Latest California Healthline Stories
California Food Banks Brace For Increased Demand As Shutdown Continues
“There have been a lot of phone calls, a lot of meetings about … how we’re going to absorb more people,” said Mark Seelig, a spokesman for the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank.
Kaiser Permanente To Purchase Apartment Building As Part Of Aggressive Efforts To Help Homeless
“The idea that someone would have to go to bed on the streets of America as their home is unacceptable,” Kaiser CEO Bernard Tyson said at a news conference in Oakland City Hall.
Some Experts Skeptical That Newsom’s Ambitious Drug Pricing Plan Will Significantly Reduce Spending
Gov. Gavin Newson’s plan involves allowing for negotiations with Medi-Cal, but experts say California might not wield enough leverage to make a difference.
FDA Brings In Furloughed Workers To Resume Safety Inspections For High-Risk Foods
The inspections, which have been halted because of the government shutdown, will focus on risky items like cheeses, produce and infant formula. The FDA oversees about 80 percent of the nation’s food supply. Meanwhile, the shutdown could derail the timetable for some highly anticipated drugs.
House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings sent letters to drugmakers requesting detailed information about their pricing practices, focusing on drugs that are the costliest to Medicare Part D as well as drugs that have had the largest increases over a five-year period. The move is just the latest in a flurry of legislation and congressional action taken on the topic of high drug prices this year.
The decision came a day after a separate judge in California blocked the rules for a handful of states and D.C. Pennsylvania and New Jersey had challenged the exemptions by arguing that the burden would fall to the states to provide contraception to women who lost coverage. “The states’ harm is not merely speculative; it is actual and imminent,” U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone wrote.
As Temperatures Dip, Fremont’s Warming Center For The Homeless Announces It Will Stay Open Nightly
“The winter is miserable for homeless people in general. The temperatures are cold, the weather is miserable, the ground gets wet, and we just have a lot of people sleeping all over the place,” said Suzanne Shenfil, the city’s director of human services.
One Dead, More Than A Dozen Hospitalized In Mass Drug Overdose In California
Chico Fire Department Division Chief Jesse Alexander told the station it was the largest mass casualty incident he had seen in years.
Newsom’s Budget Would Allocate Money Toward Helping Identify Childhood Trauma Victims
Experts in the field of childhood trauma say that screening for adverse experiences early can change the course of these children’s development. Childhood trauma has been shown to affect a person’s health throughout their lives.
Deadline Is Today To Sign Up For Health Plans Through Covered California
Covered California Executive Director Peter V. Lee, who was in Los Angeles Monday to promote open enrollment, also said time is of the essence. “The clock is ticking for consumers who need quality health care coverage because this year’s deadline is earlier than it has been in the past.”