Latest California Healthline Stories
Daily Edition for Monday, July 29, 2024
Bay Area Resident Dies Of West Nile Virus, The First Time Since 2006: A Bay Area county has reported its first mosquito-related death in nearly two decades. Contra Costa County officials announced Saturday that a resident succumbed to a West Nile virus infection this month. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle and CNN.
Daily Edition for Friday, July 26, 2024
Governor Issues Executive Order For Removal Of Homeless Encampments: Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered state officials to dismantle thousands of homeless encampments. The move comes on the heels of a recent Supreme Court decision that gave local and state governments more latitude to remove people from their streets. Read more from the Palm Springs Desert Sun, Los Angeles Times, and The Sacramento Bee.
Daily Edition for Thursday, July 25, 2024
Covered California Premiums Are Going Up: Premiums for health insurance sold through the state’s marketplace will increase by nearly 8% in 2025, Covered California officials announced Wednesday. That’s a smaller increase than this year’s 10% hike, which was the biggest jump in Covered California insurance costs since 2018. Read more from CalMatters.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Homeless Camp Cleanups Have No Long-Term Effect, Study Finds: Within a month or two, the number of homeless residents went back up to the former level, a study by Rand Corp. has found. Read more from the Los Angeles Times. Scroll down for more on the housing crisis.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Newsom Signs Anti-Sex-Harassment Laws: A year after a scathing report revealed widespread mishandling of sexual misconduct claims at San Jose State and across the California State University system, two new laws will require stronger sexual harassment policies at its 23 campuses. Read more from Bay Area News Group and CalMatters.
Daily Edition for Monday, July 22, 2024
What Are Harris’ Health Care Priorities? By far, Vice President Kamala Harris’ strongest health care issue, if the party backs her at the August convention, will be advocating for reproductive rights. Also at the top of her agenda: Medicare for All. Read more from Stat and Politico. Plus, how Harris' record in California might play into a potential presidency.
Daily Edition for Friday, July 19, 2024
Homeless crackdown, hospital watch, water safety, dementia care, cancer research, covid, weight loss, and more are in the news.
Daily Edition for Thursday, July 18, 2024
Opioids, long covid, bird flu, medical debt, heat safety, noise pollution, mental health, housing issues, and more are in the news.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Treating the homeless, hospital equity, mental health, extreme heat, long covid, transgender health, and more are in today’s news.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Disclosure rules, overdose deaths, door-to-door health teams, teen mental health, covid summer cases, bird flu, and more are in the news.