Latest California Healthline Stories
Daily Edition for Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Insurance Crisis Could Cause ‘A Collapse Of The California Foster Family System’: The company that insures 90% of foster family agencies in California issued letters of non-renewals in August. Some agencies have closed and others are scrambling to find coverage to prevent up to 9,000 foster youth from being displaced. Read more from EdSource.
Daily Edition for Monday, October 21, 2024
Thousands Of KP Mental Health Workers Walk Off The Job: Nearly 2,400 Kaiser mental health workers went on strike today after management rejected proposals that union workers say would stanch employee turnover and improve care. Read more from the Los Angeles Times.
Daily Edition for Friday, October 18, 2024
KP Mental Health Workers Might Go On Strike Monday: More than 2,000 unionized psychologists, therapists, and other mental health professionals at Kaiser Permanente in Southern California are preparing to strike Monday amid complaints that the massive system has failed to address problems with how it provides mental health care. Read more from the Los Angeles Times.
Daily Edition for Thursday, October 17, 2024
US Sees Record Drop In Drug Overdose Deaths: Drug overdose deaths fell a record 15% in the past year, according to provisional data from the CDC. In related news from San Francisco, the number of people who died from accidental fentanyl overdoses in September has dropped to a four-year low. Read more from Roll Call and the San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Thousands Of Health Care Workers Get A Pay Raise Today: Some of the lowest-paid health care workers in California will get a pay bump Wednesday under a state law gradually increasing their wages to at least $25 an hour. About 350,000 workers are affected, according to the University of California, Berkeley Labor Center. Read more from AP.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, October 15, 2024
California Tests 5 More People For Bird Flu Amid Outbreak: Five more people who presumably contracted bird flu are being tested amid outbreaks in California's dairy industry, health officials confirmed Monday. The five new possible cases are in the state's Central Valley. Read more from USA Today, the San Francisco Chronicle, and KVPR.
Daily Edition for Friday, October 11, 2024
EpiPen Users Now Have An Alternative: San Diego-based ARS Pharmaceuticals has developed a potentially ground-breaking needle-free alternative for people who suffer severe allergies: an epinephrine nasal spray. Neffy, a name that’s intentionally easy to say and sounds kid-friendly, was recently approved by the FDA. Read more from The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Daily Edition for Thursday, October 10, 2024
Hospital earthquake retrofits, mask mandates, bird flu, covid, IV supplies, CARE courts, emergency costs, and more are in today’s news.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Extreme heat and meth use, health ballot measures, TikTok lawsuit, Medicare coverage, drug prices, vaccines, and more
Daily Edition for Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Should The Tijuana River Valley Be A Superfund Site?: The San Diego County Board of Supervisors today is expected to consider whether to petition the EPA to inspect the Tijuana River Valley and determine if it qualifies for federal assistance to clean it. “It’s not just sewage; it’s horrendous chemicals, too,” one witness says. Read more from the San Diego Union-Tribune.