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Kaiser Permanente realized that investment in housing is an investment in health, and so it’s offering funds to help keep apartment buildings affordable and finding housing for homeless residents.

Initiatives include preserving affordable housing in the Bay Area, anchoring a $100 million loan fund to protect affordable housing across Kaiser Permanente’s footprint and an effort to house 500+ homeless in Oakland.

Teens love to sleep. But how long and deep should their sleep be for good health? New studies in collaboration with investigators at the Division of Research find that poor...

Kenneth Antons, MD, Kaiser Permanente internal medicine physician in San Diego, describes the difference between cold and flu—colds come on gradually, and the flu is sudden. He recommends plenty of...

Sara Y. Tartof is an infectious disease epidemiologist who has traveled the world to investigate epidemics. She is now at the Kaiser Permanente Southern California Department of Research & Evaluation,...

PASADENA, Calif. — Hospitalized patients who received the flu vaccine had no increased risk of outpatient visits or hospital readmission within seven days of discharge, according to a Kaiser Permanente study...

Kaiser Permanente is included in this article for its commitment to be carbon neutral in 2020. Kathy Gerwig, vice president of employee safety, health and wellness and environmental stewardship officer...

See how health care programs have been impacted with thousands of government workers furloughed.

Keith Childs is back in the game thanks to his Kaiser Permanente cardiac care team.

2018 was a big year for health care organizations launching initiatives that involve the social determinants of health. Kaiser Permanente launched a $200 million initiative to improve access to affordable...