Latest California Healthline Stories
Daily Edition for Thursday, May 23, 2024
Dems Try Again To Protect Trans Students From Being Outed: California Democrats introduced a bill in Sacramento on Wednesday that would prohibit school districts from adopting parental notification policies. It's the latest volley in a political war that’s been raging for more than a year. Read more from The Sacramento Bee, Los Angeles Times, and San Diego Union-Tribune.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, May 22, 2024
After Four Years, California Finally Has A Day Without Any Covid Deaths: It was a regular Tuesday in spring, sunny and warm, and a little foggy at the coast. But as April 2 came to a close, a silent victory emerged: The day had passed without a single Californian dying from covid. Read more from Bay Area News Group.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Many LAPD Shootings Involve Someone Having A Mental Health Crisis, Analysis Finds: The Los Angeles Police Department has said for decades it was doing more to deescalate confrontations with people struggling with mental illness, but an LAist analysis has found little change in recent years. Since 2017, 31% of people shot at by police were perceived by officers at the scene to be struggling with some kind of mental illness, according to LAPD annual use-of-force reports. Read more from LAist.
Daily Edition for Monday, May 20, 2024
Whole Foods Shoppers Warned Of Possible Hepatitis A Exposure: Los Angeles County health officials are investigating a reported case of hepatitis A in an employee of a Whole Foods supermarket in Beverly Hills and are warning of possible public exposure to the highly contagious liver infection. Read more from the Los Angeles Times.
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.