Monterey County Health Articles

Dr. Cris Carrillo, the Natividad clinic physician who was fired by the County of Monterey in October after he spoke up about concerns over patient care, has been reinstated to his position, according to an announcement by the Union of…

KING CITY — The Mee Memorial Children’s Health and Wellness Center officially opened its doors last week at Mee Memorial Healthcare System’s campus at 809 Broadway St. in King City, marking a transformative moment for pediatric care in South Monterey …

Questions continue to emerge after a fire broke out on Thursday, Jan. 16 at the Vistra battery plant in Moss Landing, and not just about how the fire started, or what kind of pollutants it put into the environment, but…

On Thursday night, Jan. 16, the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas was packed with people attending the California Department of Pesticide Regulation’s hearing on the regulations surrounding the pesticide 1,3-dichloropropene, also known as 1,3-D or by the brand name Telone.…

Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for an investigation into the fire at Vistra’s battery storage facility in Moss Landing, which remains smoldering as of Jan. 22 but could reignite at any point, officials advise.

Three days after a battery fire broke out at the Moss Landing Power Plant, owner/operator Vistra reports the fire is contained and just smoldering with no new flames.

As questions surrounding a fire at the Vistra lithium ion battery facility in Moss Landing continue to swirl, the County of Monterey held a press conference Saturday with a slate of elected officials and experts.

IF YOU HAVE tried to bake a cake recently, you might have had a hard time finding eggs. The empty shelves are a sign of the devastating impact of avian influenza, H5N1 or HPAI, on commercial poultry flocks in California.The …

As local governments try to stretch their budgets to accommodate a new wave of mental health cases, a new program is trying to shift the emergency response from uniformed officers to trained mental health counselors. Since the killing by police …

MONTEREY COUNTY — Montage Health’s Prescribe Safe program has announced a collaboration with the Monterey County Office of Education (MCOE) aimed at raising awareness and preventing fentanyl-related overdoses among youth in Monterey County.

The first weekend after Natividad hospital’s Level II trauma center in Salinas opened on Jan. 5, 2015, patients with major injuries were showing up for care, so much so, the radiologist on duty was astonished.

This fall, registered nurses of the California Nurses Association at Salinas Valley Health were on a campaign to win a new strong contract in bargaining negotiations, including an informational picket in October and culminating on Dec. 9 with a pledge…

California may have more than a million fighting birds, according to the Center for a Humane Economy.

The ground is rapidly shifting underneath the foundation of Monterey County’s health care marketplace, bringing big changes in 2025. Montage Health announced on Dec. 2 that it will have a new president and CEO from Virginia beginning in spring. Two…

A new president and CEO of Montage Health is stepping up to take over for the retiring Dr. Steven Packer next spring. Dr. Michael P. McDermott, currently CEO of Mary Washington Healthcare in Fredericksburg, Virginia, has been named as Packer's…

It had been a long day in a conference room in Sacramento on Wednesday, Nov. 20, where the Office of Health Care Affordability Board was in the early stages of deciding how to group the state’s hospitals together for future…

Over the years, oncologist Dr. John Hausdorff and his colleagues at Pacific Cancer Care noticed that some patients needed hospice care but had no viable place to go in their final weeks of life. Maybe the family wasn’t equipped to…

After Michael "Max" Schell was elected to the Soledad Community Health Care District Board of Directors two years ago, he soon became the firebrand of the board. A stickler for rules and government transparency, he pressed the board and SCHCD…

SALINAS VALLEY — Preliminary results from the Nov. 5 Presidential General Election show several candidates in the lead for seats on South Monterey County school boards and the Soledad Community Health Care District. Although these early counts provide insight, additional …

GONZALES — Hundreds of families recently flocked to Central Park in Gonzales to experience Community Health Day presented by Salinas Valley Health.