Latest California Healthline Stories
Daily Edition for Monday, April 28, 2025
Covered California Website Sent Sensitive Personal Data To LinkedIn: The website that lets Californians shop for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, coveredca.com, has been sending sensitive data to LinkedIn. The information included whether someone was blind, pregnant, transgender, used a high number of prescription medications, or was a possible victim of domestic abuse. Read more from CalMatters.
Daily Edition for Friday, April 25, 2025
Behavioral Health Court Marks A Milestone: This spring’s class of the Behavioral Health Court boasts 26 graduates, its largest ever. The 16-year-old San Diego Superior Court program is designed to help felony criminal defendants who have a diagnosis of a serious mental illness by giving them the tools they need to navigate life. Read more from The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Daily Edition for Thursday, April 24, 2025
Blue Shield Of California May Have Exposed Patients' Health Data: The Oakland-based health insurance giant said a misconfiguration in Google Analytics led to the private health data of 4.7 million members potentially being shared with Google Ads. Google may have used that information to conduct targeted ad campaigns. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle and Fierce Healthcare.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, April 23, 2025
EPA Demands That Mexico Fix Sewage Crisis: EPA administrator Lee Zeldin vowed Tuesday in San Diego to pressure Mexico to stop the decades-long Tijuana River sewage crisis. “Mexico needs to fulfill its part in cleaning up the contamination that they caused,” he said. “They cannot view this as a U.S. problem just because their contamination reached U.S. soil.” Read more from The San Diego Union-Tribune and Times of San Diego.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Naloxone Now Available Directly Through CalRx For $24: California residents can buy the overdose reversal nasal spray naloxone directly from the state through the CalRx program, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday. Previously, only government entities and businesses could purchase naloxone at the below-market-rate cost of $24 per two-pack. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle and Los Angeles Times.
Daily Edition for Monday, April 21, 2025
KP Unveils Electrical Microgrid: Oakland-based Kaiser Permanente says it has activated the largest hospital-based renewable energy microgrid in the U.S. at its Ontario Medical Center. The microgrid provides daily electrical power for the hospital and serves as its initial backup system during outages. It can supply emergency power for 10 consecutive hours. Read more from Becker’s Hospital Review.
Daily Edition for Friday, April 18, 2025
Californians Can Air Their Social Security Grievances: Attorney General Rob Bonta has launched oag.ca.gov/socialsecurity, an online portal for residents to report issues related to accessing services, such as disability benefits. Complaints registered on the site will help inform any future legal action. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily Edition for Thursday, April 17, 2025
Fatal Drug Overdoses Rise in San Francisco: Accidental drug overdose deaths in San Francisco rose for the fourth straight month after showing a promising decline last year, according to preliminary figures released Wednesday by the Office of the Medical Examiner. Sixty-five people fatally overdosed in March, bringing the monthly average to 64 over the past three months. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Fresno County Sees Large Spike In Domestic Violence Calls: Between 2019 and 2023, domestic violence calls to law enforcement more than doubled in Fresno County from roughly 6,500 to more than 13,300, according to data provided to the state Department of Justice by local police and sheriff’s departments across California. Read more from The Intersection.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, April 15, 2025
California Closes Medicaid Funding Gap: California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Monday to close a $2.8 billion budget gap in the state’s Medicaid services and ensure coverage through June for 15 million people, including immigrants, who receive health care via the program. Read more from AP.