Tess Barbach, FNP

I am a family nurse practitioner who was born and raised in Marin and returned to the Bay Area in 2017 after completing my medical training at the University of Vermont. Before joining the Marin Community Clinics Complex Care team, I worked at the Ritter Center, where I served patients experiencing poverty, homelessness, mental health challenges, substance use, and complex trauma. I believe that being healthy means different things to different people, so I put my patients in the driver’s seat of their own care and partner with them to set and accomplish goals that they find meaningful. I strive to empower those under my care to address the barriers that stand in the way of their wellness, acting as a guide and advocate so my patients feel confident making well-informed choices. When I’m not working, I love to garden, make pottery, cook, and hang out with my husband Calvin and our adopted cat and dog, Diane and Tippi.

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Product Recall: Cinnamon & Applesauce

Recall Alert:

The Federal Drug Administration has issued a recall of several ground cinnamon products and applesauce pouches containing cinnamon. These products have been found to contain lead and ongoing use of these products could be unsafe. If you have any of these products in your home, please discard them.

*Click the link for Cinnamon recall information:

https://bit.ly/3U4kolH

**Click the link for Applesauce recall information:

https://bit.ly/3TTO2Js

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Alerta: Retiro de los siguientes productos

La Administración Federal de Medicamentos ha retirado del mercado varios productos de canela molida y bolsas de puré de manzana que contienen canela. Se ha descubierto que estos productos contienen plomo y su uso continuo podría ser peligroso. Si tiene alguno de estos productos en su casa, por favor deséchelo.

*Haz clic en el enlace para más información sobre el retiro de productos de canela:

https://bit.ly/3TG30T4

**Haz clic en el enlace para más información sobre el retiro de puré de manzana:

https://bit.ly/4ahovRc

You have multiple options. You do not need to have insurance or U.S. citizenship.
Call your doctor or urgent care center. If you have insurance, you can call the number on your insurance card to get help with making an appointment.
Find a Test-to-Treat location, which are sites that offer COVID testing and treatment services, near you. To find a site, call the statewide COVID-19 hotline at 833-422-4255.
Make a free phone or video appointment through California’s free telehealth provider and talk to a health care provider the same or next day. Call 833-686-5051 or go to com/covidca.
Some pharmacies, such as CVS and Walgreens, have pharmacists that may be able to give you a prescription for treatment. Call your pharmacy to see if they offer this service.

Call the statewide COVID-19 hotline for questions and help with finding free COVID treatment, at 833-422-4255.

As soon as you have new symptoms such as a runny nose, cough, sore throat or fever, you should immediately test for COVID-19 and ask a doctor about treatment if you are positive.

We have effective tools to take good care of ourselves if we get COVID-19.
COVID-19 treatments are safe, free, widely available, and highly effective at preventing COVID-19 illness from becoming serious.
Benefits
○ Scientific evidence shows that COVID-19 treatments work to prevent serious illness, hospitalization and death from COVID-19 by up to 50-88% (cut the risk in half or more)
○ Early evidence also suggests they may lower the risk of developing long COVID symptoms.
○ Treatments like the Paxlovid pill can also prevent the virus from multiplying in your body and infecting more of your cells, which can help you test negative sooner.
They’re available at no charge, regardless of whether you have insurance or your citizenship status
They are recommended for most adults and some teens.
Treatments must be taken within 5 days of testing positive and when symptoms begin to be effective and work well. Seek treatment while your symptoms are still mild, do not wait for your symptoms to get worse.

So if you start feeling a runny nose, cough, or generally not like yourself, act fast and take a COVID test. And if you test positive, seek treatment right away.

Remember – if you test and treat, you can beat COVID-19!

Tess Barbach, FNP

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