Tag: Rena Salamacha

If you live in South Monterey County, you are among more than 60 million rural Americans. American Community Survey statistics show that Maine and...

The Covid-19 pandemic has dominated the headlines for 18 months — and rightly so. But there is another respiratory virus that still demands our...

Telehealth is the use of electronic communications to provide and deliver health care services over large and small distances. Also called digital medicine, this...

When will the pandemic end? That’s a complicated question, and difficult to answer. There will be no “light switch” moment where our lives suddenly...

While home confinement kept us safe during the worst of the pandemic, good health always begins with a regular routine of physical activity. The...

Believing nursing to be her divine purpose, a young British woman set out to reform healthcare in the 1800s — influencing the quality of...

April 18-24 is National Volunteer Week, an opportunity to recognize the impact of volunteer service and the power of kind, compassionate people to strengthen...

Many people view doctors as experts in the science of medicine, but there is an art to the practice as well. Underlying this art...

It’s been a cold, dark year. But now, after a global pandemic brought unthinkable trauma and heartache, Covid-19 vaccines represent a bright, warm ray...

Even as Covid-19 vaccinations roll out across the country, the daily threat from this virus remains — especially in rural areas such as South...