Health - The Westside Express

$50K donation enables Los Banos hospital to improve its surgical wing

by Sammie Ann Wicks | Jan 3, 2025 | Fundraisers/Donations, Health | 0

The Los Banos Memorial Hospital has been given a major boost in its ability to treat patients...

Confirmed rabies exposure in Merced County

by The Westside Express | Dec 10, 2024 | Health | 0

The Fresno County Department of Public Health (FCDPH) and the Merced County Department of Public Health (MCDPH) have confirmed a rabies exposure involving a Fresno County resident that was suspected to have been bitten by a bat...

Two Central Valley residents test positive for bird flu

by The Westside Express | Oct 14, 2024 | Health | 0

The California Department of Public Health confirmed last week that two Central Valley residents...

Giving poor money could result in fewer trips to ER, study suggests

by The Westside Express | Jul 28, 2024 | Health | 0

CHELSEA, Mass. (AP) — Giving cash to poor people could result in fewer emergency department visits, a new study suggests. The study published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association looked at almost 2,900...

Student resiliency center grand opening June 27

by Nathan Quevedo | Jun 26, 2024 | Education, Health | 0

The Merced County Office of Education and the Merced County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services will host a grand opening and open house of the Student Resiliency Center and many other programs on June 27. The grand opening...

Bakersfield: Where power of nature clashes with civilization

by Dennis Wyatt | May 15, 2024 | Health, History | 0

BAKERSFIELD — This might sound a bit strange coming from someone who is passionate about Yosemite,...

Dos Palos High School hosts CPR training

by SHAWN PINTOR-DAY | Feb 12, 2024 | Education, Health | 0

Dos Palos High School hosted its first CPR training course on Jan. 18. Taking place during the...

Westside couple honored for Pro Life work

by David Borboa | Jan 3, 2024 | Health | 0

The husband was raised in Dos Palos and the wife in Firebaugh. And together they have joined to...

Los Banos celebrates reopening of Golden Valley Health Center

by Emily Zaragosa | Oct 23, 2023 | Community, Health | 0

The Golden Valley Health Center officially reopened and shared a special reopening ceremony with...

DP resident has first humancase of West Nile Virus

by Courtney Andrade | Aug 12, 2023 | Health | 0

The first human case of West Nile Virus (WNV) this year was recorded in Dos Palos according to a press release from the office of the County Mosquito Abatement District (District). The information regarding the first human...

Memorial Hospital Los Banos Nurse receives DAISY Award for stellar care

by The Westside Express | Jul 31, 2023 | Health | 0

Mariah Rangel, RN, recently received the DAISY (Diseases Attacking the Immune System) award for her stellar patient care at Memorial Hospital Los Banos. The DAISY Award is an ongoing recognition program that honors and...