By Kerianne Lawson, Chief Programs Officer, Beach Cities Health District
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time when the mental health community works to engage the public to reduce the stigma related to mental illness...
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has been busy opening more than 30 COVID-19 testing sites throughout the county, including the first site in the South Bay at the Galleria in Redondo Beach. The Galleria location has administered more...
By Dr. William E. Kim, MD, Chief Medical Advisor, Beach Cities Health District
News of COVID-19 serology tests coming to market have created confusion in the general public. Many are wondering what the difference is compared to...
by Dianne Staso, MS, R.D., Registered Dietitian
COVID-19 has really changed the way we live and grocery shop. What remains the same however is our desire to keep our families healthy. Along with hand washing, getting enough...
Photo by Kevin Cody
by Ali Steward, MPH, Beach Cities Health District
“How are you?”
Many of us uttered this phrase casually in the pre-coronavirus era – to our coworkers on our way to the coffee pot, to...
By Ali Steward, MPH, Beach Cities Health District
Dear Beach Cities,
It’s been a few weeks since life as we knew it was turned upside down. But maybe a silver lining is that our perspectives have been upended, too. It’s still essential...
At first, I didn’t treat this Coronavirus business with due respect. It seemed as if people were making a lot of fuss about a virus which was said to be less deadly than the yearly flu. The flu is no picnic, but since most of us have been through it...
It’s also ok to be sad, to be disappointed and to feel vulnerable. It’s also ok to feel pessimistic, overwhelmed and maybe a little bit numb. And it’s also ok to be worried and anxious.
While we’ve now experienced the new “normal” of Safer at...
Written by: Chaya Houston, Redondo Union High School student
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