Latest California Healthline Stories
Daily Edition for Friday, February 12, 2021
California Variant Has Gone Global: The coronavirus variant first seen in Los Angeles in July now accounts for about 44% of new infections in Southern California and more than a third of new infections throughout the state, researchers reported Thursday. In addition, the variant has spread across the U.S. and to six other countries. Read more from the Los Angeles Times.
Daily Edition for Thursday, February 11, 2021
First Cases Of B.1.351 Variant Identified In Bay Area: Two cases of a coronavirus variant first found in South Africa have been identified in Alameda and Santa Clara counties, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday. They are the first two cases of the B.1.351 variant in California. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle, San Diego Union-Tribune and Bay Area News Group.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, February 10, 2021
A Grim Covid Tally: California, the most populous state, was poised to surpass New York as the state with the most coronavirus deaths. The Golden State hit 44,974 coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, closing in on New York’s 45,140 deaths. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, February 9, 2021
B.1.1.7 Variant Spreading In California: State officials are expressing growing concern about the transmission of the U.K. variant, which has been identified in San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Alameda, San Mateo and Yolo counties. “Our progress can easily be undone,” L.A. County Supervisor Hilda Solis said. Read more from the Los Angeles Times, Orange County Register and Sacramento Bee.
Daily Edition for Monday, February 8, 2021
US Supreme Court Strikes Down California Ban On Indoor Church Services: Some California churches reopened their doors for services Sunday after the Supreme Court ruled last week that the state’s orders prohibiting indoor services during the pandemic appeared to violate the Constitution. But the court said that the state, for now, can keep in place indoor restrictions on singing and chanting. Read more from the Los Angeles Times, AP and NPR.
Daily Edition for Friday, February 5, 2021
In Letter, Health Care Experts Say Schools Must Reopen: About 200 health care professionals throughout Los Angeles County have joined a growing chorus of voices calling for schools to reopen. The pediatricians, internists, neurologists, psychologists and more said the nearly yearlong school closures have led to social isolation that has taken a toll on the mental health of children. Read more from the Southern California News Group.
Daily Edition for Thursday, February 4, 2021
California’s Vaccine Priority List Might Change Again: California is again looking to tweak who gets the covid vaccine, this time by putting those with a disability or medical condition next in line after older residents and some essential workers, according to a proposal by a key state panel. Read more from the Sacramento Bee.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, February 3, 2021
A Big Win For Nurses: Nurses are cheering California’s decision to end emergency waivers to hospitals and nursing homes, which have allowed the institutions to require nurses to care for more patients than state law allows at any one time. Now, state public health officials say the nursing shortage is over, and the emergency waivers are no longer needed. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle and Modern Healthcare.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Rushed Prison Transfers To Prevent Covid Were ‘Deeply Flawed,’ Report Says: California prison officials and medical staff sparked a “public health disaster” with their botched handling of prisoner transfers to San Quentin and Corcoran state prisons last year, the state’s Office of Inspector General said in a blistering report Monday. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle, Sacramento Bee, Los Angeles Times and AP.
Daily Edition for Monday, February 1, 2021
Protesters Disrupt Vaccinations At Dodger Stadium: Anti-vaccine protesters briefly forced officials to close the covid vaccination site at Dodger Stadium on Saturday as hundreds of people waited in their cars to receive doses, Los Angeles Fire Department officials said. Read more from the Southern California News Group, Los Angeles Times and NBC.