Daily Edition for Wednesday, September 10, 2025
California Again Has America's Highest Poverty Rate: California continued to have the highest poverty rate in the nation last year at 17.7%, tied only with Louisiana, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Last year, nearly 7 million Californians were unable to afford basic necessities like food, housing, and medical care. Read more from The Sacramento Bee.
Lice Pose No Health Threat, Yet Some Parents Push Back on Rules To Allow Affected Kids in Class
By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio
Public health officials see lice as a nuisance, not a health threat, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended for years that students with live lice be allowed to remain in class. But as “no-nit” policies have been dropped in favor of “nonexclusion” rules, some school districts have seen parents and teachers push back.
Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Were Aimed at ‘Able-Bodied Adults.’ Hospitals Say Kids Will Be Hurt.
By Phil Galewitz
The GOP said its overhaul of Medicaid was aimed at reducing fraud and getting more adult beneficiaries to work. Among the likely side effects: fewer services and doctors for treating sick children.
RFK Jr. Said ‘Everybody Can Get’ a Covid Vaccine. Is That True?
By Grace Abels, PolitiFact and Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact
Although the FDA has approved the vaccines for anyone 65 or older and anyone at least 6 months old who is at risk of a severe covid infection, barriers to coverage and access persist.
Aunque no son una amenaza para la salud, algunos padres no quieren niños con piojos en la escuela
By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio
Padres de Massachusetts, Texas, Ohio y Georgia les están pidiendo a sus distritos escolares que vuelvan a establecer reglas estrictas sobre liendres y piojos.
Recortes de Trump a Medicaid apuntaban a “adultos sanos”, pero hospitales advierten que niños sufrirán las consecuencias
By Phil Galewitz
Algunos hospitales infantiles podrían perder miles de millones de dólares en ingresos una vez que se aplique por completo la amplia ley fiscal y de gasto de Trump, conocida por los republicanos como la One Big Beautiful Bill.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Statewide Covid Cases Jump: California is seeing a sharp rise in covid infections. Hospitalizations have nearly doubled in the past month, and wastewater data show “very high” levels of the virus circulating across the state. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle.
Instead of Selling, Some Rural Hospitals Band Together To Survive
By Arielle Zionts
Independent and rural hospitals are collaborating with their neighbors to shore up their finances instead of joining larger health systems to stay afloat.
In the Fallout From Trump’s Health Funding Cuts, States Face Tough Budget Decisions
By Stephanie Armour and Christine Mai-Duc and Sam Whitehead and Arielle Zionts
The Trump administration has pushed a significant amount of health costs to states, whose budgets may already be strained by declining state tax revenues, a slowdown in pandemic spending, and economic uncertainty. State and local governments now face difficult decisions.
Daily Edition for Monday, September 8, 2025
California Counties Feel Sting Of Funding Cuts: Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia doesn’t see a way around the most vulnerable residents in his community soon facing longer wait times for food assistance and medical care under President Donald Trump’s budget cuts. “In reality, we would have to use property tax dollars to back-fill federal losses, and we don’t have any available,” he said. It’s a dilemma facing counties across the state. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle.
