Latest California Healthline Stories
Rural Northern Counties Set To Launch Pilot Palliative Health Care Initiative
A new pilot program in four rural California counties will provide palliative care and services to Medicaid managed care patients through home visits and phone contact.
Solvent Again, State Rural Health Association Rising Slowly, Carefully
After two years of financial struggle since closing up shop in Sacramento, the California State Rural Health Association is solvent again and planning to grow.
State Wants Public Health Innovations
Health officials issued an “innovation challenge” to drum up new ideas and fresh community health approaches.
State Issues Whooping Cough Warning
Fewer than half the pregnant women in California are vaccinated against a disease that is potentially fatal to infants, according to a warning from the state Department of Public Health.
State Gets Federal Grant To Improve Info Exchange During an Emergency
Federal officials are giving California a $2.75 million grant to improve exchange of heath information, both daily and during a public emergency.
High Cost of Autism to California
A new UC-Davis study added up lost productivity and other cost factors of autism and estimated the state will lose $40 billion this year due to the disorder.
Brown’s Shift Ends Current Vaccine Debate
Gov. Brown’s subtle shift in position on vaccination exemptions puts an exclamation point on the end of a long and divisive chapter in the argument over immunizing California school children.
Vaccine Requirement Goes to Governor
The full Legislature has passed a bill to eliminate the personal belief exemption for school children’s immunizations. The legislation still faces one more hurdle: the governor.
New Urgent Care Center Helps Fill Void After East Bay Hospital Closure
When Doctors Medical Center, a safety-net hospital serving low-income patients in San Pablo, closed this spring, community leaders cobbled together a revised health care plan centered around a new urgent care center.
Panel OKs Vaccine Bill; Floor Vote Next
After a long, sometimes heated debate, the Assembly health committee yesterday approved a bill to remove the personal-belief exemption from childhood vaccination requirements in California.