Latest California Healthline Stories
Daily Edition for Friday, June 14, 2024
CalPERS Switches To Blue Shield: The California Public Employees’ Retirement System has named Blue Shield of California as the only health plan in its preferred provider organization. CalPERS’s previous carrier for two decades was Anthem Blue Cross. The retirement system oversees health benefits for more than 1.5 million members. Read more from Fierce Healthcare.
Daily Edition for Thursday, June 13, 2024
US Supreme Court Upholds Access To Abortion Pill: Two years after repealing the constitutional right to abortion that it had declared in 1973, the Supreme Court unanimously voted to preserve women’s access to mifepristone, the pill used in nearly two-thirds of all U.S. abortions, according to a ruling released Thursday. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle and The New York Times.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Doctors, Dentists May Get Raises, Possibly Averting Strike: Unionized doctors and dentists who work at hospitals and other health facilities run by Los Angeles County will get cost-of-living increases and bonuses under tentative agreements with the county, reached after more than two years of bargaining and threats of a strike. Read more from the Los Angeles Times.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Medicaid coverage, abortion telehealth shield law, best diet for you and planet, hospital watch news, covid vaccines, and more.
Daily Edition for Monday, June 10, 2024
Nursing home safety, maternal health, the housing crisis, climate-related disasters, MDMA, toxic stress, covid variants, and more are in the news.
Daily Edition for Friday, June 7, 2024
People’s Park At UC Berkeley Can Be Developed Into Housing, Justices Rule: The California Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for UC Berkeley to build housing for students and unhoused people in historic People’s Park. The park in recent years became a refuge for homeless people and a magnet for drugs, rats, and crime. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, and CalMatters.
Daily Edition for Thursday, June 6, 2024
California Notches Win Against Deadly ‘Ghost Guns’: Three manufacturers of “ghost guns,” the self-built, largely untraceable firearms used in an increasing number of deadly shootings, have agreed to stop making or selling those guns in California and will pay the state $675,000 in civil penalties, officials announced Wednesday. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, June 5, 2024
MDMA Decision A Blow For California’s Lykos Therapeutics: A panel of experts advising the FDA on the use of the psychedelic MDMA for PTSD found on Tuesday that the available evidence fails to show that the drug is effective or that its benefits outweigh its risks. It's a major setback for the drug's sponsor, Lykos Therapeutics. Read more from NPR, Vox, and Politico.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Bird Flu Found In San Francisco Market: Two chickens at a live bird market in San Francisco tested positive for H5N1 avian flu last month, authorities said Monday. State health officials discovered the asymptomatic birds during routine monitoring. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle. Scroll down for more on the bird flu outbreak.
Daily Edition for Monday, June 3, 2024
West Nile Virus Detected In LA County Mosquitoes: Los Angeles County has detected mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus for the first time this year. The mosquitoes were recovered from a trap in the Winnetka neighborhood of the San Fernando Valley, the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District said Saturday. Read more from the Los Angeles Times.