Latest California Healthline Stories
Daily Edition for Thursday, August 3, 2023
Two Major Hospitals Hit In Cyberattack: Good Samaritan Hospital and Regional Medical Center may have been impacted by a wide-ranging cyberattack that exposed patient names, ZIP codes, phone numbers, and other private information. Read more from Bay Area News Group.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Opioid settlement funds, “implicit bias” law, drug shortages, covid cases rise, maternal health, psychedelics, and more are in the news.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, August 1, 2023
An illegal lab, tainted water, ambulance fees, covid, medical cannabis, hospital rankings, and more are in the news.
Daily Edition for Monday, July 31, 2023
Cancer test, homelessness, hunger, mental health care, nursing shortage, RSV and covid vaccines, gun violence, and more are in the news.
Daily Edition for Friday, July 28, 2023
Water supplies, a hospital’s lifeline, the extreme heat wave, covid, abortion, addiction, cancer research, and more are in the news.
Daily Edition for Thursday, July 27, 2023
Health workers strike, Alzheimer’s, heat dangers, disability rules, hospital news, homelessness, opioids, and more are in the news.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Covered California premiums and patients costs, health worker strikes, covid, mental health, gun violence, and more are in the news.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Hair chemical safety, looming KP strike, prison health, Covered California deductibles, extreme heat, opioids, and more are in the news.
Daily Edition for Monday, July 24, 2023
Extreme heat, HSAs, meth use, hospital news, hospice safety, the next pandemic, AI, cancer, and more are in the news.
Daily Edition for Friday, July 21, 2023
225,000 Medi-Cal Enrollees Lost Coverage In June: About 225,0000 Californians lost their free or low-cost health coverage as of July 1, in the first round a Medi-Cal renewal process that had been suspended since early in the covid pandemic. That’s approximately 21% of the over 1 million people who were due to reapply for coverage in June, according to preliminary numbers released by state health officials on Thursday. Read more from CalMatters, Los Angeles Times, and the Sacramento Bee.