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On Aug. 9, the California Health and Human Services Agency confirmed that California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Director and State Public Health Officer Sonia Angell has resigned her post. Sandra Shewry will serve as acting director of CDPH; she was vice president at the California Health Care Foundation and previously director of the Department of Health Care Services. Dr. Erica Pan will serve as acting public health officer. On June 29, she was appointed deputy director, Center for Infectious Diseases and state epidemiologist at CDPH, and was previously the Alameda County interim public health officer.
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Across the world, researchers are racing to develop a safe vaccine for COVID-19 and, depending on their progress, approval of one or more vaccines could come as soon as the next couple of months or, more likely, into the second quarter of 2021. And then, mass production of vaccine would just begin.
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Restore our purpose.
Refocus on what’s ahead.
Learn new things.
For three years, the pandemic response has taken our attention and resources. We can’t forget there are other disasters that need our focus. From earthquakes and floods to violence in our facilities, disaster teams have been prepared to care for our communities, yet we can’t forget about ourselves in the process.
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Action Needed: Write state Sen. Dave Cortese (D-San Jose), chair of the Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee, and call your state senator to voice your opposition to his legislation, Senate Bill (SB) 213. CHA has developed a template letter and key messages for members’ use. Please send […]
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“… good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.” – Albert Camus
The strong recommendation issued last week by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to regularly test hospital workers for COVID-19 may have been born of good intent: to protect our vital health care workforce and make them feel even safer.
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“… even areas that [stemmed their outbreaks] so well originally as people thought now are realizing that unless you can completely suppress this virus, it’s gonna come back, and it’s gonna keep coming back as long as you have susceptible people.” – Dr. Michael Osterholm, Director, University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, April 3, 2020
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Novel Coronavirus: Lessons from the Front Line Webinar
Originally recorded March 11, 2020.
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As California makes the steady, grim climb toward 20,000 deaths resulting from COVID-19, policy makers and the leaders of front-line health care organizations already are turning some of their attention to how we can improve our response when widespread disasters strike in the future.
