when it comes to expressing her Native American heritage through dance, she is a seasoned veteran. The eighth-grader at Roosevelt Middle School in San Diego has been dancing at powwows from the time she learned to walk, and she is a featured …

The San Diego Union Tribune Opinion/Commentary | Joel John Roberts For 20 years, Jesse slept on the streets of San Diego. Until he arrived at PATH’s Connections Housing in downtown San Diego, where he slept in a safe bed and received care from Alpha Project, Family Health Centers of San Diego and Alvarado Parkway Institute. Jesse is …