Latest California Healthline Stories
Daily Edition for Friday, February 14, 2025
Workers At Bird Flu-Testing Lab Might Go On Strike: Employees at the California Animal Health and Food Safety Lab at the University of California, Davis, a key lab for testing animal disease, are threatening to go on strike. The lab is the only one in the state able to handle the most dangerous cases of avian flu. Read more from Politico. Keep scrolling for more bird flu updates.
Daily Edition for Thursday, February 13, 2025
Fremont Makes It a Crime To Help Homeless Camps: Over fierce objections, Fremont has approved an ordinance that prohibits camping on all public property and allows prosecutors to criminally charge anyone “aiding” or “abetting” a homeless camp. The penalty is a fine of up to $1,000 and up to six months in jail. Read more from Bay Area News Group and CalMatters.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, February 12, 2025
San Francisco Picks New Public Health Director: Daniel Tsai, who ran the Medicaid program under former President Joe Biden, will succeed Grant Colfax as San Francisco’s new public health director. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle. Plus: How the city's mayor is fast-tracking a new behavioral health center.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Flu Deaths Surpass Covid Deaths In California: More people are dying from flu than from covid this winter for the first time since the novel coronavirus started flooding emergency rooms in 2020. At least 561 people have died from flu in California since July 1. Read more from Bay Area News Group.
Daily Edition for Monday, February 10, 2025
NIH Funding Cuts Alarm UC Medical Researchers: Drastic cuts to National Institutes of Health “indirect funds” for medical research has prompted deep concerns at the University of California over how to continue studies into life-saving treatments. Read more from the Los Angeles Times. Scroll down for more on the federal spending cuts.
Daily Edition for Friday, February 7, 2025
California’s Head Start Programs Thrown Into Chaos: Dozens of Head Start programs nationwide — including at least six in California — have experienced delays in accessing government money for payroll and expenses in the week since the Trump administration announced a freeze on federal funding. Read more from the Los Angeles Times. Scroll down for more on the funding freeze.
Daily Edition for Thursday, February 6, 2025
San Diego Biotech Entangled In Tariff War: Gene-sequencing giant Illumina got caught up in the United States’ trade tensions this week as China placed the company on its “unreliable entity list.” Read more from The San Diego Union-Tribune. Keep scrolling for more updates from the Trump administration.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, February 5, 2025
San Francisco Expands New Mayor’s Powers In Fentanyl Crisis: The Board of Supervisors voted 10-1 Tuesday to give Mayor Daniel Lurie greater powers and flexibility to expedite the city’s response to a fentanyl crisis, eliminating competitive bidding requirements for some contracts and allowing him to solicit private donations to quickly add 1,500 shelter beds and hire more public safety and behavioral health specialists. Read more from AP and the San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Officials Want EPA To Monitor Air Quality After LA Wildfires: At a news conference Monday, Pasadena Public Health Director Manuel Carmona, Pasadena Vice Mayor Jess Rivas, and U.S. Reps. Judy Chu, Laura Friedman, and Brad Sherman asked for the creation of a federal EPA task force to regularly monitor air quality in the Los Angeles area. Read more from CBS News Los Angeles.
Daily Edition for Monday, February 3, 2025
Hazardous Fire Debris Brought To Different Neighborhood For Sorting: As crews clean up after the Los Angeles wildfires, some city officials and residents are opposing the designation of Lario Park in Irwindale as a site to process hazardous waste. Read more from AP. Scroll down for more on the wildfires.