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Daily Edition for Thursday, September 25, 2025
Farmworkers With Disabilities Win Case Against Carrot Grower: A federal court ruled a San Joaquin Valley carrot company engaged in discriminatory practices against farmworkers with disabilities. The ruling Monday from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California comes out of a long-standing battle between Grimmway Farms and the California Civil Rights Division. The agency filed a lawsuit against the farm in 2021. Read more from KVPR.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Hospital Will Close ED Sooner Than Planned: Willows-based Glenn Medical Center is fast-tracking the planned closure of its emergency department due to staffing shortages, according to a Sept. 22 Facebook post from the hospital. Both the 25-bed hospital and its ED were set to close Oct. 21 after CMS revoked its critical access designation, but the ED will now close on Sept. 30 by 7 p.m. PDT. Read more from Becker’s Hospital Review.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, September 23, 2025
UCLA Wins Back $500M In Medical Research Grants: A federal judge Monday ordered the Trump administration to restore $500 million in UCLA medical research grants, halting for now a nearly two-month funding crisis that UC leaders said threatened the future of the nation’s premier public university system. Read more from the Los Angeles Times. Keep scrolling for more medical research news.
Daily Edition for Monday, September 22, 2025
HIV cases rise, mpox, wildfire smoke threat, health initiatives lack funding, ACA subsidies, vaccine recommendations, and more.
Daily Edition for Friday, September 19, 2025
Remote California Hospital At Risk Of Closing: In a matter of weeks, Inyo County might be down to one hospital. Local officials have asked Gov. Gavin Newsom for an emergency $3 million to stabilize Southern Inyo Healthcare District’s finances through the end of the year. Absent state intervention, the hospital might have to severely cut services and staff — or close altogether. Read more from CalMatters.
Daily Edition for Thursday, September 18, 2025
Newsom Signs Law On Vaccine Scheduling: Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law Wednesday giving California the power to set its own immunization schedules based on state health experts and independent medical groups — a sharp break from decades of reliance on guidance from the federal government. The move came the same day that California and its West Coast allies issued joint recommendations for covid, flu, and RSV vaccines. Read more from the Los Angeles Times, KQED, and CalMatters. Keep scrolling for more vaccine news.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Summer Surge Of Covid Cases Might Be Easing: Covid levels in California’s wastewater remain “very high,” according to the CDC. But while some covid indicators are rising in the Golden State, others are starting to fall — a hint that the summer wave may soon start to decline. Read more from the Los Angeles Times. Plus: The 2025-26 covid shots are starting to arrive.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, September 16, 2025
UC President Warns Of The Possibility Of More Research Funding Cuts: The University of California’s top leader warned Monday that the federal government’s $1.2 billion fine and sweeping proposals to remake UCLA are “minor in comparison” to what could hit the entirety of the nation’s premier university system of campuses, hospitals, and clinics. “The federal government is also pursuing investigations and actions in various stages against all 10 UC campuses,” UC President James Milliken said in a Monday letter. Read more from the Los Angeles Times.
Daily Edition for Monday, September 15, 2025
Kaiser Permanente Offering Free Covid Shots: Kaiser Permanente, the largest private health insurer in California, has announced it will make covid vaccinations available for free to all of its members older than 6 months. The provider expects to have the new 2025-26 vaccine in stock starting today. Read more from Berkeleyside. Scroll down for more covid vaccine news.
Daily Edition for Friday, September 12, 2025
LA County Child Dies Of Measles Complications Years After Illness: A school-age child has died from a rare complication of measles after contracting the disease in infancy, public health officials said. The child, who was not old enough to be vaccinated at the time of infection, died from subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, a fatal progressive brain disorder that strikes roughly 1 in 10,000 people infected with measles in the U.S. Read more from the Los Angeles Times and CNN.