Latest California Healthline Stories
Daily Edition for Friday, May 17, 2024
Fate of single-payer, psychedelics, and other health policy bills; marijuana; AI diagnostic use; bird flu; and more are in today’s news.
Daily Edition for Thursday, May 16, 2024
“Less-lethal” projectiles used at UCLA, health worker minimum wage, air safety, homeless rates, covid, and more are in today’s news.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Safety in extreme heat, mental health beds, measles, bird flu, drug overdoses, weight loss meds, Medicare Advantage, and more are in the news.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Newsom’s budget plan, Medi-Cal makeover, UCLA protest, covid deaths at San Quentin, mental health beds, weight loss, and more are in the news.
Daily Edition for Monday, May 13, 2024
Newsom’s budget blueprint, covid “super-dodgers,” bird flu containment, housing, solar storms, AI in health care, and more are in the news.
Daily Edition for Friday, May 10, 2024
Welfare, new covid variants, mental health on TV, hospital news, bird flu monitoring, fentanyl deaths, food safety, and more are in the news.
Daily Edition for Thursday, May 9, 2024
Palomar Health Copes With Delays After Suspected Cyberattack: Patients of Palomar Health Medical Group in North County have been experiencing delays since the medical provider detected suspicious activity on its computer network Sunday. Read more from the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Abortions Rose 16% In California From 2020-23: California’s abortion rate rose last year to its highest level in a decade as state legislation made it easier to get an abortion and thousands from other states sought medical care here, new data show. About 178,400 legal abortions were provided in 2023, up by about 24,000, or 16%, from 2020. Read more from The Sacramento Bee.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Hospital Gets Medicare Reprieve: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has rescinded its April 11 determination to terminate Modesto-based Stanislaus Surgical Hospital's Medicare contract. CMS is giving the hospital until May 15 to submit an acceptable plan of correction. Read more from Becker’s Hospital Review.
Daily Edition for Monday, May 6, 2024
Opioid Settlement Deal Has A Curious Twist: California announced a tentative settlement Friday with a pharmaceutical company over its alleged role in the opioid crisis — the same company Gov. Gavin Newsom is partnering with to produce lower-cost opioid overdose reversal drugs. That means the state could hand any funds it receives from the settlement right back to the company. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle and CalMatters.