The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Injury and Violence Prevention Branch recently released a series of resources and information on firearm storage practices and violent deaths in California. The first report, “California Household Firearm Storage Practices, 2017-2019,” uses data from the 2017-2019 California Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and finds that one in…
Read More »On Tuesday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cleared the way for children 5 to 11 years old to be vaccinated against COVID-19 with the Pfizer-BioNTech pediatric vaccine. Following last week’s emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) issued…
Read More »This week, the Biden-Harris Administration announced two significant regulatory rules aimed at increasing vaccination rates throughout the country, protecting workers, preventing hospitalization and death, and strengthening the economy. These rules include: Vaccination Requirement for Employers with 100 or More Employees – The Department of Labor (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is issuing a…
Read More »The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), in partnership with the Office of the California Surgeon General (CA-OSG), announced this week that the state’s ACEs Aware Initiative has screened more than 500,000 children and adults in California for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and trained more than 20,500 clinicians in conducting the screenings. Research from…
Read More »This week, an Orange County Superior Court judge issued a tentative ruling in a lawsuit between several jurisdictions and opioid manufacturers. The lawsuit, brought by Los Angeles, Orange, and Santa Clara counties and the City of Oakland, claimed pharmaceutical companies Johnson & Johnson, Allergan, Endo International, and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries contributed to the state’s opioid…
Read More »The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) recently announced it has begun accepting applications for its 2022 Model and Innovative Practice Awards. Every year, NACCHO’s Model Practices Program nationally honors and recognizes outstanding local public health practice and shares them through the Model Practices Database. Model Practices are awarded to local health…
Read More »California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Director and State Public Health Officer Dr. Tomás Aragón this week warned consumers about the risks associated with wearing decorative contact lenses ahead of the Halloween holiday. The sale of contact lenses without a prescription is illegal. The right to dispense, sell, or furnish contact lenses is limited exclusively…
Read More »During a visit to a health clinic in Alameda County on Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom received his COVID-19 booster vaccine. The Governor, after receiving his initial single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in April of this year, opted for the Moderna COVID-19 booster. The Governor was joined by California Health and Human Services (CalHHS) Secretary…
Read More »On Tuesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) recommended the agency issue an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for use in children ages 5 to 11 years old. The panel’s vote in recommending the EUA was 17-0 with one abstention. The FDA…
Read More »Today, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a study in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) reinforcing that vaccination is the best protection against COVID-19. The latest study examined more than 7,000 people across nine states who were hospitalized with COVID-19-like illness, finding that those who were unvaccinated and had…
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