Latest California Healthline Stories
Daily Edition for Monday, March 1, 2021
For Many Teachers, The Big Day Arrives: Teachers and workers in child care, emergency services and food and agriculture are eligible to receive covid shots in Los Angeles County starting Monday, though officials warn there is a limited supply. Over the weekend, hundreds of San Diego teachers flocked to locations throughout the county to take advantage of their newly eligible status, which kicked in Saturday. Read more from the Los Angeles Times and San Diego Union-Tribune.
Daily Edition for Friday, February 26, 2021
State Gives More Details On Teacher Vaccinations: California public health officials offered details Thursday on the vaccination effort for K-12 employees, with the priority being teachers and employees already working on-site at schools and those who serve students in disadvantaged communities. Read more from the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, AP and Politico.
Daily Edition for Thursday, February 25, 2021
50,000 Dead From Covid In California: The state has become the first to surpass 50,000 covid-19 deaths, a tally that came as Los Angeles County reported a backlog of more than 800 deaths over the autumn-and-winter surge. Read more from the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, AP and NBC.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, February 24, 2021
As Covid Cases Fall, Five Counties Move To New Tiers: California public health officials promoted five counties into looser, red-tier covid-19 restrictions Tuesday. Yolo, Humboldt, Marin, San Mateo and Shasta counties changed status. Read more from the Sacramento Bee, Los Angeles Times and Bay Area News Group.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, February 23, 2021
California Variant Is Pervasive And Dangerous, Scientists Say: A coronavirus variant that became the dominant strain in California not only spreads more readily than its predecessors, it also evades antibodies generated by covid vaccines or prior infection and is associated with severe illness and death, researchers said. Read more from the Los Angeles Times, Bay Area News Group and San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily Edition for Monday, February 22, 2021
‘We’re Not Doing Enough’ To Distribute Vaccine Equitably, Newsom Says: Gov. Gavin Newsom acknowledged Sunday that state and local health officials have stumbled in distributing the covid-19 vaccine equitably among Latino and Black communities in California. Speaking at a mobile vaccination clinic in Inglewood, Newsom said the state needs to “do more and do better." Read more from the Los Angeles Times.
Daily Edition for Friday, February 19, 2021
Newsom Blasts Plan To Reopen Schools: After weeks of tense negotiations, California’s legislative leaders agreed Thursday on a $6.5 billion proposal aimed at getting students back in classrooms this spring. But the plan does not have the blessing of Gov. Gavin Newsom. Read more from AP, the Los Angeles Times, KQED and CalMatters.
Daily Edition for Thursday, February 18, 2021
California To Provide $600 Covid-Relief Checks: Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that low-income Californians will receive a $600 state stimulus payment to help them weather financial hardships during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more from the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle and AP.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, February 17, 2021
More Covid Shots Coming: The White House on Tuesday announced a 23% leap in the nation’s allocations of vaccine doses, bringing the total to about 13.5 million a week. California will receive about 23% more first doses next week than this week, according to Tuesday allocation updates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read more from the Sacramento Bee.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, February 16, 2021
L.A. Elementary Schools Cleared To Reopen: Los Angeles County elementary school campuses are cleared to fully reopen for the first time in nearly a year because of dropping coronavirus rates, health officials confirmed Monday night. However, Los Angeles Unified School District said its campuses would not reopen until all staff was vaccinated. Read more from the Los Angeles Times, CBS LA, CNN and KTLA.