The American Medical Association Voices Their Opposition to San Francisco's Proposition C Letter from the AMA voicing their opposition towards San Francisco's Prop C. September 20, 2019 Public Health , Prop C, AMA 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFDPH Alert-- Health Update: Fentanyl Overdose In September 2019, three persons with no known history of opioid use required critical care in San Francisco following fentanyl overdose. One had sniffed a powder and was observed to immediately stop breathing and suffer a cardiac arrest; this person was toxicology positive primarily for fentanyl. The second reported sniffing cocaine while at a bar, but was toxicology positive for cocaine and fentanyl. The third was known to use cocaine, but was toxicology positive for fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine; that individual is now deceased. September 18, 2019 SF Dept of Public Health 0 0 Comment Read More »
FDA on Lung Illnesses Associated with Use of Vaping Products Information for the Public, FDA Actions, and Recommendations regarding the use of vaping products. September 13, 2019 CDC, Public Health CDC, Public Health, Vaping, FDA 0 0 Comment Read More »
Urgent Survey to Assess the Impact of California Surprise Billing Laws on Physicians CMA needs feedback from physicians to demonstrate to Congress the impact that California’s laws are having on practice viability, patient access to in-network physician care, as well as emergency and on-call medical services. September 11, 2019 Advocacy, AMA, CMA , AMA, CMA, Surprise Billing 0 0 Comment Read More »
Long-time Medical Society CEO to Retire SFMMS Executive Director and CEO, Mary Lou Licwinko, announced that after 21 years, she will be retiring at the end of 2019. September 10, 2019 Events, Uncategorized leadership, SFMMS 0 0 Comment Read More »