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To balance the budget, Governor Gavin Newsom is proposing eliminating an annual $300 million payment to public health, instituted after COVID. Advocates warn it could leave us more susceptible to another disease threat.
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Staff at a center in Medford serving vulnerable populations hosted a roundtable with the new Oregon Health Authority director to discuss challenges and solutions for health care in the Rogue Valley.
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Monkeypox tests and vaccines are in short supply as public health officials grapple with red tape and short supplies. Yet some of the processes put in place in response to COVID-19 have helped.
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A Bay Area man described himself as “delirious” from the pain of a quickly spreading rash, but it took six telehealth appointments, one urgent care visit, and two emergency room trips before he was finally diagnosed and treated for monkeypox.
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Declaring a public health emergency can free up resources to help the administration respond to the monkeypox outbreak. So far more than 6,000 people in the U.S. have been infected.
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California is declaring a state emergency in response to the ongoing monkeypox outbreak, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday evening. It is the second state in the country to do so, with Illinois making a similar announcement just hours before.
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California is not yet declaring a state of emergency over monkeypox despite growing concern over the virus and its spread, state health officials said Friday.
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Public health experts know what it takes to control a disease outbreak: access to testing and vaccines. But in the last two months of the monkeypox outbreak, the response has not met the need.
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The fund, which had gained some traction in 2021 but was ultimately not included in the state budget, would be used as a source for grants to tribes and community-based organizations addressing public health.
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Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle's decision hinged on a definition of the word 'sanitation' that public health experts and legal scholars say missed the mark.
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Shasta County's top public health officer has avoided a possible dismissal by county supervisors.
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A year after ramping up to vaccinate 6 million low-income residents, community clinics are in dire final straits waiting for state money. Some are cutting services.
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Across California, public health departments are losing experienced staffers to retirement, exhaustion, partisan politics and higher-paying jobs. Even before the coronavirus pandemic throttled departments, staffing numbers had shrunk with county budgets.
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As the governor and lawmakers wrangle over the budget, local public health departments are underfunded and overwhelmed. Outdated equipment and insufficient staff hamper handling of everything from asthma to syphilis.