Latest California Healthline Stories
Daily Edition for Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Stanford Medicine Halts Gender-Affirming Surgeries For Those Younger Than 19: Stanford Medicine has stopped providing gender-affirming surgeries for patients under 19 — becoming the second major health care provider in California to scale back transgender care for youths amid efforts by the Trump administration to restrict access to the specialized care. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle, Bay Area News Group, and Los Angeles Times.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Lawmakers Want To Know Why Covered California Shared Data With LinkedIn: Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives are questioning why California’s state health insurance exchange shared sensitive health data with LinkedIn. An investigation by The Markup and CalMatters showed through forensic testing how the exchange, Covered California, used trackers that told LinkedIn when visitors entered details like whether they were blind, pregnant, or used a high number of prescription medications into the website coveredca.com. Read more from CalMatters.
Daily Edition for Monday, June 23, 2025
Measles Cases in California Surpass Total For All Of 2024: This month, the number of measles cases reported in California so far in 2025 jumped above the total for all of 2024. There have been 16 measles cases reported in the Golden State so far this year, compared to 15 total last year and just four the year before. Read more from Bay Area News Group.
Daily Edition for Friday, June 20, 2025
Aid Agencies Sound Alarm On Lost Funding: Local aid organizations declared a state of emergency this week for San Diego’s low-income communities after the Trump administration cut more than $80 million in funding for nonprofits to provide critical resources. San Diegans are losing housing, food, health care, and other necessities, as nonprofits can’t afford to provide key services. Read more from Times of San Diego.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, June 18, 2025
5-Day Strike Will Shutter Most Of Children’s Hospital Oakland: Health care workers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland plan to begin a five-day strike today over what they say are cuts in take-home pay under new union contracts slated to take effect in July. The hospital system’s outpatient locations — in Walnut Creek, San Ramon, Brentwood, and Emeryville — will largely be closed to in-person activities such as appointments and procedures. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, June 17, 2025
States Agree To New $7.4 Billion Purdue Pharma Opioid Settlement: California will receive up to $440 million to fund addiction treatment and other services under a nationwide settlement agreement announced Monday with Purdue Pharma, the company responsible for inventing, manufacturing and marketing the highly addictive opioid OxyContin. Read more from KQED.
Daily Edition for Monday, June 16, 2025
Wojcicki's Nonprofit Wins Bidding War To Buy Most Of 23andMe Assets: A nonprofit controlled by Anne Wojcicki, former chief executive of San Francisco-based 23andMe, has won the bidding process to buy the bankrupt genetic testing company. Read more from the Los Angeles Times.
Daily Edition for Friday, June 13, 2025
Hospital To Shutter Transyouth Health Center: Citing “external pressure” — the Trump administration is attempting to block gender-affirming care for youth — Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has announced that it will close its Center for Transyouth Health and Development on July 22. Read more from LAist.
Daily Edition for Thursday, June 12, 2025
Blue Shield-UC Health Contract Dispute Could Spell Trouble For Thousands Of Patients: Many Californians who get medical care at UC Health through Blue Shield of California — including many in the Bay Area who go to UCSF and One Medical, a UCSF affiliate — may need to find a different health insurer or pay out-of-network rates for services if the parties cannot reach a new contract by July 10. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, June 11, 2025
‘Less Lethal’ Weapons Reportedly Used In Protests Could Prove Costly For Los Angeles: There are reports that the LAPD is using rubber bullets against protesters, but it could end up costing the city: In March 2023, a federal jury awarded $375,000 to a man shot in the face with a rubber bullet by an LAPD officer during a May 2020 protest. Read more from Newsweek. Plus: WIRED explains how rubber bullets and tear gas affect the human body.