Seniors are optimistic about the future, despite daunting economics

The AHS Index is a new way to look at data that illuminates a snapshot of our world today. It is intended to highlight health inequities and spark conversation, debate, and wonder.  Estimated number of Americans who are 100 years old and older: 101,000  Number of Americans who were over 100 in 1950: 2,300  Increase [...]

2025-05-07T22:26:06+00:00May 5th, 2025|Categories: AHS Index, AHS Newsletter, Featured, Latest Stories From AHS|

Data indicates racism is the most likely cause of the Black maternal health crisis

The AHS Index is a new way to look at data that illuminates a snapshot of our world today. It is intended to highlight health inequities and spark conversation, debate, and wonder.  Percent of pregnancy-related deaths in 2020 in which discrimination was determined to be a contributing cause, or probable contributing cause, according to [...]

2025-05-07T22:13:24+00:00April 16th, 2025|Categories: AHS Index, AHS Newsletter, Featured, Latest Stories From AHS|

Data indicates racism is the most likely cause of the Black maternal health crisis

The AHS Index is a new way to look at data that illuminates a snapshot of our world today. It is intended to highlight health inequities and spark conversation, debate, and wonder.  Percent of pregnancy-related deaths in 2020 in which discrimination was determined to be a contributing cause, or probable contributing cause, according to [...]

Alameda Health System welcomes new nurses

Congratulations to Alameda Health System’s newest nurses! 21 new nurses were celebrated for their completion of AHS’ New Graduate Nursing Program Thursday at Alameda Hospital. “Compassionate, human care is the most important service nurses can provide,” said Terrance Fitzgerald Shaw, associate chief nursing officer and chief administrative officer for AHS’ north region. “The dedication [...]

2025-03-28T23:17:24+00:00March 28th, 2025|Categories: Featured, Latest Stories From AHS|

Local Girl Scout troop donates to new moms at Alameda Health System

A Girl Scout troop from Hayward and Castro Valley visited Alameda Health System’s (AHS) Family Birthing Center Monday to donate baby supplies to new parents.   Scouts Zoe Davis and Kira Jones dropped off the baskets, which included Girl Scout Cookies, to two moms who had recently given birth.   In return, new mom and AHS [...]

2025-03-14T16:41:21+00:00March 12th, 2025|Categories: Featured, Latest Stories From AHS|

Mistaken for a secretary, uncredited for a Nobel Prize, and other historic inequities women in medicine have faced

The AHS Index is a new way to look at data that illuminates a snapshot of our world today. It is intended to highlight health inequities and spark conversation, debate, outrage, and wonder.  Number of medical schools that rejected Elizabeth Blackwell, who would go on to become the first woman to obtain a medical degree, [...]

Among the vanished CDC webpages: The disappearance of health equity data

The AHS Index is a new way to look at data that illuminates a snapshot of our world today. It is intended to highlight health inequities and spark conversation, debate, outrage, and wonder.  Number of years that have passed since Martin Luther King Jr. gave an impassioned speech at the Medical Committee for Human [...]

New year, new boo: This is the most popular dating month

The AHS Index is a new way to look at data that illuminates a snapshot of our world today. It is intended to highlight health inequities and spark conversation, debate, outrage, and wonder.     Increase in time Americans spent at home in 2022, compared to 2003, signaling a trend toward staying in: 1 hour, 39 [...]

Thank you, AHS. This is what you accomplished this year

The AHS Index is a new way to look at data that illuminates a snapshot of our world today. It is intended to highlight health inequities and spark conversation, debate, outrage, and wonder.     Number of emergency room visits provided across Alameda Health System’s (AHS’) hospitals, including at John George Psychiatric Hospital, in fiscal year [...]

Native American health is woefully underfunded. This is how much experts say is really needed 

The AHS Index is a new way to look at data that illuminates a snapshot of our world today. It is intended to highlight health inequities and spark conversation, debate, outrage, and wonder.    Number of square miles traversed by Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte, the first Native American to receive a medical degree, in [...]