Latest California Healthline Stories
Sutter Opens New Center In Sacramento To Expand Capacity For Senior Care
“We expect to serve about 1,000 with the new facility,” Phil Chuang, vice president of strategy for Sutter, tells the Sacramento Bee. In other industry news: Pfizer’s hospital-drug problems and how immigration impacts the doctor shortage.
Transgender Activists Say Possible Rule Change By Trump Administration Is ‘Cruel Attack’
Many say they are hurt that the White House is reported to be considering revising rules to apply a strict definition of sex based on people’s genitals at birth.
San Diego Health Officials Say Hepatitis A Outbreak Among Homeless Is Over
The nearly two-year outbreak killed 20, sickened nearly 600 and spurred a complete re-think of how the region handles homelessness. In Los Angeles, officials declare a shelter disaster so the county is eligible for new state funding for homeless programs.
What Will It Mean For Pharma If Pelosi-Led Democrats Take The House?
The pharmaceutical industry is bracing for what may come if Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) takes over leadership. “Democrats have made real action to lower prescription drug prices central” to the party’s campaign strategy. “It will be one of our first legislative priorities in the majority,” she tells Stat. And more news is reported on California’s propositions 4 and 1.
Medi-Cal Paid $4 Billion For People Who Were Possibly Ineligible, Audit Finds
County workers are supposed to determine if someone is eligible for health coverage under California’s Medicaid program, and then send that information to the state. But the records don’t always match up.
Public Health Roundup: California Heat Waves Killed At Least 14, Hospitalized Hundreds Last Summer
A team of KQED reporters and producers investigate the levels of heat Californians experienced in their homes. In Santa Ana, efforts to house the homeless pick up.
Calls For Medical Paper Retractions Prompt NIH To Pause Experimental Stem Cell Treatment Trial
Fallout from questions raised about the research and journal publications from the lab of Dr. Piero Anversa, a controversial stem cell researcher, leads a federal agency to temporarily halt a clinical trial studying a stem cell therapy for heart failure patients. Also in the news are several reports about drug trials.
An insurer that covers 160,000 Utah public employees and their families offers plane tickets to San Diego, transport to Tijuana and a $500 cash payout to patients who need expensive medicines for certain diseases like multiple sclerosis, cancer and autoimmune disorders. In other drug pricing news, the American Medical Association encourages the FTC to monitor spiking insulin costs.
Discrimination Can Affect Young Children’s Mental Health, Behavior
Children who reported discrimination and had a low sense of ethnic or racial identity were at high risk for anxiety, depression and other mental health and behavior problems, researchers found. Elsewhere, the Wounded Warrior Project is expanding its mental health services for veterans.
San Diego State University Receives $20M Grant From NIH To Study Human Health
SDSU says it will use the money in part to support SDSU is looking to support campus researchers studying how weight can influence the development of ovarian cancer and to partner with other San Diego-area health agencies.