California Healthline Daily Edition

Daily Edition for Thursday, July 14, 2022

July 14, 2022

UC, Cal State Soon Will Offer Abortion Pills: The University of California and California State University are working to provide medication abortions on all campuses by Jan. 1. Currently, none of the Cal State campuses offer medication abortions, and access within the UC system varies from campus to campus. Read more from CalMatters.

Daily Edition for Wednesday, July 13, 2022

July 13, 2022

Hospitals Protest Health Care Wage Hike: A coalition of Los Angeles hospitals and other health facilities launched a campaign Tuesday to repeal a newly enacted ordinance boosting the minimum wage for thousands of health care workers to $25 per hour, saying the law will have a harmful effect on medical care across the city. Read more from the Los Angeles Times.

Daily Edition for Tuesday, July 12, 2022

July 12, 2022

Highly Contagious Covid Strain Already Circulating In California: Two cases of the BA.2.75 subvariant of omicron were detected in Bay Area wastewater last month, according to a global genomic sequencing database. Scientists warn that the omicron subvariant may evade immunity from vaccines and previous infection. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle and Time.

Daily Edition for Monday, July 11, 2022

July 11, 2022

Bay Area Babies Getting Covid Shots More Quickly Than Expected: Vaccine uptake among babies and toddlers in the Bay Area appears to be far outpacing statewide and national rates, according to early figures provided by several local health departments. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle. Keep scrolling for more on the covid surge.