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Pilot program for indigenous language interpretation moves forward.
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Pilot program for indigenous language interpretation moves forward.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Oct 23, 2025

The Monterey County Health Department presented to the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Oct. 21 on progress toward launching an indigenous lan…

Insurance standoff puts thousands out-of-network at Salinas Valley Health.
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Insurance standoff puts thousands out-of-network at Salinas Valley Health.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Aug 3, 2023

For five months, representatives of Salinas Valley Health and insurance giant Anthem Blue Cross negotiated a new contract. And for five months…

A Carmel midwife found her calling among Senegalese women in underserved rural communities.
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A Carmel midwife found her calling among Senegalese women in underserved rural communities.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Apr 13, 2023

It’s a densely populated area that has around 70,000 people living in 19 Kafountine villages. The villages are located on the Senegalese coast…

Montage Health is on the cusp of using telehealth to solve a Covid-19 treatment conundrum.
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Montage Health is on the cusp of using telehealth to solve a Covid-19 treatment conundrum.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jan 12, 2023

As the Covid-19 pandemic enters the start of its fourth year, there are nagging problems for both patients and hospitals. For patients, findin…

Rosemary Soto’s passion for helping communities in need is so strong that even her hobbies give back.
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Rosemary Soto’s passion for helping communities in need is so strong that even her hobbies give back.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Jan 5, 2023

A marketing position in Silicon Valley didn’t satisfy Rosemary Soto. She had gained from relatives – her mother, an uncle, grandparents – who …

With the Watsonville hospital sale complete, the work of public representation begins.
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With the Watsonville hospital sale complete, the work of public representation begins.

  • Pam Marino
  • Sep 8, 2022

Marcus Pimentel of Royal Oaks says he owes his life to Watsonville Community Hospital. He was born premature and dangerously underweight, spen…

Federal funds to combat Covid-19 are gone, limiting access to health care for the uninsured.
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Federal funds to combat Covid-19 are gone, limiting access to health care for the uninsured.

  • Pam Marino
  • Apr 7, 2022

The federal funds for Covid-19 testing, vaccinations and treatment have run dry two years into a pandemic that is presently slowed but in no w…

To save a hospital, a health care district serving North County forms in record time.
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To save a hospital, a health care district serving North County forms in record time.

  • Pam Marino
  • Feb 10, 2022

For over 6,500 Monterey County residents who live in Pajaro Valley, the closest hospital is Watsonville Community Hospital over the Santa Cruz…

High cost of living and aging doctors contribute to Monterey County’s physician shortage.
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High cost of living and aging doctors contribute to Monterey County’s physician shortage.

  • Tajha Chappellet-Lanier
  • Jan 20, 2022

“We’re recruiting like crazy”…

A new lobbying mission launches to convince the VA to open its pharmacy at the Marina clinic.
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A new lobbying mission launches to convince the VA to open its pharmacy at the Marina clinic.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jun 10, 2021

Nearly four years ago, the $100 million Maj. Gen. William H. Gourley Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense Clinic in Marina was opened to gre…

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