California Department Of Public Health

Gov. Newsom adds a new California vaccine mandate, saying that all healthcare workers must get booster shots against COVID-19. California State University also requires boosters for students and staff.

The Valencia lab, a public-private venture between the state and PerkinElmer, processed only 1 to 8% of all Californians’ COVID tests in the first 10 months of the contract. And the lab was riddled with dozens of problems, according to an inspection report.

The omicron variant has just entered the U.S., and California is already bracing for a surge in COVID cases.

EN RESUMEN La respuesta es no en muchas partes de California: Dieciocho condados, en su mayoría rurales, tienen más pacientes COVID-19 hospitalizados hoy que hace un año. Pero a los condados urbanos les va mejor. Read this article in English.  Las fiestas están aquí y la gente está lista para reunirse, abrazarse y festejar. Pero, ¿está […]

The answer is no in many parts of California: Eighteen counties, mostly rural ones, have more hospitalized COVID-19 patients today than a year ago. But urban counties are faring better.

California renewed a huge contract for a COVID-19 testing lab so plagued with problems that state health officials warned it could lose its license.

Long-simmering disputes with unions over staffing are reaching crisis points. Almost a third of California hospitals report insufficient numbers of critical workers, including nurses, technicians and janitors.