Latest California Healthline Stories
Daily Edition for Thursday, October 9, 2025
California Is First State To Ban Ultra-Processed Food From School Menus: The new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom includes soda, energy drinks, foods high in sugar or salt, and foods low in nutrients. Schools will be required to begin phasing them out by 2029. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle and the Los Angeles Times.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, October 8, 2025
CSUSB Halts PA Program: California State University, San Bernardino is shutting down its physician assistant studies program — at least for now — after it failed to get accredited. The end of the master's program is a blow to the Inland Empire, a region that's long dealt with doctor shortages. Read more from the Desert Sun.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, October 7, 2025
KP Health Workers Plan Large Strike Next Week: More than 31,000 union nurses and hospital staff across several states, including California, have sent a strike notice to Kaiser Permanente indicating their intent to walk off their jobs with the Oakland-based health care system on Oct. 14. Read more from The Mercury News and Becker’s Hospital Review.
Daily Edition for Monday, October 6, 2025
San Francisco Scientist Part Of Trio That Wins Nobel Prize In Medicine: Fred Ramsdell, Mary E. Brunkow, and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance. Ramsdell, 64, is a scientific adviser for Sonoma Biotherapeutics in San Francisco. Read more from AP.
Daily Edition for Friday, October 3, 2025
San Joaquin Valley Sees West Nile Virus Surge: The San Joaquin Valley has become something of a hot spot for West Nile virus infections, public health officials say. Of at least 56 reported human infections confirmed through late September, almost 80% have occurred among Valley residents. A third Valley fatality was confirmed Thursday in Kings County. Read more from The Intersection.
Daily Edition for Thursday, October 2, 2025
Thieves Steal Supplies From Nonprofit That Feeds Homeless: Project Coffee Cup — a nonprofit that provides hot meals, coffee, and clothing to homeless Southern Californians — is struggling to recover after its supply trailer was ransacked. Read more from the Los Angeles Times. Keep scrolling for more news on the homelessness crisis.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, October 1, 2025
In California, Federal Workers Await Their Fates As Government Comes To A Halt: In California, the impacts of the shutdown and potential firings will be felt by the public that relies on federal programs such as Social Security and the more than 150,000 federal employees who live in the Golden State. “It’s a very bad thing for California,” a National Federation of Federal Employees official said. “It’s probably one of the most negatively affected states in the country.” Read more from The Sacramento Bee, STAT, and Politico.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, September 30, 2025
California Woman Sues Over Denied Abortions: A Northern California woman was twice denied an emergency abortion and sent home after Dignity Health doctors determined her pregnancy wasn’t viable but could not provide the procedure due to Dignity’s religious restrictions, according to a lawsuit filed Friday in San Francisco County Superior Court. In one instance, she developed life-threatening sepsis, the suit said. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily Edition for Monday, September 29, 2025
Palo Verde Hospital Might File For Chapter 9 Bankruptcy: The Palo Verde Healthcare District Board of Directors has voted to authorize a Chapter 9 bankruptcy filing to stabilize financial struggles and preserve services at the hospital in Blythe. Additionally, the Riverside County Local Agency Formation Commission voted Sept. 25 to begin dissolving the district and finding a new successor. Read more from the Desert Sun.
Daily Edition for Friday, September 26, 2025
Scripps Details Hospital Expansion Projects: San Diego-based Scripps Health plans to consolidate its operations in north San Diego, adding a third medical tower to the Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla campus and eventually closing Scripps Green Hospital. The company still plans to build a hospital in San Marcos. Read more from The San Diego Union-Tribune and Becker’s Hospital Review.