Latest California Healthline Stories
New Study Questions Price Tag On Sanders’ ‘Medicare For All’ Plan
An analysis by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget projects the candidate’s health care plans could add $3 trillion or more to the national debt over the next 10 years.
Supreme Court, On March 23, To Hear Birth Control Case Involving Local Catholic College
Thomas Aquinas College, a Catholic college in Santa Paula, is one of seven religious organizations that oppose the Affordable Care Act’s mandate that employers offer health insurance that covers birth control. The cases were consolidated into one: Zubik v. Burwell.
Glendale Pharmacies Targeted In String Of Break-Ins
The thieves are making off with thousands of dollars’ worth of medications. In other local news, public health officials confirm the death of a San Diego man from the flu, the author of “pH Miracle” is convicted and the Federal Trade Commission fines a Glendale company over its diet supplement claims.
New Biotech Startup Takes Aim At Aging Process
Unity Biotechnology Inc. will initially focus on “local” diseases such as glaucoma. In other news, Peninsula Biotech targets peanut allergies, and Johnson & Johnson joins forces with California’s ViaCyte to work on a diabetes cure.
Soda Tax, Sugar Safety Warnings On Drinks Supported By Most Californians: Poll
Supporters say those moves would help public health, but legislation pushing such measures has failed so far in the Legislature. And in Davis City, council members vote to reject a soda tax ballot initiative.
Grades Are Out For Local Tobacco Control Policies: How Did Your City Rate?
The American Lung Association in California issues its annual report which scores each city on its efforts to combat smoking and tobacco use.
Blood Banks Rejecting Donors Who Have Visited Zika-Affected Areas To Protect Supply
Life Stream, a nonprofit that operates donor centers in San Bernardino, Ontario, Riverside, Victorville and La Quinta, and supplies blood products to more than 80 Southern California hospitals, is following guidance from the American Red Cross to have potential donors who have traveled to afflicted countries wait 28 days before giving blood.
Obama Will Ask For More Than $1 Billion To Combat Opioid Epidemic
The Obama administration said on Tuesday that it would ask Congress to spend an additional $1.1 billion next year to combat a growing epidemic of prescription painkiller and heroin abuse. The proposal focuses on expanding treatment for abuse and providing access to the so-called overdose antidote naloxone.
‘$1B Here We Come’: Congressional Memos Expose Shkreli’s Emails About Price Hikes
Ahead of Thursday’s House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on drug costs, congressional Democrats release documents from former Turing CEO Martin Shkreli and others that reveal how the company planned to maximize profits and control public perception.
House Falls Short On Health Law Veto Override
Tuesday’s near party-line vote to override Obama’s January veto of legislation gutting much of the health law was 241-186, but that fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to reverse a veto. The vote was not expected to be successful, but it provided congressional Republicans more fodder for election-year messaging.