Department of Health and Human Services

07 Apr 2025

Trump Administration Cuts Target Local San Franciscans

You’ve seen Jaws, right? I was terrified of the ocean afterwards, and I grew up in Missouri. Well, life in America today feels like summer on Amity Island. If you agree, consider this your sharkfin in the water. The Trump administration is circling his most hated populations, already eating away

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29 Dec 2020

Sewage Testing For COVID: Santa Clara County Gets Ahead of Slow National Response

In the fight against COVID-19, wastewater may be one of the best tools we have to predict infection surges. Nearly 10 months into the pandemic, the U.S. is finally launching a program to support sewage testing for the virus. Swab tests are only effective if people voluntarily get tested, but

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17 Apr 2020

The Heartbreaking Ways COVID is Impacting Food Service Workers

In 2018, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) estimated that the food service industry employed 5.4 million workers. That number was almost certainly higher at the start of 2020, but has greatly diminished since restaurants, bars, cafes, caterers, and school lunch programs across the country have reduced service or

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26 Jun 2019

Wayfair is Furnishing Child Detention Centers, so Let’s Boycott Them

Wayfair, you’ve got just what I…nope! Last week, Wayfair employees caught on to the fact their bosses were in bed with BCFS, a “nonprofit” operating migrant detention centers for Department of Health and Human Services with plans to open another facility in Corrizo Springs, Texas. The furniture giant gladly accepted

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