Cal Poly Campus Health and Wellbeing has launched a new, low-cost physical therapy program in partnership with Movement for Life, allowing students to receive one to three physical therapy sessions with a referral from a Campus Health and Wellbeing provider.
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Health Center expands flu shot accessibility with free clinics on campus
Cal Poly’s Campus Health and Wellbeing is offering free flu shots to students during October, with three remaining sessions taking place at central campus locations to promote convenient and affordable access.
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Campus Health partners with Planned Parenthood to discuss abortion access
Cal Poly Campus Health and Wellbeing, Planned Parenthood and Planned Parenthood Generation Action are co-hosting a teach-in to discuss “recent court rulings and their effect on medication abortion rights and availability,” according to Planned Parenthood Central Coast Action Fund’s website. The event will be hosted in the Campus Health Center’s ground floor conference room on […]
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A look into Cal Poly’s path to abortion access
Amid a national debate about abortion access, California has implemented abortion services on its public universities. Four years in the making, the College Right to Access Act represents a change in the way that reproductive healthcare looks for students at Cal Poly and beyond. “From the beginning of this project, we wanted it to be […]
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Campus Health and Wellbeing Counseling Services launches February Mental Health Fridays
50-minute seminars covering various mental health topics will be held via zoom each Friday of this month courtesy of Campus Health and Wellbeing’s (CH&W) Counseling Services. Any member of the Cal Poly Community can attend anonymously. Counseling Services outreach coordinator Sarah Colwell said the Zoom events are designed to be available, approachable and obstacle-free. “One […]
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Free health clinic coming to San Luis Obispo, no insurance or documentation required
The Cal Poly Dream Center and Center for Health and Prevention are partnering to bring a free health clinic to San Luis Obispo this Saturday. An Instagram post on @calpolydreamcenter detailed that it will be a “free of charge clinic serving those without insurance or documentation” and will offer services such as sexual health counseling, […]
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Cal Poly institutes abortion pills and services for students
Cal Poly students can now receive abortion pills through the campus health center, the university announced in a news release on Monday. The new program is being offered in compliance with the 2019 College Student Right to Access Act that required all UCs and CSUs to integrate medical abortion care into their campus health centers […]
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Cal Poly to host free Monkeypox vaccine clinic this week
A free Monkeypox vaccine clinic is coming to the Cal Poly Health Center on Thursday, Oct. 27. Students 18 or older are eligible to receive the vaccine if they have had close contact with someone diagnosed with Monkeypox during the time they had symptoms, identify as a male that has sex with men and/or identify […]
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More Cal Poly students can now receive free groceries through CalFresh. Here’s how
Editor’s note: This article is available in Spanish here. A government program that offers free groceries to those who are eligible is now available to many students who previously didn’t qualify. CalFresh is the state of California’s federal Supplemental Nutritional Aid Program (SNAP), which can offer recipients a maximum of $281 monthly stipend for groceries. Liv […]
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Campus Health and Wellbeing to host annual flu shot clinic
Cal Poly’s Campus Health and Wellbeing will host their annual free flu shot clinic at the Campus Health Center on Thursday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The free flu shot clinic happens annually every October at Cal Poly, according to @mycpwell. The CDC states flu activity increases in October, so flu shots are highly […]
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San Luis Obispo County Public Health launches updated COVID-19 dashboard
San Luis Obispo County Public Health launched a revamped COVID-19 dashboard on Sept. 27 to provide more detailed and streamlined data for the public. This is the first major change to the county’s COVID-19 dashboard since its creation in March 2020, including information from vaccination status to variant breakdowns. County Public Health spokesperson Tom Cuddy […]