State of the COVID Crisis – November 5, 2020
What’s a 'twindemic' and how can we avoid it? Community Medical Centers’ System Chief Medical Officer Dr. Thomas Utecht explains what we can do to avoid a twindemic hitting our…
What’s a 'twindemic' and how can we avoid it? Community Medical Centers’ System Chief Medical Officer Dr. Thomas Utecht explains what we can do to avoid a twindemic hitting our…
As cold and flu season ramps up, Dr. Chokechai Rongkavilit, known as Dr. Chai to patients and colleagues, knows he’ll be called to help tell the difference between these and…
Kailee Sidamrong-Phan was a tiny, sickly baby that her parents rushed to Valley Children’s Hospital frequently for breathing troubles first diagnosed as asthma. At age 2 ½, a test to…
Alma Cornejo woke up in the middle of the night with a nagging pain on her right upper arm. The ache felt like she laid on her arm all night…
The coronavirus pandemic slowed or stopped many things in our everyday life – and with it, many people have avoided or delayed regular doctor’s visits and important annual screenings.Cancer doesn’t…
Retired chef, 87-year-old Tim Sue was first diagnosed with hemorrhoids after noticing unusual bleeding. But he’d also suffered unexplained weight loss, lack of appetite, and sleeplessness – symptoms that signaled…
Five days a week, families in Fresno’s struggling neighborhoods are on the lookout for a brightly colored bus decorated with elementary students’ drawings of broccoli stalks with bright eyes, smiling…
Worn out from organizing her brother’s memorial service after his sudden death, LaToya Rowe’s face brightened when a neighbor knocked on her door to deliver a box of food. “Oh…
As California’s wildfires grew, so did the number of calls into the pediatric clinics at Community Medical Centers this fall. “Unfortunately, all the fires right now have made the air…
“I freaked out about her injuries. She just kept shaking,” said Karla Carcamo, 25, of the harrowing helicopter ride she and her little sister Priscilla Aviles, 17, took to Fresno.They…