California Department of Veterans Affairs Steps In After Legionnaires’ Case Reported At VA Home
No one else has at the at the Veterans Home of California in Fresno has tested positive for the disease but officials are taking precautions as they investigate.
Fresno Bee:
Legionnaires' Disease At Fresno VA Home
A resident at the Veterans Home of California – Fresno has tested positive for Legionnaires’ disease and is being treated at the Fresno VA hospital. The veteran tested positive for the respiratory disease Wednesday, said June Iljana, deputy secretary for communication at the California Department of Veterans Affairs. No one else at the 300-bed long-term care facility in southwest Fresno has tested positive for the disease, Iljana said. The home opened in October 2013. (Anderson, 1/4)
In other health care news from across the state —
Oakland Tribune:
Lawsuit Claims Pregnant Inmates Coerced To Abort
A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of six current and former female inmates at the Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County claims that pregnant inmates were coerced into abortions and inhumanely treated. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court for California’s northern district, claims that female inmates had miscarriages while in custody and one gave birth in solitary confinement by herself, according to attorney Yolanda Huang. (Ruggiero, 1/4)
KPBS:
More Than 70 Homeless Children Moving Into San Diego's Third Bridge Shelter
Dozens of homeless families have started settling into a large industrial tent located behind Father Joe’s Villages in San Diego’s East Village. It’s the third tent the city has opened over the past several weeks. (Murphy, 1/4)