Latest California Healthline Stories
Daily Edition for Wednesday, August 4, 2021
California Vaccinations Tick Up: In the face of the highly transmissible delta variant, more Californians are getting the covid shot, the Los Angeles Times reports. Also driving the increase is the growing list of big employers -- including Kaiser Permanente, Facebook, Tyson Foods and Microsoft -- who are telling their workers that they must get vaccinated. Meanwhile, local governments are also weighing new mandates: Los Angeles is considering one for county employees; and San Francisco officials could require businesses to check for proof of vaccinations for indoor service like New York just announced.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Masks Now Required Indoors In 7 Bay Area Counties: Starting today, residents of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo, San Francisco, Santa Clara and Sonoma counties must wear masks indoors in public spaces, regardless of vaccination status. The news prompted relief, confusion and anger. Read more from the Bay Area News Group, San Francisco Chronicle and Los Angeles Times.
Daily Edition for Monday, August 2, 2021
Delta Variant Hits Vaccinated Staffers At San Francisco Hospitals: At least 233 staff members at two major San Francisco hospitals, most of them fully vaccinated, tested positive for the coronavirus this month, and most, according to a hospital official, involved the highly contagious delta variant. Read more from The New York Times and San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily Edition for Friday, July 30, 2021
Vaccinations Slowly Ticking Up In California: The speed of new covid-19 vaccinations is increasing in nearly every part of California, and some of the biggest boosts are coming in counties with low cumulative vaccination rates or where the delta variant’s recent surge has hit hardest. Read more from The Sacramento Bee and Los Angeles Times.
Daily Edition for Thursday, July 29, 2021
Agreeing With CDC, California Again Urges Everyone To Wear Masks Indoors: In a major change, California public health officials on Wednesday recommended universal masking for state residents in all public indoor settings, regardless of vaccination status, following similar CDC guidance issued a day earlier. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle, Sacramento Bee, Los Angeles Times and CapRadio.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, July 28, 2021
96% Of Californians Should Again Wear Masks Indoors: Nearly all vaccinated Californians should return to wearing masks indoors under new CDC guidelines issued Tuesday. The new guidelines apply to regions with “high or substantial” transmission rates, which includes 45 of California’s 58 counties and about 96% of its nearly 40 million people. Read more from CalMatters. Comprehensive coverage continues below.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Health Care Workers Must Get The Covid Shot: California Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced that health care workers and state employees must be vaccinated or undergo weekly testing and wear masks. Employees of hospitals, nursing homes, dentists’ and doctors’ offices and other health care settings will have to comply by Aug. 23. In addition, all employees of state agencies will be subjected to a verification process that will be mostly in place by Aug. 2. Read more from CalMatters. Comprehensive coverage of the vaccine mandate continues below.
Daily Edition for Monday, July 26, 2021
In Bay Area, Sense Of Dread Rises Along With Covid Cases: The Bay Area appears to be hurtling into a fourth surge, and across the region — which has some of the highest vaccination rates in the world — there’s a collective sense of frustration and despondency. People are asking: How can this be happening again? Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle. In related news, Marin County announced its first covid fatality in more than two months. Read more from Bay City News/KRON4.
Daily Edition for Friday, July 23, 2021
Newsom Sued Over Masks In Schools: Two parent advocacy organizations announced Thursday afternoon that they are suing California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state’s top health officials over the statewide mandate that children wear masks to school regardless of their vaccination status. Read more from The Sacramento Bee and Bay Area News Group.
Daily Edition for Thursday, July 22, 2021
Covid Swamps L.A. County: Los Angeles County reported its largest single-day total of new coronavirus cases in months as the region races to wrap its arms around a new surge of the virus. Public health officials reported 2,551 new infections Wednesday — the highest since early March. Read more from the Los Angles Times and MediaNews.