With increasing concern for COVID-19 variants and cases spiking across the country, it’s clear that the pandemic is not over. That’s why it is even more important to keep up on your regular check-ups for yourself and your family. Dignity Health Medical Group clinics are open and ready to serve you. If you’re headed into one of our clinics for a visit, here are some reminders on the enhanced precautions we’re taking to create a safe and welcoming environment for our patients and health care workers.

This next school year will be different for students and parents alike. While school systems are finalizing details for the 2021-2022 school year, you and your family should also prepare a plan-of-action to stay healthy in and out of class. Mercy Medical Group pediatrician Kimberly Hart, DO has some advice that can ease any concerns you may have about sending your kids back to school in this phase of the pandemic.

As COVID-19 vaccines continue to be administered across the country, false information about the vaccine can also spread. When it comes to COVID-19 vaccines, it is important to be able to differentiate between common misconceptions and facts. Getting the vaccine is one of the best ways to protect against COVID-19, bringing our communities one step closer to putting an end to this pandemic. Angelina Crans Yoon, MD, an allergist and immunologist at Woodland Clinic, offers her medical expertise to shed some light on lingering questions around the safety of COVID-19 vaccines.

Se ha oído de muchos mitos acerca de las vacunas para el COVID-19 y parece que hay más preguntas que respuestas. Decidimos poner al descubierto estos mitos para descartar las falsedades y responder a las preguntas que hayan quedado pendientes.

As we approach the one year mark since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, we reflect on how much our communities and lives have changed because of it. We are aware of how difficult the past year has been for patients and the communities we serve.The COVID-19 vaccines offer a promising light to the end of the tunnel of this pandemic and we’re honored to be part of that effort.