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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.
Daily Edition for Thursday, September 25, 2025
Farmworkers With Disabilities Win Case Against Carrot Grower: A federal court ruled a San Joaquin Valley carrot company engaged in discriminatory practices against farmworkers with disabilities. The ruling Monday from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California comes out of a long-standing battle between Grimmway Farms and the California Civil Rights Division. The agency filed a lawsuit against the farm in 2021. Read more from KVPR.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Hospital Will Close ED Sooner Than Planned: Willows-based Glenn Medical Center is fast-tracking the planned closure of its emergency department due to staffing shortages, according to a Sept. 22 Facebook post from the hospital. Both the 25-bed hospital and its ED were set to close Oct. 21 after CMS revoked its critical access designation, but the ED will now close on Sept. 30 by 7 p.m. PDT. Read more from Becker’s Hospital Review.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, September 23, 2025
UCLA Wins Back $500M In Medical Research Grants: A federal judge Monday ordered the Trump administration to restore $500 million in UCLA medical research grants, halting for now a nearly two-month funding crisis that UC leaders said threatened the future of the nation’s premier public university system. Read more from the Los Angeles Times. Keep scrolling for more medical research news.