When Consuelo Rosales broke her knee in 2015, she had no backup plan. She had no health insurance, and her job was as physically demanding as they come: working in ag fields. “I wasn’t able to continue working,” says Rosales, a mother of two. Because

An expanded Monterey County pilot health care program has launched for local residents ineligible for government-backed coverage because they are in the country illegally. On Wednesday, Communities Organized for Relational Power in Action (COPA), the Monterey

Natividad, the only teaching hospital on the Central Coast, graduated 10 physicians from its Family Medicine Residency program and welcomed its newest class on June 25. “Half of our 2021 graduates plan to stay in Monterey or Santa Cruz County. In addition,

As of February 2021, Natividad Medical Center, the 172-bed acute care hospital owned and operated by Monterey County, had cared for 426 people with the disease. A total of 22,225 people had tested positive for the virus in the county, 951 had been

The moment has arrived for millions of Americans who said they were waiting for full and final FDA approval before getting the COVD-19 vaccine. On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the Pfizer vaccine is the first COVID-19 vaccine to

Vaccines required for all hospital employees by September 30 Chad Harris, MD, Interim CEO, Natividad Medical Center Steven Packer, MD, President/CEO, Montage Health and Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula Pete Delgado, President/CEO, Salinas Valley

September is National Baby Safety Month, and with more people at home juggling work and child care during the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s important to make your home as safe as possible for young children and babies. “The most important thing is to keep all

Natividad Medical Center in Salinas is hosting COVID-19 vaccination clinics every Wednesday from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Everyone 12 and older is eligible to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Some people — including those 65 and older — can get a

On Sept. 29, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health advisory recommending urgent action to increase COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy. The CDC and Natividad recommend COVID-19 vaccinations for everyone eligible, which is

It turns out the under-resourced people who need medical help in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Salinas Valley have much in common. If anyone would understand that, it’s Natividad hospital’s chief of staff, Chris Carpenter, who began the two-year post on