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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Health advocates for Mixteco community navigate COVID-19
A Cal Poly alumna founded a health advocate agency for the Central Coast’s Indigenous community — but she didn’t expect to find herself on the frontlines of a pandemic. On the Central Coast, the pandemic’s frontline workers included not only healthcare professionals, but Mixteco interpreters as well. Assisting hospital patients who primarily speak the Indigenous […]
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SLO County now vaccinating entire phase 1b, making more groups eligible
Vaccine eligibility in San Luis Obispo County now encompasses all of the education sector, agricultural workers, emergency services, unpaid caregivers and people ages 16-64 who have certain health conditions, according to a March 10 press briefing. This encompasses Cal Poly employees, as the vaccine is now approved for higher education workers and student employees. San […]
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Cal Poly sophomore wins district assembly position for the Democratic Party
A political science sophomore was backed by the San Luis Obispo County Progressives and won a seat as an Assembly District delegate for Assembly District 35.
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Ask a Healthcare Professional: Allergies
he kind folks at Campus Health and Wellbeing have some solutions to make it through the rest of the waves of pollen unscathed
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Covered California helps students get health coverage
“Why do I need health insurance?” According to Christina Lefevre Latner, one of Cal Poly’s Health Insurance Education Project’s (HEIP) campus coordinators, this is a common question students ask.
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Mustang News, Oct. 10, 2013: Affordable Care Act impacts students, Govt. shutdown brings tourists
Mustang News anchor Ashley DeVriend covers today’s biggest news.
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Got the whiskey blues? Try something new
For Cal Poly students, the signs of problematic drinking don’t have to do with drinking every day or drinking in the morning, Mary Peracca, a Cal Poly drug and alcohol counselor of 12 years, said.
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Obamacare: More than just health care
Twenty-seven states have officially filed lawsuits against it, and more than half of Americans favor its repeal. Now, it’s the Supreme Court’s turn to give its opinion on Obamacare and decide the fate of President Barack Obama’s most recognized “achievement.” Amidst all the hype, this unpopular piece of legislation might not even be constitutional. Aside […]
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Health care reform protested at Mission Plaza
A protest over healthcare reform and jobs took place Wednesday afternoon in the Mission Plaza.
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Uncovered: Many Poly students don’t plan ahead for health coverage
As graduates are enter the “real world” they will most likely look for jobs, places to live and … health insurance. Most students do not know about health care.
