California Health

ROSEVILLE, Calif. — In the latest sign of California's emergence from pandemic restrictions, two county fairs are set to open Thursday for the first time since Gov. Gavin Newsom dropped most guidelines for physical distancing and mask use. The 83rd Annual Placer County Fair opens for a four-day run @The...

After 15 long months of widespread restrictions due to the pandemic, California has finally reopened. The state is open again … but it’s definitely not the same. The ongoing pandemic, the damage it’s causing, and the scars it’s leaving behind will be with us for a long time. These thoughts...

As California begins wildfire season with some of the driest conditions on record, researchers across the U.S. are extending a collaboration that began last year to fight the spread of Covid-19, using population mobility and social vulnerability data tools to help public health and safety net organizations prepare for and respond to wildfires. CrisisReady is funded in part by a $1 million grant from Google.org.

Unemployment claims in California fell slightly last week, the government reported Thursday — but stayed far above what they were during the healthy job market before coronavirus-linked shutdowns began 15 months ago. California workers filed about 64,700 initial claims for unemployment benefits during the week ending on June 19, which...

LAGUNA HILLS, Calif. (KCAL) - Multiples often share a unique bond and the Tran triplets are no exception. Born four minutes apart, they are all facing one of life’s biggest changes together. All three are expecting babies within just a few months of each other. Oldest triplet Gina is expecting...

The University of California Board of Regents voted to adopt a new policy June 24 that may phase out the partnerships and affiliations it has with hospitals that impose religious restrictions on care, according to The Sacramento Bee. The policy aims to give UC physicians practicing at sectarian hospitals more...

California has hit a COVID-19 vaccination milestone that most of the country has failed to achieve: More than 70% of adults in the state have now received at least one dose of vaccine. President Joe Biden set that very goal for all Americans by July 4 but announced Tuesday that...

For the first time since December 2020, California’s 7-day Covid test positivity rate is on the rise. The test positivity rate, which hit a pandemic-era low of 0.7% on June 5, has risen slowly but steadily over the past two-and-a-half weeks to 1.1% on Wednesday. It’s the first sustained rise in that key Covid-19 indicator since the worst of California’s pandemic in January — and its happening just as the state lifts most Covid-19 restrictions.

This article or excerpt is included in the GLP’s daily curated selection of ideologically diverse news, opinion and analysis of biotechnology innovation. For months, anti-vaccine conspiracy theories had ripped across northern California’s wine country, invisible wildfires of untruth spreading through some of the country’s most vulnerable communities. They were particularly damaging among the low-income Mexican and Mexican American families whose labor powers the region’s large agricultural economy.

June 23, 2021 - SACRAMENTO – On Tuesday afternoon, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) released the most recent statistics on COVID-19 and updates on the state’s pandemic response. Statewide COVID-19 Data as of Today. California has 3,704,640 confirmed cases to date. Numbers may not represent true day-over-day change...

Proposed legislation will likely prohibit hemp products from containing more than .3% of any kind of THC, including delta-8. This will make the market for such products very small, or non-existent. For a state that pioneered medical cannabis and was a relatively early adopter of recreational cannabis (cannabis is defined...