Latest California Healthline Stories
Daily Edition for Friday, January 29, 2021
Covered California Will Reopen Enrollment: Leaders of Covered California have announced they will open a special enrollment period, allowing residents to continue signing up for health insurance coverage, once the annual open enrollment period ends Jan. 31, the agency’s director announced Thursday. Peter Lee said the decision was influenced by President Joe Biden’s executive order opening a special enrollment period in the federal marketplace. Read more from the Sacramento Bee.
Daily Edition for Thursday, January 28, 2021
Blue Shield Will Run California’s New Vaccination Process: State health officials announced Wednesday that Blue Shield will be put in charge of the new vaccine distribution network meant to streamline what has been a chaotic rollout. The transition in oversight will take several weeks. Read more from the San Diego Union-Tribune and Los Angeles Times.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, January 27, 2021
California To Centralize Vaccine Distribution: California announced Tuesday that it has a new, centralized system to deliver shots to residents more quickly than the fractured and localized model they have now. A team will work with providers to send out doses and better track how quickly they get into arms. Read more from the Bay Area News Group.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Stay-At-Home Orders Lifted: Gov. Gavin Newsom abruptly lifted mandatory stay-at-home orders across California on Monday — allowing outdoor dining and other business activities to resume — but experts warned it would not take a lot for the situation to spiral out of control again. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Southern California News Group and The New York Times.
Daily Edition for Monday, January 25, 2021
Statewide Stay-At-Home Orders Could Be Lifted Today: Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected on Monday to lift regional coronavirus stay-at-home orders across California, a change that could allow many restaurants and gyms to reopen. All counties will likely return to the colored tier system. Read more from the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle and CNN.
Daily Edition for Friday, January 22, 2021
Face Mask Could Tell You If You Have Covid: The National Institutes of Health has awarded UC San Diego $1.3 million to develop a small, wearable sensor that monitors your breath and saliva and can tell whether a person has the coronavirus. Read more from the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Daily Edition for Thursday, January 21, 2021
It May Take 5 Months To Vaccinate Elderly, California Says: California recently said people 65 and older were eligible to get coronavirus vaccines. But getting two shots into everyone in that age group could take another four to five months, state health officials said Wednesday. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, January 20, 2021
San Francisco Almost Out Of Covid Vaccines: San Francisco’s public health department will run out of covid-19 vaccine Thursday because the city’s allocation dropped substantially from a week ago and doses that had to be discarded were not replaced, city officials said Tuesday. Read more from the Los Angeles Times and SF Gate.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, January 19, 2021
New Covid Strain Spreading In California: Another coronavirus variant is spreading across California, health officials warned Sunday. The variant, labeled L452R, is different from the B.1.1.7 variant first found in the United Kingdom. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, LA Daily News, Bay Area News Group and The Washington Post.
Daily Edition for Friday, January 15, 2021
1 in 3 LA County Residents Has Had Covid: Nearly a year after it began ravaging the region, coronavirus has infected one in every three Los Angeles County residents, according to the county’s latest estimates. The statistics, released on Wednesday by the county’s Department of Health Services, suggest a spread much wider than even the county’s own confirmed toll. Read more from the LA Daily News and Los Angeles Times.