Latest California Healthline Stories
Daily Edition for Friday, February 21, 2025
Gateways Expands Mental Health Care In LA County: Gateways Hospital this week broke ground on a 27,000-square-foot youth mental health center in Echo Park. The new hospital wing at the Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatric Center will have 37 new inpatient beds. The project is expected to be completed by late 2026. Read more from the Los Angeles Blade.
Daily Edition for Thursday, February 20, 2025
Sutter Health Expanding In East Bay: Sutter Health plans to build a $1 billion comprehensive medical campus in Emeryville with outpatient care and a 200-bed hospital. It will replace the 339-bed Alta Bates hospital. Outpatient care, including primary or family medicine as well as specialties, is set to start in 2028, with the hospital opening in 2032-33. Read more from Berkeleyside, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Becker’s Hospital Review.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, February 19, 2025
California Bill Would Prevent Youths From Buying Anti-Aging Products: Under a bill introduced Tuesday by Assemblymember Alex Lee (D-San José), retailers would be prohibited from selling cosmetic products to shoppers under 18 if they contain retinol, alpha hydroxy acid, or other anti-aging ingredients. Read more from the Los Angeles Times.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Workers Plan Strike Next Week At All UC Medical Centers, Campuses: Tens of thousands of unionized University of California workers are poised to strike Feb. 26 to 28 across all 10 UC campuses and five medical centers over what the unions say are unfair labor practices. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle and Los Angeles Times.
Daily Edition for Friday, February 14, 2025
Workers At Bird Flu-Testing Lab Might Go On Strike: Employees at the California Animal Health and Food Safety Lab at the University of California, Davis, a key lab for testing animal disease, are threatening to go on strike. The lab is the only one in the state able to handle the most dangerous cases of avian flu. Read more from Politico. Keep scrolling for more bird flu updates.
Daily Edition for Thursday, February 13, 2025
Fremont Makes It a Crime To Help Homeless Camps: Over fierce objections, Fremont has approved an ordinance that prohibits camping on all public property and allows prosecutors to criminally charge anyone “aiding” or “abetting” a homeless camp. The penalty is a fine of up to $1,000 and up to six months in jail. Read more from Bay Area News Group and CalMatters.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, February 12, 2025
San Francisco Picks New Public Health Director: Daniel Tsai, who ran the Medicaid program under former President Joe Biden, will succeed Grant Colfax as San Francisco’s new public health director. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle. Plus: How the city's mayor is fast-tracking a new behavioral health center.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Flu Deaths Surpass Covid Deaths In California: More people are dying from flu than from covid this winter for the first time since the novel coronavirus started flooding emergency rooms in 2020. At least 561 people have died from flu in California since July 1. Read more from Bay Area News Group.
Daily Edition for Monday, February 10, 2025
NIH Funding Cuts Alarm UC Medical Researchers: Drastic cuts to National Institutes of Health “indirect funds” for medical research has prompted deep concerns at the University of California over how to continue studies into life-saving treatments. Read more from the Los Angeles Times. Scroll down for more on the federal spending cuts.
Daily Edition for Friday, February 7, 2025
California’s Head Start Programs Thrown Into Chaos: Dozens of Head Start programs nationwide — including at least six in California — have experienced delays in accessing government money for payroll and expenses in the week since the Trump administration announced a freeze on federal funding. Read more from the Los Angeles Times. Scroll down for more on the funding freeze.