Santa Clara County Health Articles

Although Santa Clara County was one of the first in the nation to create a behavioral health court, criminal offenders with mental health and drug problems sit in jail for months before getting treatment. That could change this week.
County …

Regional Medical Center is owned by for-profit HCA Healthcare, which earlier this month closed East San Jose's only Level II Trauma Center, citing financial pressure. The county pledged to keep it open if the hospital becomes part of the Santa …

It's a silent killer that could happen to any high school student: sudden cardiac arrest. One school district wants to make sure it prevents another tragedy.
The Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District is the second public school district in …

Santa Clara County health officials on Aug. 14 reported the first local death attributed to West Nile virus, a mosquito-borne illness.

The death this month of an immunocompromised adult at a local hospital “after experiencing West Nile virus symptoms” is the county's second reported human case of the potentially deadly mosquito-borne virus. The other patient is recovering at home.

When Azazel Holmkvist was placed in a squalid home on East San Fernando Street, his case manager told him there was no other housing available.
The 42-year-old was receiving treatment at a residential program operated by Momentum for Health, one …

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A San Jose hospital wants to construct two new hospital wings in a more than 1 million-square-foot expansion to satisfy California earthquake mandates — but health care equity concerns are also rising to the surface.
Patient advocates and leaders gathered …

After the Los Gatos Meadows senior living project was slammed, in 2022, by Town officials over height concerns and not taking heed of requests to rejig the hill-perched site to allow in more lower-income residents, Covia Communities—the developer—disappeared.

A private health company plans to reduce lifesaving care at an East San Jose hospital as it expands another hospital in a wealthier part of the city.
HCA Healthcare is increasing the number of acute care beds at Good Samaritan …

Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling on local governments such as San Jose to use state funds for urgent action to address "dangerous" homeless encampments.
Newsom's executive order on Thursday suggests notifying homeless residents at least 48 hours before an incoming …

Los Gatos' temperature hit 107 degrees as Mason, wearing a black coat and backpack, walked from his camp in the brush toward Highway 17. He started having heat-related symptoms and laid down, heaving. He didn't want to die on the …

The Santa Clara Valley Water District Board of Directors on July 9 held off on a decision regarding an ordinance that would prohibit homeless encampments along waterways in the water district’s jurisdiction.

Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties may have been exposed to measles in recent days after an infected person from outside the region visited, according to public health officials.

San Jose has received more than $1 million from opioid makers and distributors after major companies settled a lawsuit with cities and states wanting to hold them accountable for the opioid epidemic — but advocates are not happy with the …

Despite urgent pleas by county leaders and local activists, state officials won't intervene in the closure of lifesaving hospital services in East San Jose.
The California Department of Public Health told Bay Area state legislators that the state has no …

A bacterial outbreak has emerged among homeless individuals living at San Jose encampments in Columbus and Roosevelt parks, but health officials say the risk to the general public is low.
Three confirmed cases of Shigella, a highly contagious intestinal bacteria, …

The San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board has green lit San Jose’s plan through 2027 to tackle homeless encampment trash going into city waterways — further ensuring the city's compliance with environmental regulations.
Deputy City Manager Kip Harkness …

Sutter Health, a not-for-profit healthcare system that serves millions of patients in California, will soon open new medical offices in Morgan Hill that offer internal and family medicine, among other services.

San Jose leaders have dealt a blow to affordable housing advocates after diverting affordable housing funds to temporarily shelter homeless residents living along city waterways.
The San Jose City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to redirect affordable housing funds from Measure …