Latest California Healthline Stories
Daily Edition for Monday, May 24, 2021
Monday’s top California health news covers opioid overdoses, social distancing, covid cases, vaccine rules and rates, a baby busy and more.
Daily Edition for Friday, May 21, 2021
Friday’s top health news in California covers workplace pandemic rules, health bills, covid tiers, vaccine rates, masks, drought and more.
Daily Edition for Thursday, May 20, 2021
Thursday’s top California health news covers Newsom’s budget, masks in offices, vaccination rates, boosters, school air quality and more.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Wednesday’s summaries of top California health news covers pandemic tiers, masking, safety-net hospitals, vaccine rates, schools and more.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Vaccinated Californians Must Wear Masks Until June 15: California has announced that the state will not lift its mask mandate for vaccinated residents until June 15. State Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly said the delay is not due to California disagreeing with the new CDC recommendations but rather an effort to give people “time to prepare." Read more from The Sacramento Bee, Los Angeles Times, CapRadio and the San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily Edition for Monday, May 17, 2021
Nurses Criticize CDC's New Mask Rules: The largest union of registered nurses in California is asking state officials not to follow new CDC guidance on masks. The California Nurses Association called it “a big blow to the safety and welfare of the nurses, front line workers, as well as the patients,” CNA president Zenei Triunfo-Cortez said Sunday. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle and ABC7 News. Continued coverage, below.
Daily Edition for Friday, May 14, 2021
Do You Still Have To Wear A Mask In California? In a momentous turn in the fight against covid-19, federal officials are significantly easing mask guidelines. But officials in Los Angeles are asking people to keep wearing masks until the county and state can review the recommendations. Meanwhile in San Diego County, there was confusion Thursday as some people shed their masks despite the state mandate. Read more from the Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle and Bay Area News Group. Continued coverage, below.
Daily Edition for Thursday, May 13, 2021
Mask Mandate Might End June 15: Gov. Gavin Newsom suggested in a TV interview Tuesday that California will do away with its mask mandate in favor of “recommendations” around June 15. However, near the end of a Wednesday news conference in Monterey County, Newsom appeared to walk back some of those remarks. Read more from The Sacramento Bee, Bay Area News Group, San Francisco Chronicle and San Diego Union-Tribune.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Newsom Unveils $12B Plan To Fight Homelessness: In what was lauded as the single biggest investment any state has ever made to address homelessness, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday announced a $12 billion proposal to create affordable housing, increase mental health services and fund other programs to get people off the street. Read more from the San Diego Union-Tribune, The Mercury News and AP.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Tuesday’s roundup of California health news covers schools, shots for teens, vaccine demand, covid cases, relief checks, housing and more.