SF Politics Biden's Medicaid Chief Daniel Tsai Appointed to Lead SF's Department of Public Health Seeking refuge from the current Trump era in Washington, a former Biden administration health official has just landed a job in SF's Lurie administration.
SF News Dr. Grant Colfax Out the Door as SF DPH Director, as Daniel Lurie Takes Office Yet another key figure from the London Breed administration will not be sticking around for the Daniel Lurie administration, as SF Department of Public Health director Dr. Grant Colfax announced his resignation Thursday morning.
SF News SF DPH Busting Out Drag Queens In Latest Drug Overdose Prevention Campaign The SF Department of Public Health’s latest effort to prevent drug overdoses is employing local drag queens Kochina Rude and Nicki Jizz to lead a month-long outreach campaign to distribute fentanyl testing strips and teach people how to administer Narcan.
SF News City Audit Finds Poor Coordination, Lack of Oversight Among SF Homeless Outreach Teams San Francisco has not one but 11 homeless outreach teams to provide services for people living on the streets, and a new city audit finds they don’t communicate with one another and often have poor oversight of their contracts and responsibilities.
SF News Report: SF Has Largely Stopped Doing Contract Tracing for Monkeypox As the city now has nearly 450 confirmed monkeypox cases, we learn that the SFDPH is only contact tracing for a fraction of those cases, with one department email saying “Don’t want to say too much, or beg more questions.”
SF News [Update] SF COVID Testing Melts Down Even More, Testing Sites Cut Back Hours Amidst Staffing Shortage San Francisco COVID-19 testing sites are cutting back their hours at the worst possible time, as the Department of Public Health announces reduced hours at four of the city's largest mass-testing sites.
SF News SF COVID Testing in Meltdown, as Lines Stretch Several Blocks, Results Taking Multiple Days Mayor Breed announced a testing surge Tuesday morning, but it may be too little too late, as people are standing in line for hours and waiting several days for COVID-19 test results.
SF News SF Is Throwing Free Vaccine ‘Family Events’ with Food, Prizes, and Ferris Wheel Tickets to Encourage More Shots Now the Department of Public Health is throwing around free Skystar Wheel tickets, Clipper fare, zoo and museum tickets, and free food at family vaccination parties the next three weekends.
SF News Newsom Taps SF Health Officer Dr. Tomás Aragón to Lead California DPH After the previous state Department of Public Health director resigned over case count snafus, Gavin Newsom turns to his hometown health officer to fill the spot.
SF News Smoke From NorCal Fires Gives SF Gorgeous Sunrise, Health Hazards Galore A post shared by Bruce Getty (@gettyphotography) on Oct 10, 2017 at 8:12am PDT As we head into a second full day of out-of-control wildfires across Northern California, residents in areas of
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink San Francisco Pop-Up Cafe Infested With Rats... On Purpose For two days in July, visitors to one of San Francisco's most notorious tourist areas will have a thrilling new anecdote to share with the folks back at home: Out there, in craaaazy
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF's Dirtiest Restaurants Might Be Paying To Improve Their Health Scores Pop quiz, hotshot: There's a bunch of rat turds in your kitchen. Once a city inspector sees them, your health score drops. If it drops to SF's bottom 5 percent, Yelp places a
SF News DPH: Mysterious Gummy Candy Eyed In Outbreak Of Illness At SF Quinceanera Might Be Edible Marijuana At least 19 people fell so ill they had to be hospitalized Saturday, after consuming candy at a Mission District quinceañera party that authorities believe contained edible cannabis. According to the San Francisco
SF News San Francisco's Push To Eliminate Hunger, By The Numbers Established in 2005, San Francisco Department of Health Food Security Task Force is "charged with the responsibility of creating a city-wide plan for addressing food security." Those goals got more specific in 2013,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Mission Restaurant Turned Strip Club Turned Food Storage Place Runs Afoul Of Health Department The unassuming Apple Market on Mission at 16th Street has run into trouble, with multiple complaints of foul odors emanating from the store leading to a visit from the San Francisco Department of
SF News New Law Will Allow Courts To Compel Treatment Of Mentally Ill San Franciscans Thirteen years after passage at the state level, a law allowing for the compelled treatment of certain mentally ill individuals will take effect in San Francisco next Monday. Implementation of Laura's Law, as
SF News Your Flu Shot Might Not Work This Year (But You Should Still Get One) It's the time of year when you can't go to the grocery store, drug store, or even Target without someone nagging you to get your annual flu shot. But this year, doctors are
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink S.F. Restaurant Inspectors Accused Of Soliciting Bribes Two Department of Public Health employees tasked with making sure restaurant employees know how to properly handle your food have been accused of soliciting bribes in exchange for faking documents that ensure every
