The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Climate Change & Health Equity Section (CCHES) recently published its monthly newsletter for February 2022. The newsletter details CCHES program updates, climate-related state government updates, upcoming meetings and webinars, and climate and health equity resources. The February 2022 Newsletter is available here.
Read More »The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) this week amended three existing State Public Health Officer Orders requiring COVID-19 boosters for specified health care workers. The amended orders extend the deadline for covered health care workers to receive their booster from February 1, 2022, to March 1, 2022. According to CDPH, the change was necessary…
Read More »The Insure the Uninsured Project (ITUP) recently published a fact sheet that “purposefully brings the public health and health care systems” in one publication to explore their different funding sources, separate government structures, and future opportunities to enhance coordination between the two systems. The fact sheet details historical state funding trends in health care and…
Read More »With support from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) recently announced a new funding opportunity intended to support local health departments build and sustain capacity to address the intersection of suicide, overdose, and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). The funding opportunity provides awardees…
Read More »Applications are now open for the 2022 Samuel J. Crumbine Consumer Protection Award for Excellence in Food Protection at the local level. This award is bestowed annually to local environmental health jurisdictions that demonstrate unsurpassed achievement in providing outstanding food protection services to their communities. Eligibility is open to local government organizations responsible for food…
Read More »The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) over the past several weeks has taken a series of steps to mitigate the surge in COVID-19 cases, including those cased by the Omicron variant, throughout the state. Below, we highlight these changes in guidance. Booster Doses Required for Certain Occupations Just prior to the winter holidays, state…
Read More »Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday issued Executive Order N-1-22 to protect residents against increasing COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations largely driven by the COVID-19 omicron variant. The order extends the sunset of AB 361 that the Governor signed in September to extend flexibilities provided in a prior executive order enabling public agencies to meet remotely during…
Read More »The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), under the U.S. Health and Human Services Agency, recently granted approval of California’s sweeping health and human services initiatives. On December 29, CMS signed off on the state’s sweeping “California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal” (CalAIM) initiative, consisting of two federal waivers – the Section 1115 Medicaid…
Read More »The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Federal Office of Rural Health Policy is announcing the availability of nearly $48 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for local organizations to expand public health capacity in rural and tribal communities through health care job development, training,…
Read More »The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week issued a warning raising awareness of risks of rabies from bats in the U.S. after three people, including one child, died from rabies between late September and early November 2021. The three cases, detailed in this week’s CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR),…
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