Latest California Healthline Stories
Daily Edition for Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Covered California Premiums To Jump 6% Next Year: Individual health insurance premiums are set to rise by an average of 6% on the state marketplace next year amid rebounding demand for medical care and uncertainty surrounding federal financial assistance, Covered California said Tuesday. Read more from the Los Angeles Times, CalMatters, The Sacramento Bee, and KCRA.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, July 19, 2022
Tuesday’s roundup covers a hospital worker strike, monkeypox, covid subvariant surge, vaccines, masks, suicide, water quality, and more.
Daily Edition for Monday, July 18, 2022
Monday’s news roundup covers Medi-Cal, covid surge, mask rules, monkeypox, LGBTQ+ protections, abortion, avian flu, housing, and more.
Daily Edition for Friday, July 15, 2022
Omicron Surge Slams San Diego: Almost two weeks after the Fourth of July, coronavirus activity appears to be on the upswing, according to San Diego County’s latest case and hospitalization numbers, pushing the region into the most severe level of the nationwide covid-19 activity map maintained by the CDC. Read more from the San Diego Union-Tribune and Times of San Diego. Keep scrolling for more news about the covid surge.
Daily Edition for Thursday, 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
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
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
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.
Daily Edition for Friday, July 8, 2022
Friday’s roundup covers insulin costs, abortion access, Medi-Cal, life expectancy, BA.5 risks, vaccines, contraception, Medicare, and more.
Daily Edition for Thursday, July 7, 2022
Thursday’s roundup covers covid infections, variants, vaccine mandates, mental health, dialysis, monkeypox, water safety, and more.