Latest California Healthline Stories
California Search-and-Rescue Workers, Volunteers Head to New York
In the wake of yesterday’s terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., about 200 specially trained search-and-rescue workers from Los Angeles, Riverside and Sacramento flew from California to New York City yesterday, and 100 more in Oakland and Menlo Park “stood by” for another flight, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Hospitals Treat Host of Injured After Terrorist Attacks
New York doctors and hospitals yesterday “scrambled” to treat thousands of “burned, broken and crushed” patients after the attack on the World Trade Center, which collapsed yesterday after two airliners crashed into the twin towers, the Baltimore Sun reports.
Democrats Criticize Davis, Zingale for Opposing Bills Backed by Physicians
Gov. Gray Davis (D) has drawn the ire of fellow Democrats in the Legislature by “joining” the managed care industry in opposing several bills favored by physicians, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Psychologists Talk of Emotional ‘Scars’
The American Red Cross will respond to the psychological impact of yesterday’s terrorist attacks by “mobilizing mental health experts to help not only the families of victims, but everyone who was rattled by the attacks,” USA Today reports.
HHS Activates Disaster Teams for the First Time
The nation’s health workers mobilized an “unprecedented” effort to respond to the thousands of injuries resulting from yesterday’s attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., the Wall Street Journal reports.
Blood Supply ‘Adequate’ in NY as Thousands Donate
Both the American Red Cross and America’s Blood Centers said that blood supplies were “adequate to meet the immediate demand” in the wake of yesterday’s attacks in New York and Washington, D.C. as thousands of Americans across the country “line[d] up” to donate blood, USA Today reports.
Wisconsin Medical College, Colorado Software Company Develop Online Informed Consent Program
The Medical College of Wisconsin and PrivaComp, a Colorado software company, have developed a program that will allow patients to give informed consent for medical procedures online, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
CDC Funds Some ‘Provocative’ HIV Prevention Programs, Activists Say
Lawmakers and some AIDS activists are “upset” that the CDC is funding some “sexually provocative” AIDS prevention programs, possibly in violation of federal guidelines, the AP/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
PacifiCare to ‘Radically’ Change Business Model
With PacifiCare Health Systems’ profits down and the insurer — with a large Medicare membership — “heavily dependent” on reimbursements set by lawmakers and regulators, the Los Angeles Times reports that the company has been “forced” to “radically” change its business model.
CDC Report Finds Rural Residents Lack Health Care
An annual CDC “snapshot of the nation’s health” released today found that Americans living in rural areas often smoke more, lose more teeth as they age and die earlier than suburban and many urban residents, the AP/Nando Times reports.