Imagine the weight of keeping your family together when illness and worry fill every day and the holidays bring more pressure than joy. Last December, the Bautista family of Hayward, a close-knit household of six spanning three generations, faced that reality. But with a little help through the [...]
The holidays offer many opportunities to connect and celebrate, yet packed schedules, high expectations and the pressure to do it all can make the season feel overwhelming. Sofia Newton, program manager for Alameda Health System’s (AHS) Healthy Me Wellness Program, reminds us that prioritizing your health and well-being [...]
The leaves weren’t the only things moving this fall. Alameda Health System (AHS) employees laced up their sneakers and hit their stride during Walktober 2025, our month-long wellness challenge designed to inspire daily movement and a little friendly competition. Now in its second year, Walktober has become an [...]
Every day, emergency departments see patients who arrive with preventable injuries or illnesses. Some come in after falls, others because of minor illnesses that became serious, and many because of accidents at home or while commuting. While accidents do happen, doctors say there are simple, everyday steps that make a big difference in reducing the [...]
The AHS Index is a new way to look at data that illuminates a snapshot of our world today. It is intended to highlight health inequities and spark conversation, debate, and wonder. Percent of women who will develop breast cancer at some point in their lives: 13% Percent of white women with breast cancer [...]
Former Cambodian refugee Sambo Ly leads medical interpretation for safety-net patients In 1979, during the final year of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime, Sambo Ly escaped to a refugee camp in Thailand as a teenager. Fleeing one of the most brutal military regimes in the world, Ly and her loved ones endured countless horrors: witnessing disappearances, forcible separations [...]
If you are planning to receive your flu, RSV, or COVID-19 vaccine, now is the time! Alameda Health System saw an uptick in COVID-19 cases in August and September, driven by the new “Stratus” variant. Next comes respiratory virus season. “The swell of seasonal COVID-19 cases appears to have peaked in Alameda County and is [...]
Hospitals are more than places for physical treatment; they are spaces where patients, families and staff face life’s most fragile moments. At Alameda Health System (AHS), chaplains like Betty Clark and Maggie Foote, provide essential spiritual and emotional support that complements medical care. Watch the full video to hear our [...]
Delreese Ragland, security supervisor at Wilma Chan Highland Hospital Campus is dedicated to making patients, visitors and staff feel safe, supported and welcome. He encourages his officers to lead with empathy, taking time to see each situation from the other person’s perspective so they can respond with both compassion and [...]
Pregnancy brought feelings of anxiety and isolation for Alameda Health System (AHS) patient Marjorie Vega Martinez until her midwife, Eva Goodfriend-Reano connected her with the Growing, Glowing and Afterglow Program (GGAP). GGAP supports pregnant and post-partum mothers and birthing people with anxiety and depression and helps increase social support. The virtual [...]
