Latest California Healthline Stories
Daily Edition for Friday, April 11, 2025
Biomedical Research Hub Coming To San Diego: Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis plans to build a $1.1 billion research hub in San Diego as part of its $23 billion investment in U.S. operations over the next five years. It will create nearly 1,000 jobs at Novartis and about 4,000 jobs in the U.S. as the company adds seven facilities. Read more from The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Daily Edition for Thursday, April 10, 2025
Modesto Shelter Doubles Size Of Its Recuperative Care Program: Thanks to a $313,000 grant from Health Net, a managed care organization, and CalAIM, the state’s initiative to improve Medi-Cal, Modesto Gospel Mission completed an expansion of its recuperative care facility for men at the end of March. Recuperative care is designed to transition homeless people in need of a place to heal after hospitalizations. Read more from The Intersection.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Batten Tapped As Chief Medical Officer For LA28: Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai has appointed Casey Batten, MD, as chief medical officer for the 2028 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. Dr. Batten, a sports medicine specialist at the health system, will oversee all aspects of medical planning and care delivery for the Los Angeles Games. He will also sit on the International Olympic Committee’s Medical and Scientific Commission. Read more from Becker’s Hospital Review.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, April 8, 2025
DOGE Cuts Force Shutdown Of Wastewater Testing In San Diego County: Since February 2021, the San Diego Epidemiology and Research for COVID Health program (SEARCH) has used advanced science to analyze wastewater samples, eventually expanding to include other infectious diseases. But those efforts ground to a halt Monday after researchers received word that the roughly $400,000 per year provided by the county’s public health department would cease. Read more from The San Diego Union-Tribune. Keep reading for more on the federal budget cuts.
Daily Edition for Monday, April 7, 2025
Newsom Decries ‘Irrational And Malicious’ USDA Funding Cuts: Gov. Gavin Newsom sent an urgent appeal to the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Saturday, imploring the department to reverse the abrupt cancellation of a Biden-era program that feeds millions of California families. The cuts "will not only hurt our farmers, but also the families who need food banks,” Newsom said in a release announcing the appeal. Read more from the Los Angeles Times.
Daily Edition for Friday, April 4, 2025
Fullerton Making Switch To In-House Ambulance Service: Fullerton is expected to roll out its own ambulances next April after city officials voted to transition to an in-house program they say will save the city hundreds of thousands of dollars annually. The city will spend about $2 million on ambulances and equipment. Read more from Voice of OC.
Daily Edition for Thursday, April 3, 2025
SF Makes Major Change To Drug Policy: San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie on Wednesday announced that the city would no longer give users free paraphernalia to consume drugs without providing treatment counseling. The move marks a shift away from the standing policy of providing supplies for people to use drugs in a safer manner, including clean foil and needles. Read more from CBS News San Francisco and The San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, April 2, 2025
California Misses Deadline For Doctor Rate Increases: Officials for Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration blew past a federal deadline Monday for doctors to get paid more to see low-income patients, effectively leaving millions of dollars unclaimed. Read more from CalMatters.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, April 1, 2025
UC Health Workers On Strike Today: As many as thousands of unionized University of California health care and technical workers are poised to join in a one-day strike Tuesday across all UC campuses and medical centers, including UCSF Parnassus. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily Edition for Monday, March 31, 2025
Bill Would Create Emergency Minimum Nurse-To-Patient Ratios For Psychiatric Hospitals: Calling the dangerous conditions in for-profit psychiatric hospitals an emergency, California’s top lawmaker on the state Senate Health Committee has proposed legislation to quickly impose stricter staffing requirements in the facilities that treat tens of thousands of residents experiencing mental health crises every year. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle.