Weekly Edition: February 28, 2020

The best California Healthline coverage from the week.

Not rendering correctly? View this email as a web page here. Not a subscriber? Sign up   WEEKLY Edition A service of the California Health Care Foundation Friday, February 28, 2020 Check California Healthline online for the latest news New California Coronavirus Case Reveals Problems with U.S. Testing Protocols By Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Rachel Bluth Disease experts say a new coronavirus case in California underscores the need for more widespread community testing for the illness, as well as problems caused by the delays in getting functional coronavirus test kits to state and local public health agencies.  Growing Concerns Of Coronavirus Should Spur Plans – Not Panic – In The Workplace By Julie Appleby Even in the event of an outbreak, employers have to follow certain rules in their efforts to protect employees from this virus. Corralling Hard-To-Reach Voters With Traveling Voting Machines By Anna Almendrala In advance of the Super Tuesday primary, Los Angeles County is rotating new touch-screen voting machines among 41 locations, including adult day care centers and jails, to increase voting among populations with historically low turnout. Your School Assignment For The Day: Spelling And Specs By Heidi de Marco In California's rural Central Valley, low-income children have limited access to vision care. School districts are teaming up with nonprofits to fill the gaps. The Golden State's Mixed Record On Lung Cancer By Mark Kreidler California has one of the lowest rates of new lung cancer cases in the country, attributed largely to its aggressive anti-tobacco policies. But gaps in the state's health care system mean that people who are diagnosed with the disease, or at a high risk of getting it, often fall through the cracks. California Healthline is an editorially independent service of the California Health Care Foundation. It is produced by Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent program of the Kaiser Family Foundation. (c) 2020 Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved. Follow us on Twitter | Facebook You are subscribed to this email alert as awesomeblogger71.lificletter@blogger.com. Update your email preferences to choose the types of emails you receive. Or, permanently unsubscribe from all emails. If you need help or have questions, please send an email to subscriptions@californiahealthline.org Please do not reply to this email as this address is not monitored.   California Health Care Foundation | 1438 Webster Street | Oakland, CA 94612