Weekly Edition: June 26, 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, June 26, 2020 Check California Healthline online for the latest news Full Coverage Of The COVID-19 Outbreak: Check Here For California Healthline's Latest Coronavirus Stories As COVID Cases Spike, California Shifts Its Strategy By Angela Hart and Anna Maria Barry-Jester Public health officials have been alarmed by the increase in COVID-19 cases linked to family gatherings and socializing. While Gov. Gavin Newsom is defending the state's reopening, local health officials worry the situation could get worse this summer. Watch: Fauci, Other Health Officials Weigh California's COVID Response California Healthline's Samantha Young helped lead a discussion about the state's response to the novel coronavirus. Infections and hospitalizations are surging across the state. Officials Seek To Shift Resources Away From Policing To Address Black 'Public Health Crisis' By Anna Almendrala Local governments around the country are declaring racism a public health crisis. That could be lip service, or it might lead to shifting resources from policing to health care, housing and other services, experts say. California Lawmakers Block Health Care Cuts By Samantha Young State legislators and Gov. Gavin Newsom have hammered out an agreement on a budget that rejects Newsom's proposed cuts to health care services for older and low-income people. Sex In The Time Of COVID: Gay Men Begin To Embrace A 'New Normal' By David Tuller Like other people, many men who have sex with men have done all they could to avoid the coronavirus. Now some are braving renewed contact while balancing risk. Easy To Say 'Get Tested.' Harder To Do. Here's How. By Bernard J. Wolfson and Phil Galewitz If you've been in a crowd — a protest or rally — experts have advice for figuring out whether you might have been exposed to the coronavirus, and where and when to get tested for it. Injured And Uninsured, Protesters Get Medical Aid From LA Doctor By Jackie Fortiér, KPCC A Los Angeles ophthalmologist's offer on Instagram has ballooned into a loose network of physicians providing medical care to protesters who were injured while rallying against police brutality and racism. While clashes with the police have died down in some parts of the country, some protesters are seeking care for festering wounds from days-old injuries. 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