Latest California Healthline Stories
Daily Edition for Monday, July 15, 2019
Good morning! A look at who is utilizing California’s aid-in-dying law reveals a large racial gap that experts attribute to both issues with medical access and philosophical differences in what’s considered suicide. Read more on that below, but first, here are your top California health stories for the day.
Daily Edition for Friday, July 12, 2019
Good morning! While announcing a plan to address rape kit backlogs, 2020 hopeful Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) touted her success in California. When she was California’s attorney general, her Rapid DNA Service team said it cleared all 1,300 untested rape kits in the state’s backlog in one year and earned national recognition and grants for its efforts. More on that below, but first here are some of your other top California health stories for the day.
Daily Edition for Thursday, July 11, 2019
Good morning! Here are your top California health stories for the day.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Good morning! San Francisco homelessness numbers have skyrocketed 30 percent since 2017, new more precise data show. The increase is a small snapshot of the crisis that local and state officials have been trying to address. More on that below, but first here are some of your other top California health stories.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Good morning! An appeals court in New Orleans will hear oral arguments about the constitutionality of the health law in a case that’s being defended by Democratic attorneys general including California’s Xavier Becerra. Read more on the case below, but first here are your top California health stories for the day.
Daily Edition for Monday, July 8, 2019
Good morning! On Tuesday, Democratic AGs in part led by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra will help defend the constitutionality of the health law in oral arguments in front of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. More on that below, but first here are your top California health stories.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, July 3, 2019
Good morning! A quick programming note: The Daily Edition will not be published July 4-5. Look for us again in your inboxes on July 8. And have happy holiday! Now here are your top California health stories for the day.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, July 2, 2019
Good morning! California Attorney General Xavier Beccera, along with other Democratic AGs, has filed a lawsuit against the federal government over claims the EPA has not effectively regulated asbestos. More on that below, but first here are your other top California health stories of the day.
Daily Edition for Monday, July 1, 2019
Good morning! The high-profile criminal trial for former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has been set to take place next summer with the jury selection beginning the week of July 28, 2020. More on that below, but first here are some of your top California health stories.
Daily Edition for Friday, June 28, 2019
Good morning! California Sen. Kamala Harris had a breakout performance in the second night of the 2020 Democratic debates. Harris was one of two candidates on stage who wanted to get rid of the private insurance industry, and was joined by all her rival candidates in supporting universal health care for residents regardless of immigration status. More on the debates, and other news, below. But first here are your top California health stories of the day.