Latest California Healthline Stories
Daily Edition for Friday, October 28, 2022
In California, Some Latinos With Disabilities Don’t Get As Much Help As Whites Do: The system charged with ensuring that California adults with developmental disabilities get crucial services is plagued with stark differences in spending by race, ethnicity, and where people live, according to a report released Wednesday by a disability advocacy group. Read more from the Los Angeles Times and Southern California News Group.
Daily Edition for Thursday, October 27, 2022
Health Care System At Sacramento County Jail Is ‘Broken,’ Report Says: A damning new 101-page report on the state of health care inside Sacramento County’s jail system described it as having a chronic shortage of nurses and doctors, medical treatment areas that are “cluttered, dirty, and in many cases filthy,” and an overcrowding problem so severe that the Main Jail has twice as many inmates as it was originally designed to hold. Read more from The Sacramento Bee.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, October 26, 2022
San Diego Greenlights Plan To Fight Opioid Abuse: San Diego County supervisors Tuesday unanimously approved a framework in anticipation of an expected $100 million in settlement money from pharmaceutical companies to address the region’s opioid crisis. Read more from Times of San Diego and the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Tuesday’s roundup covers private hospital pay, telehealth, shifting covid symptoms, boosters, flu season, abortion, and more.
Daily Edition for Monday, October 24, 2022
Monday’s roundup covers abortion law, Sutter nurse strike, prison health, covid boosters and variants, RSV, flu, nursing homes and more.
Daily Edition for Friday, October 21, 2022
Friday’s roundup covers covid funding, vaccines, variants, KP strike, health worker shortages, flu, fentanyl, human composting, and more.
Daily Edition for Thursday, October 20, 2022
Thursday’s roundup cover tuberculosis, minimum wage, Halloween safety, opioids, covid vaccines, hospice, cancer, elections, and more.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Wednesday’s roundup covers caregivers, KP strike, drug epidemic, covid boosters, the XBB variant, abortion, monkeypox, biodefenses, and more.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Tuesday’s roundup covers the covid state of emergency, variants, boosters, abortion rights, MPX, opioids, medical costs, and more.
Daily Edition for Monday, October 17, 2022
Monday’s roundup covers the drug epidemic, air safety, covid variants, monkeypox, abortion access, hearing aids, flu, RSV, and more.