San Francisco voters will choose their next mayor this November, and we are going to bring you interviews with all of the top candidates. Marisa and Scott sat down recently with Daniel Lurie, founder of the nonprofit Tipping Point Community to talk about his roots in philanthropy, Tipping Point’s initiatives to reduce homelessness and whether that work has prepared him for the mayor’s office. We want to hear your questions! If you have a burning question that you want us to ask the mayoral candidates, you can send us an email: politicalbreakdown@kqed.org.

She said many East San José residents have no insurance or are underinsured, have lower health literacy, and often face language barriers. All comorbidities that require the use of stroke, STEMI, and trauma services,” she said. HCA said in a letter to the county’s emergency services department that it has seen a 38% reduction in patients at Regional Medical Center’s trauma center. And while a county report said the trauma center handles an average of 2,450 trauma patients annually, about a quarter of all reported trauma cases for the trauma system in the county, HCA disagreed. The hospital also said it expects to lose more trauma patients as Washington Hospital in Fremont, in Alameda County, comes online as a trauma center.

Rishi Sunak revealed his 'appalling diet', particularly while campaigning, during a debate with Sky News’s Beth Rigby three weeks before the UK goes to the polls. Rigby, referring to the PM previously being called 'Dishy Rishi', was asked to share something personal that might endear him to voters. He replied: 'I actually have an appalling diet because I eat an enormous amount of sugar, and I’m very unhealthy in that regard ... [people] were genuinely surprised about the amount of Haribos, Twixes and everything else that I get through, particularly during an election campaign'

Today the coalition government has announced that a select committee inquiry into banking competition will be led by the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee. New Zealand First campaigned to take on foreign owned banks, and we committed to that in our coalition agreement by ensuring the inquiry has a broad

Several London hospitals, still under significant strain more than a week after a cyberattack crippled services, have asked medical students to volunteer to help minimize disruption, as thousands of blood samples have had to be discarded and operations postponed. The ransomware attack on Synnovis, a private firm that analyzes blood tests, has crippled services at two major National Health Service hospital trusts, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ and King’s College, which described the situation as “critical.”According to a memo leaked in recent days, several London hospitals asked medical students to volunteer for 10- to 12-hour shifts. “We urgently need volunteers to step forward and support our pathology services,” said the message, which was reported earlier by the BBC. “The ripple effect of this extremely serious incident is felt across various hospital, community and mental health services in our region.”The attack also disrupted blood transfusions, and the N.H.S. appealed to the public this week for blood donors with O-negative blood types, which can be used in transfusions for any blood type, and O-positive blood types, which is the most frequently occurring blood type, saying it could not match patients’ blood at the same frequency as usual.

EMBARGO: IMMEDIATE RELEASECommenting on the allegations regarding Rishi Sunak's parliamentary aide Craig Williams gambling on the date of the election, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper said:"Not content with gambling with the country’s future, it now appears that a senior Conservative may have been trying to turn a quick buck on the election date. Given that Craig Williams is Rishi Sunak’s close personal aide, it is incumbent on the Prime Minister to immediately suspend him as a candidate and Conservative Party member while the inquiry takes place. "Voters are being taken for granted by Rishi Sunak and the Conservatives." ENDSNotes to Editor:https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/12/rishi-sunaks-closest-aide-placed-bet-on-election-date-days-before-announcement

LONDON - Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Party overtook Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party in an opinion poll for the first time on June 13, ahead of Britain’s election on July 4. The poll by YouGov for the Times newspaper put Reform UK on 19 per cent, up from 17 per cent previously, and the Conservatives unchanged on 18 per cent. The opposition Labour Party topped the poll with 37 per cent. Reform’s poll rating has risen since Mr Farage, best known for his successful campaign for Britain to leave the European Union, said he was returning to front-line politics, taking over leadership of the party and standing for election to Parliament. “This is the inflection point, the only wasted vote now is a Conservative vote, we are the challengers to Labour and we are on our way,” Mr Farage said, in a video posted on social media platform X.

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel drew a comparison between Donald Trump and Hunter Biden after the former president admitted he owned a gun. Kimmel turned back to the former president, wondering aloud: “Why does he even have a gun? Maybe he’s trying to protect himself from the windmills out there trying to kill him.”“How would a gun even work with those tiny fingers? Giving Trump a gun is like giving a dog a saxophone,” the late-night host jabbed, alluding to claims that the former president has small hands. Trump is set to be sentenced on July 11, while Hunter Biden’s sentence date has yet to be scheduled.

A protester interrupted the Labour leader, Keir Starmer's, manifesto speech on Thursday, as he was outlining his plans for government. The protester said: 'My generation is being let down by the Labour party and this manifesto. You say you're offering change, but it's the same old Tory policies.' The demonstrator was then removed from the room by security. The moment was filmed by LBC's political editor, Natasha Clark

People in Norfolk are being asked for their experiences in accessing NHS non-emergency dental care. Healthwatch Norfolk, which gathers the health and social care experiences of people, has launched a survey to find out more about the challenges that people are facing. The survey will analyse how easy it is to:The survey hopes to find out more on people’s experiences in accessing NHS non-emergency dental care in Norfolk: Picture:iStock► Get dental care for a child► Book an emergency appointment through the 111 service► Get out-of-hours support. Alex Stewart, chief executive of Healthwatch Norfolk, said: “We recognise that there are a number of challenges in providing NHS dental services, and health bosses have said it will take them time to implement a lot of them. Its findings found that none of the practices that were contacted were currently registering new NHS patients, and that 43 per cent of inquiries were from people unable to access NHS dental care – the same figure as the previous year.

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A few questions come to mind here. For instance: why would a 93-year-old man want to wed for a fifth time, especially when he doesn’t have a good track record in the marriage department? And why, when you have $20 billion (R360bn) to your name, would you not be content to enjoy your twilight years and the comforts of your coffers without the pressure of a new relationship? The answer, it seems, is this: tycoon Rupert Murdoch is addicted to love.

As a Black woman in nonprofit management, the terrain beneath me has often felt rough, uncharted. Because while Black women holding formal leadership roles is a development of recent years, Black women have been organizing philanthropy for decades. The Future I Am DreamingLeading as a Black woman can also be a matter of life and death. Society brushes these under the rug that they then ask the same Black women leaders to vacuum. This sector continues to be unforgiving toward Black women leaders.

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Prior to launching Cera, Dr. Maruthappu served as Innovation Advisor to the NHS, co-founding the NHS’s Innovation Accelerator, which brings new technology into the NHS to save and improve patients’ lives. In 2020 he was awarded an MBE for services to health and social care technology. If Cera alone can save the government £1bn per year - imagine what hundreds of innovators across the health tech world could achieve together. “Another urgent focus for the next government is building sustainability into the workforce in health and social care,” said Dr. Maruthappu. Preventative health measures, and investment in technology and innovation, are also expected to feature[11].