Latest California Healthline Stories
Daily Edition for Monday, January 6, 2025
Independent Pharmacy Will Open Jan. 13 In Santa Rosa: A new, independently owned pharmacy, Santa Rosa Pharmacy, is coming to the downtown area, aimed at filling the need not just for prescriptions but also for personalized community care. Previously, Tuttle’s Pharmacy served the area for nearly eight decades before selling its two locations to Rite Aid in early 2024. Read more from The Press Democrat.
Daily Edition for Friday, January 3, 2025
Ultra-processed foods, alcohol cancer risks, bird flu, the housing crisis, Tricare, psychedelics, weight loss drugs, and more.
Daily Edition for Thursday, January 2, 2025
Drug Overdose Deaths Plummet In 2024: After surging during the covid pandemic into a crushing public health emergency, San Francisco recorded 586 fatal overdoses in the first 11 months of 2024. That represents a nearly 23% decrease, or 174 fewer deaths, compared with the first 11 months of 2023. In total, 810 people died from drug overdoses in 2023, the highest number in city records. Read more from the Los Angeles Times.
Daily Edition for Friday, December 20, 2024
Bird flu outbreak, raw milk recall, mental health, shutdown countdown, vaccines, health cost transparency, and more.
Daily Edition for Thursday, December 19, 2024
State Of Emergency Issued Over Bird Flu: Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Wednesday as the H5N1 bird flu virus moved from the Central Valley to Southern California dairy herds. The declaration will allow for a more streamlined approach among state and local agencies to tackle the virus. Read more from the Los Angeles Times, LAist, and The Orange County Register.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Sutter Health Announces $800M Plan For Medical Campuses: Sutter Health has unveiled plans to transform several empty office buildings in Santa Clara into two huge medical campuses that would create a health care destination in Silicon Valley. Read more from Bay Area News Group.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, December 17, 2024
LA County Launches Medical Debt Relief Program: Millions of dollars of medical debt could be erased within the next several months for some residents in LA County, thanks to a new program. Unlike previous debt relief programs, Angelenos are unable to apply directly. Read more from NBC 4 Los Angeles, CBS Los Angeles, and LAist.
Daily Edition for Monday, December 16, 2024
2 More Californians Have Bird Flu: Two human cases of H5N1 avian flu have been confirmed in San Joaquin County, health officials reported Friday. The cases occurred in farmworkers with known exposure to infected animals. There are now 34 confirmed human cases in California. Read more from The Sacramento Bee. Scroll down for more bird flu news.
Daily Edition for Friday, December 13, 2024
More Than A Dozen California Democrats Voted For Anti-Trans Provision: Thirteen California Democrats voted to pass legislation that included a GOP provision to ban gender-affirming care for minors. Many of them said the defense bill was too important to vote against but that they opposed the piece targeting care for transgender youth. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily Edition for Thursday, December 12, 2024
Marin County Child Tests Negative For Bird Flu: Bird flu was not likely what sickened a California child after drinking raw milk, according to initial tests by the CDC, a source close to the investigation said Wednesday. Read more from CBS News. Scroll down for more bird flu updates.