Latest California Healthline Stories
Daily Edition for Thursday, February 6, 2025
San Diego Biotech Entangled In Tariff War: Gene-sequencing giant Illumina got caught up in the United States’ trade tensions this week as China placed the company on its “unreliable entity list.” Read more from The San Diego Union-Tribune. Keep scrolling for more updates from the Trump administration.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, February 5, 2025
San Francisco Expands New Mayor’s Powers In Fentanyl Crisis: The Board of Supervisors voted 10-1 Tuesday to give Mayor Daniel Lurie greater powers and flexibility to expedite the city’s response to a fentanyl crisis, eliminating competitive bidding requirements for some contracts and allowing him to solicit private donations to quickly add 1,500 shelter beds and hire more public safety and behavioral health specialists. Read more from AP and the San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Officials Want EPA To Monitor Air Quality After LA Wildfires: At a news conference Monday, Pasadena Public Health Director Manuel Carmona, Pasadena Vice Mayor Jess Rivas, and U.S. Reps. Judy Chu, Laura Friedman, and Brad Sherman asked for the creation of a federal EPA task force to regularly monitor air quality in the Los Angeles area. Read more from CBS News Los Angeles.
Daily Edition for Monday, February 3, 2025
Hazardous Fire Debris Brought To Different Neighborhood For Sorting: As crews clean up after the Los Angeles wildfires, some city officials and residents are opposing the designation of Lario Park in Irwindale as a site to process hazardous waste. Read more from AP. Scroll down for more on the wildfires.
Daily Edition for Friday, January 31, 2025
Possible Weapon In War On Drugs Emerges: Researchers at the University of the Pacific in Stockton have discovered a new way to deliver naloxone, the chemical in Narcan that is used to combat overdoses. The molecule HD-5, in the form of an injection, can distribute naloxone for up to a week in the body, preventing fentanyl overdoses for longer and more often. Read more from CBS News. Scroll down to read about a new type of pain medication approved by the FDA.
Daily Edition for Thursday, January 30, 2025
California’s Transgender Protections Tested: President Donald Trump’s order to end federal support for gender-affirming care for minors wouldn’t affect laws like California’s that allow care for transgender youths. But the order, if upheld by the courts, might cut off federal funding for medical care the state has approved. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Trump Signs Order Restricting Gender-Affirming Care For Those Under 19: The president’s order denounced such medical treatment as a form of “chemical and surgical mutilation” and threatened to defund hospitals that provide it. Read more from the Los Angeles Times. Keep scrolling for more news about gender-affirming care.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Rare Strain Of Bird Flu Found In California: A new strain of bird flu — H5N9 — has been detected in Merced County at a commercial duck operation. California state veterinarian Annette Jones said the case “is not unexpected or alarming.” However, one virologist called the case “bad news” because it suggests that H5N1 may have combined with another bird flu virus. Read more from the Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily Edition for Monday, January 27, 2025
Rain Douses LA, Increasing Risk Of Toxic Runoff: Rain fell on parts of Southern California on Sunday and into today, boosting the risk of toxic ash runoff in areas scorched by Los Angeles-area wildfires. Officials cautioned that the ashes were a mix of incinerated cars, electronics, batteries, building materials, paints, pesticides, asbestos, plastics and lead. Read more from AP. Scroll down for more on the wildfires.
Daily Edition for Friday, January 24, 2025
Doxy-PEP Is Working: Fewer Gay Men In Calif. Catching Chlamydia, Syphilis: A pair of studies by San Francisco researchers found that rates for the two common STIs also fell in bisexual men and transgender women when doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis was prescribed after sex. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle.