Opinion: After 75 years, the best is yet to come for French Hospital in SLO
By Alan Iftiniuk After one of the most challenging years the health care industry has ever faced due to the COVID-19 pandemic, French Hospital Medical Center has reason to celebrate. The facility has reached a significant milestone: serving the community of San Luis Obispo County for 75 years. In 1946, Edison French, MD, set out Read More →
Care homes face uncertain future as they emerge from pandemic
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Even without a government mandate, some businesses still requiring masks
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Street Smarts: Gallegly Center expands advisory council; housing trust fund gets $1M
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FDA accuses Amgen of misleading advertising
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration tagged Amgen with a letter July 7 that says the Thousand Oaks biotech firm made “misleading claims” in advertisements for its drug Neulasta, by suggesting it is more effective than biosimilar competitors. Neulasta is a prescription medication used to reduce infection risk from febrile neutropenia (a low level of Read More →
Santa Barbara city administrator will leave post in September
Santa Barbara City Administrator Paul Casey is stepping down from his role on Sept. 10. The city announced his decision July 16. Casey has been with the city of Santa Barbara for 24 years, according to the city’s news release, and in that time has worked on the passage of Measure C, managing the city’s Read More →
Region’s unemployment rate grew in June
Unemployment rates in the tri-county region crept back up in June, as the growth in jobs wasn’t enough to keep pace with an increase in people looking for work. The combined unemployment rate across Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties was 6.2% in June, up from 5.6% in May, according to data released Read More →
