Latest California Healthline Stories
Daily Edition for Monday, October 19, 2020
California Submits Vaccine Distribution Plan: California has prepared an unprecedented vaccination campaign against the COVID-19 virus, according to a plan submitted to federal authorities Friday, a major step along the Golden State’s roadmap to protect 40 million residents from the deadly disease. That plan, while not yet made public, specifies who will first get the vaccine, where it will be distributed, and how it will be stored and transported. Read more from the Bay Area News Group.
Daily Edition for Friday, October 16, 2020
Trump Denies California’s Plea For Help: The Trump administration has rejected California’s request for disaster relief funds aimed at cleaning up the damage from six recent fires across the state. The decision came late Wednesday or early Thursday, the governor’s Office of Emergency Services said. It did not provide a reason for the federal government’s denial, but Trump has threatened to withhold federal dollars in aid before, including in 2019 when he said state officials must “get their act together, which is unlikely.” Read more from the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, CNN and CBS.
Daily Edition for Thursday, October 15, 2020
Harris Halts Travel After Two Near Her Test Positive For COVID: Democrat Joe Biden's campaign is halting the travel of his running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris, until Monday after two people — a flight crew member and Harris' communications director, Liz Allen — tested positive for coronavirus. Harris was not in close contact with either person, Biden campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon said in a statement. Harris' planned trip to North Carolina on Thursday was scrapped. Read more from CNN, AP and the Los Angeles Times.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Trump Urges California GOP To Keep Using Unofficial Drop Boxes: President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday to urge the California Republican Party to “fight on” in its move to collect ballots in unofficial “drop boxes’’ around the state, in defiance of legal threats from state officials. Trump’s comments come a day after top California officials sent the state party a cease-and-desist notice. Read more from Politico and the Los Angeles Times.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Voters, Beware: Fake Drop Boxes Are Out There: California’s attorney general and chief elections officer on Monday sent a cease-and-desist letter to Republican Party officials demanding that they immediately stop using private — and possibly illegal — ballot collection containers marked as “official” drop boxes. The real boxes, which are offered in every county, are being used to reduce the spread of COVID-19 during voting. Read more from the Los Angeles Times, Orange County Register, The New York Times and CNN.
Daily Edition for Monday, October 12, 2020
California Eases Restrictions On Outdoor Gatherings: State health officials late Friday released rules allowing social gatherings for the first time since the pandemic began, enabling up to three households to get together outdoors. Participants must stay 6 feet apart and wear masks except while eating or drinking. Events should last no longer than two hours, and singing is "strongly discouraged." Read more from Politico, the Fresno Bee and the Desert Sun.
Daily Edition for Friday, October 9, 2020
Jobless Californians Soon Will Get $300 Checks: Hundreds of thousands of Californians who were out of work at the start of last month will be getting another week of supplemental $300 payments from the federal government, the state’s Employment Development Department said Thursday. The Lost Wages Assistance Program payments to qualified claimants should start going out next week. Read more from the Sacramento Bee.
Daily Edition for Thursday, October 8, 2020
Harris Makes History In Debate: Democratic vice presidential nominee and California Sen. Kamala Harris chastised Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday for his handling of the pandemic, calling it “the greatest failure of any presidential administration in the history of our country.” Harris — the first woman of color to appear at a vice presidential debate — looked into the camera and said, “They knew what was happening and they didn’t tell you. ... They knew and they covered it up.” Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle. See more on the debate below and in KHN’s Morning Briefing.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, October 7, 2020
UC Berkeley Biochemist Shares Nobel Prize For Developing Gene-Editing Tool: The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded Wednesday to UC Berkeley biochemist Jennifer A. Doudna and French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier for their pioneering work on the CRISPR tool for gene editing. Doudna is a professor at UC Berkeley. “I’m in shock,” Doudna said. “My greatest hope is that it’s used … to benefit humankind.” Read more from the Los Angeles Times and Bay Area News Group.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Megachurch Pastor Has COVID After Attending Rose Garden Event: Prominent Riverside pastor Greg Laurie of Harvest Christian Fellowship has tested positive for COVID-19, he announced Monday, the latest person tied to an outbreak at the White House. Laurie, who is in quarantine, says he has experienced fatigue, aches, a fever and a loss of taste. In a video announcing his diagnosis, he urged people not to politicize the virus. “It’s real," he said. Read more from the Los Angeles Times, Politico and The Press-Enterprise.