Cal Poly Health and Wellbeing has launched a Student Transport Service to provide transportation for students who are too ill or injured to get to the Health Center.
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Muffin tin scalloped potatoes: A taste of home for Cal Poly students
The Cal Poly Food Pantry offers a free resource of ingredients for students to make cheap, filling and easy meals like muffin tin scalloped potatoes.
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Cal Poly launches low-cost physical therapy program for students
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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Better safe than sorry: get STI tested
With many students having their first sexual experience on a college campus, knowledge of where to go for help when things go wrong is extremely important. Inexperience can bring a lack of caution and preparation to an intimate situation. Luckily, we have plenty of great (and free) options on campus you can take advantage of.
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Campus Health & Wellbeing is expanding their hours. But the changes may not be the best for students, union says
Campus Health & Wellbeing expands hours, but union has concerns over limited access to care, warns of potential negative impact on students.
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How Cal Poly’s Food Pantry is serving students
The Cal Poly Food Pantry provides resources free of charge to students. Available supplies include fresh produce, freezer food and meat, refrigerated foods and personal hygiene items.
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Campus Health and Wellbeing hosts “Can you Narcan?” to educate on opioid overdose prevention
Every Friday from 4 – 6 p.m. until Oct. 27, Campus Health and Wellbeing will present “Can you Narcan?,” a distribution event on the Health Center Lawn (BLDG 27). The event will be complete with free snacks, activities, giveaways and more. They will be handing out free test strips, overdose prevention kits and, of course, […]
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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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Overdose prevention kits: Narcan is now being offered at Cal Poly
Fifty micrograms may not seem like all that much, but a dose of Fentanyl that size can be lethal. Opioid overdose deaths and opioid emergencies are on the rise in San Luis Obispo county and nationwide, according to Health Educator Prevention Specialist Kirsten Vinther. Now, Cal Poly Health and Wellbeing is offering free overdose prevention […]
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Students, staff see gaps in LGBTQ+ care due to pandemic
At the beginning of the 2019-20 academic year, the University Health Center began providing comprehensive LGBTQ+ medical and mental health services that are critical for some students. One such student was Cal Poly alumn Autumn Ford, who at the time, emphasized the importance of having a safe space for students to access care — without having to worry about it being “taken away” from them.
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The stories behind the statistics: Three Cal Poly students share their experiences with COVID-19
Cal Poly has reported 1,015 positive COVID-19 cases as of Monday, Jan. 11., and many students that live on campus have already experienced quarantine or isolation.