Latest California Healthline Stories
Daily Edition for Friday, September 6, 2024
Intense Heat Grips California: Temperatures hovered above 100 degrees along parts of the California coast early Friday, creating unbearable conditions past midnight as officials warned that the excessive heat would last through the weekend. “We’re not seeing a ton of release at night. That’s absolutely concerning,” said Bryan Lewis, a meteorologist in Oxnard. The dangerous heat and changing weekend weather patterns will also raise the risk of fires, experts warn. Read more from The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle and CalMatters.
Daily Edition for Thursday, September 5, 2024
Sutter Health Denies Report That It Overcharges Patients: New research from University of Southern California health economists has found evidence that Sutter Health began implementing allegedly anticompetitive contracting practices in the early 2000s that resulted in prices 30% higher than at comparable hospitals. Sutter denied any anticompetitive conduct and says the analysis is flawed. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, September 4, 2024
At Least 19 Valley Fever Cases Confirmed After Music Event: The potentially deadly fungal infection has hit attendees and workers of the Lightning in a Bottle music festival near Bakersfield. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle. Plus: The Hill explains how climate change-induced drought conditions are causing the surge in cases.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Bird Flu Confirmed In California Dairy Cows: The California Department of Food and Agriculture has confirmed that three dairies in the Central Valley have tested positive for the highly pathogenic avian influenza. It is the first time the virus has been discovered in California dairy cows. Read more from The Fresno Bee and San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, August 27, 2024
2,325 People Died From Heat Last Year, Mostly In The Desert Southwest: Heat-related mortality is on the rise in the United States, especially in California, a new report shows. Here’s what the Golden State is doing to prevent extreme heat deaths. Read more from the Los Angeles Times and USA Today.
Daily Edition for Monday, August 26, 2024
Maternal care crisis, UCSF expansion, next covid shots, therapist shortages, homelessness, drug prices, and more
Daily Edition for Friday, August 23, 2024
Carlsbad Bans Smoking Inside Private Apartments: The beach city this week became the first in San Diego County to expressly ban smoking and vaping of cannabis and nicotine products inside all local multifamily residential buildings — including apartments, condos, and townhomes — in an effort to curb the effects of secondhand smoke. Read more from the Los Angeles Times.
Daily Edition for Thursday, August 22, 2024
Santa Clara County To Buy Troubled Private Hospital: The Bay Area’s largest county announced plans Wednesday to buy Regional Medical Center, a 250-bed hospital in East San Jose that had been slated for major cutbacks — a move that county officials say will preserve critical medical care for the low-income community it serves. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Newsom Touts Harris As Champion For Disenfranchised Groups: Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered California’s delegate votes for Vice President Kamala Harris during the roll call Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention. “Kamala Harris has always done the right thing, a champion for voting rights, civil rights, LGBTQ rights, the rights for women and girls,” he said. Read more from the Los Angeles Times. Scroll down for more convention news.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, August 20, 2024
‘I Will Never Forget When Kamala Harris Called Me After My Parents Died’: Recalling the loss of his parents to covid, U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia, a Democrat from California, painted a stark comparison between former president Donald Trump’s approach to the pandemic and that of the Biden-Harris administration as he delivered an emotional address at the Democratic National Convention on Monday. Read more from The Orange County Register. Scroll down for more news about the convention.