Jacqueline Phillips, MD

Zoom-y greetings, Friends of TVD! HIPAA-compliant Zoom, that is. As most of you know, The Village Doctor has been “Zooming” you for Telehealth since the beginning of these Pandemic days. In March went the extra mile and worked with Zoom to be sure our platform is HIPAA-compliant for your health information security. We, along with

Rainy greetings, Friends of TVD, Rain has never been more welcome. In keeping with the metaphor of rain washing our air and surfaces clean of contaminants, let me share a vaccine success story from my friends at Stanford Global Health. As rain is eliminating smoke and ash, polio vaccine has recently eradicated wild poliovirus from

Stay well, Friends of TVD, What a disquieting week, and what dystopian skies. A reinforcing message regarding the wisdom of masks? Read more about masks below, and for now join Team TVD in missing the typical blue skies of California summer. Many of you have asked about this year’s flu vaccine, and yes, it is

Healthy greetings Friends of TVD, “Public Service Announcement”. Two things, important to many in our TVD community. The first are two announcements from the hard working team at NARAL Pro-Choice America, commonly known as simply NARAL, whose 2.5 million members fight for reproductive freedom for everybody, including access to abortion care, birth control, paid parental

Be well, stay safe, TVD friends, For those of us living in California, much less the San Francisco peninsula, this has been a harrowing week of smoke and fire, of asthma flairs, evacuation alerts, and for some, the loss of house and home, of so much that we all hold dear. My friend Margaret, pictured

What a crazy week, TVD friends, I hope that this newsletter finds you safe, and well. The Team at The Village Doctor is holding all of you affected by this week’s California wildfires close in our respective hearts. As the flames subside, and the majority of us are lucky to be untouched, it will be

  Political greetings, TVD friends, In a word: Kamala! In a few more words: read, talk, learn, get involved, VOTE! NOTE: CV🦠News is a labor of love. If you enjoy reading this, please share widely! Was this forwarded to you by a friend? Please subscribe here. WHERE CAN I GET TESTED LOCALLY FOR COVID-19? NOTE:

  Somber greetings, TVD friends,   So for all our complaining about San Mateo County being back on the “watch list” we must, as global citizens, pause and reflect on the horror inflicted upon Beirut, Lebanon on Tuesday. Let us pause and reflect, and please consider reaching out and helping in any way you can.

  Greetings, TVD friends, Ugh, so we (San Mateo County) are back on the “watch list”. On Wednesday, July 29th, State officials noted, “San Mateo County is experiencing an elevated case rate that exceeds the State threshold. The County sees roots of community transmission related to social gatherings without sufficient physical distancing and wearing of

  Greetings, TVD friends, Interesting. Oregon? Really? And please also note that coronavirus is booming in California, so we continue with our overarching message below- Help us keep San Mateo County OFF the State COVID watchlist! Wear a mask when out in public Use “physical distancing” when going out Shelter in Place as much as

Healthy greetings, TVD friends, Yes, let us continue our journey into black history and awareness. Please spend a few minutes reading below. And yes, it is getting more (COVID) complicated out there. We are seeing more cases (fortunately no one is particularly ill), and testing is under strain. So let me please remind you: Wear

Greetings, TVD friends, and Happy 4th of July! As I, and we, continue our journey into Black history and awareness, please continue our “eye opening” work below. In addition, do not let this sidebar distract us from the fact that our Coronavirus situation is getting worse, not better. Don’t even get me started about failed

Historical greetings, TVD friends, Juneteenth. I learned a lot about this last week. I hope you did too. Again, thank you to my team for opening my eyes. If you did not, I encourage you to read more here (on Wikipedia) or here (The New York Times). Also, Tulsa. May / June, 1921. The “burning