Daily Edition for Thursday, August 14, 2025
Efforts To Curb Youth Suicide Appear To Be Working: Fewer children in California are dying by suicide since the pandemic, as thoughts of suicide and suicidal attempts have declined among young people nationwide, a federal report shows. Read more from EdSource.
‘Alternative Facts’ Aren’t a Reason To Skip Vaccines
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to defund mRNA research is just the latest to put ideology above public health.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, August 13, 2025
UCLA Science Research Grants Must Be Restored, Federal Judge Rules: A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to restore hundreds of suspended UCLA science research grants, affecting more than a third of awards totaling $584 million that the government abruptly froze late last month. Read more from the Los Angeles Times.
‘A Fear Pandemic’: Immigration Raids Are Pushing Patients Into Telehealth
By Christine Mai-Duc
With intensified immigration enforcement in California, community clinics serving Latino and immigrant populations say they’ve noticed an increase in appointment cancellations and telehealth usage. But, as the covid-19 pandemic showed, accessing the necessary technology can be a challenge and virtual appointments can take a person’s health care only so far.
Pandemia de miedo: redadas de inmigración empujan a pacientes a la telemedicina
By Christine Mai-Duc
Los pacientes que necesitan atención médica tienen cada vez más miedo de buscarla después que Trump derogara una política de la era Biden que prohibía redadas en zonas “sensibles” como escuelas, iglesias y hospitales.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Higher ACA costs, immigrant health, grants, environmental cleanup, Medicare red tape, vaccine safety, mosquito-borne disease, and more are in the news.
Considering a Life Change? Brace for Higher ACA Costs
By Julie Appleby
Consumers contemplating an early retirement or starting a business should calculate how Trump administration and congressional policy changes could increase their health insurance costs — and plan accordingly.
Experts Say Rural Emergency Rooms Are Increasingly Run Without Doctors
By Arielle Zionts
Some doctors and the groups that represent them say physicians’ extensive training leads to better emergency care, and that some hospitals are trying to save money by not hiring them. They support new laws in Indiana, Virginia, and South Carolina that require physicians to be on-site 24/7.
Daily Edition for Monday, August 11, 2025
Newsom Vows To Sue Feds Over ‘Extortion’ Of UCLA: Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday blasted Donald Trump’s demand for $1 billion from UCLA in return for millions of dollars in frozen federal research grants, describing the president’s move as an attempt to “silence academic freedom.” Read more from Politico and the Los Angeles Times. Plus, how UCLA's research faculty is coping.
