Latest California Healthline Stories
Sewage Facilities Serving As ‘Luxury Hotel’ For Lethal Superbugs
California hospitals send millions of gallons of waste to these plants, but instead of killing the drug-resistant bacteria in that sewage, the facilities become a place for it to thrive. And hospitals are not breaking any laws by doing it — there are no specific regulations on superbugs.
Bill To Expand Paid Family Leave Sent To Gov. Brown
After passage in the Assembly, Gov. Jerry Brown must decide whether to sign the measure that would raise payments to employees. In other news from Sacramento, Assembly member Eduardo Garcia pushes legislation related to expansion of the Desert Healthcare District.
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Obama Announces Health Law Enrollment Hits 20 Million
The president travels to Milwaukee to congratulate the city for winning a contest on insurance enrollment, and he touts the health law’s success in bringing coverage to millions of people.
At Debate, Trump Pressed On Plan To Allow Medicare To Negotiate Drug Prices
The front-runner for the Republican nomination was asked how he would save $300 million by allowing Medicare to negotiate drug costs when the program only spent $78 million on them in 2014. The Washington Post and The Associated Press fact check his claims.
The Bay Area high school wrestler says many contestants will hide their lesions from the herpes virus with Band-Aids and makeup, and that it’s not safe for the California Interscholastic Federation State Championships to go on. However, a CIF official says that, though they will ramp up health precautions for the tournament, there’s no reason to postpone it.
More Zika Cases Confirmed In Bay Area
All of the individuals infected had been traveling in countries where the virus is present.
Adventist Health Names New CFO For Southern California
In his new role, he will be responsible for the financial performance of the area’s hospitals, which account for 40 percent of Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health’s total net revenue and almost half of its physician partners.
BioMarin Reports ‘Promising’ Results In Treatment For Deadly Genetic Disease
The pharmaceutical company said its clinical trial slowed the rate of decline for some patients with Batten disease, which starts with a slowing of speech and seizures and progresses to blindness and immobility. Most children with it die by the time they are 12, and there are currently no treatments for the disease.
Assembly Approves Measure Raising Smoking Age To 21
The tobacco bills, which also include restrictions on electronic cigarettes, will go back to the Senate before heading to Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk.