Latest California Healthline Stories
Daily Edition for Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Prescription drug access and costs, mental health care, HIV, fentanyl overdoses, health workers, mpox, and more are in the news.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Medicaid, race and health, abortion access, medical device safety, covid, flu, and RSV, drug costs, opioids, and more are in the news.
Daily Edition for Monday, December 4, 2023
Covid, flu, and RSV cases, state’s new virus-tracking dashboard, a hospital expansion, Obamacare, opioids, and more are in the news.
Daily Edition for Friday, December 1, 2023
The Newsom-DeSantis debate, “forever chemicals,” CARE court, data privacy, covid, AIDS, mental health care, and more are in the news.
Daily Edition for Thursday, November 30, 2023
Drug overdoses, whooping cough, kids’ medications, covid tracking, mergers, lead pipes, military health care, and more are in the news.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, November 29, 2023
‘Forever chemicals,’ Madera hospital, life expectancy, suicide rates, covid, mental health, cancer, RSV shots, and more are in the news.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Gun violence, tuberculosis, covid variants, medical personnel news, homelessness, veteran health, and more are in today’s headlines.
Daily Edition for Monday, November 27, 2023
San Francisco’s Covid Death Rate Was One Of The Lowest In the Nation: The San Francisco Bay Area fared better during the pandemic than many other largely populated areas, with a cumulative covid death rate among the lowest of the nation’s most populous counties, according to an LA Times analysis. Read more from the Los Angeles Times. Keep scrolling to see how California's covid data compares with Florida's.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Long-term care insurance, RSV shot shortage, covid cases, gun violence, AI, fentanyl, and a mystery canine illness are in the news.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Medi-Cal Expands To Insure All Eligible: Local agencies that get California residents enrolled for Medi-Cal coverage are reaching out to people ages 26 through 49 who are soon going to be eligible regardless of their immigration status. Read more from The Mercury News.