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Daily Edition for Thursday, September 18, 2025

Newsom Signs Law On Vaccine Scheduling: Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law Wednesday giving California the power to set its own immunization schedules based on state health experts and independent medical groups — a sharp break from decades of reliance on guidance from the federal government. The move came the same day that California and its West Coast allies issued joint recommendations for covid, flu, and RSV vaccines. Read more from the Los Angeles Times, KQED, and CalMatters. Keep scrolling for more vaccine news.

Daily Edition for Tuesday, September 16, 2025

UC President Warns Of The Possibility Of More Research Funding Cuts: The University of California’s top leader warned Monday that the federal government’s $1.2 billion fine and sweeping proposals to remake UCLA are “minor in comparison” to what could hit the entirety of the nation’s premier university system of campuses, hospitals, and clinics. “The federal government is also pursuing investigations and actions in various stages against all 10 UC campuses,” UC President James Milliken said in a Monday letter. Read more from the Los Angeles Times.

Daily Edition for Friday, September 12, 2025

LA County Child Dies Of Measles Complications Years After Illness: A school-age child has died from a rare complication of measles after contracting the disease in infancy, public health officials said. The child, who was not old enough to be vaccinated at the time of infection, died from subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, a fatal progressive brain disorder that strikes roughly 1 in 10,000 people infected with measles in the U.S. Read more from the Los Angeles Times and CNN.

Daily Edition for Thursday, September 11, 2025

Remains Of 9/11 Victim From California Identified: Barbara Keating, 72, was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 11 who split her time between Palm Springs and Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Her remains and those of two other victims were identified last month through DNA analysis. After 24 years, 1,100 victims at the World Trade Center site still have not had their remains identified — but forensics experts haven't given up. Read more from CNN, the Palm Springs Post, and NPR.

Daily Edition for Monday, September 8, 2025

California Counties Feel Sting Of Funding Cuts: Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia doesn’t see a way around the most vulnerable residents in his community soon facing longer wait times for food assistance and medical care under President Donald Trump’s budget cuts. “In reality, we would have to use property tax dollars to back-fill federal losses, and we don’t have any available,” he said. It’s a dilemma facing counties across the state. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle.