Public Health

Un grupo de asambleístas han sido coautores de un proyecto de ley que requiere que las escuelas se abren físicamente al menos parcialmente la próxima primavera si su condado escapa al nivel púrpura del estado.

Good morning, California. It’s Tuesday, December 8. New app coming Thurs. Against a backdrop of escalating crises, Gov. Gavin Newsom gave a 90-minute press conference Monday in which he unveiled a coronavirus exposure app and public education campaign but failed to address some of the state’s biggest challenges. The app, CA Notify, launches Thursday. Once […]

As California clamps down amid a daunting coronavirus surge, the state will begin placing its first vaccine orders Friday, officials announce.

California’s churches are on a roll. After more than a year of legal tussling with state public health officials over restrictions on indoor gatherings, houses of worship — mostly evangelical or Catholic and politically conservative — have been on a winning streak at the nation’s highest court.  Their latest victory came late last week when […]

California elected officials are rapidly losing credibility at a critical point in the pandemic, with hospitalizations at an all-time high and Gov. Gavin Newsom expected to announce a state lockdown today. On Tuesday, the San Francisco Chronicle broke the news that Mayor London Breed attended a dinner party with seven other people at the three-Michelin-starred […]

Lea este artículo en español. On Sept. 9, a mobile testing site rolled up to Huron Middle School in the 7,000-person rural city 50 miles south of Fresno. In four hours, only four people showed up for free COVID-19 testing. At five other coronavirus testing events organized by the Fresno County Health Department that month in […]

Oregón lideró con transparencia al informar sobre brotes en el lugar de trabajo. California protege a las empresas para no avergonzarlas. La distinción tiene preocupados a trabajadores y expertos en salud pública.

Oregon led with transparency in reporting workplace outbreaks. California shields businesses so as not to shame them. The distinction has workers and public health experts worried.

Read this article in English.   California ha adoptado de todo corazón la Ley del Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio: la anuncia, invierte en ella, la protege. Incluso va a los tribunales por ella.  Eso es porque el Estado Dorado tiene mucho que perder si se revoca la ley, también conocida como Obamacare. Hoy, el tribunal […]

Lea este artículo en español. California has wholeheartedly embraced the Affordable Care Act — it advertises it, it invests in it, it protects it. It even went to court for it. And won. Today, in a 7-2 decision in California et al. v. Texas, the Supreme Court voted to reject the latest challenge to the Affordable Care […]