Pfizer’s application for FDA full approval of its COVID-19 vaccine has UC leaders confident they’ll implement a vaccine requirement for fall. CSU campuses would follow suit.
UC Board of Regents discusses tuition, UC Health, small businesses
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At its Thursday meeting, the UC Board of Regents discussed the UC Health strategic plan, a small business program and a tuition increase plan.
During its virtual meeting Thursday, the UC Board of Regents discussed the UC Health strategic plan, a small business program and a tuition increase plan.
The meeting began with public comment, which featured concerns on the need for more staff and personal and protective equipment at UC hospitals and students speaking against the development of People’s Park and 1921 Walnut St. Mills College alumni also asked the regents to not take any actions that would jeopardize the efforts of students and alumni trying to preserve the university during the public comment period.
By Bill Donohue | May 5, 2021 | 4:12pm EDT
State Sen. Scott Wiener (C-DA) greets parade participants during the San Francisco Gay Pride parade on June 30, 2019. (Photo credit:
The California State Senate is moving at full speed to pass the Equitable and Inclusive UC Healthcare Act. This legislation seeks to break existing partnerships between the University of California and hospitals, particularly Catholic ones, that refuse to offer elective abortions, sex reassignment surgeries, and sterilizations.
For all the talk of inclusive care and a full range of healthcare services, in reality this bill would leave tens of thousands without access to the high quality healthcare Catholic hospitals provide.
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‘Our Ticket’
Toward the end of Health Officer Ian Hoffman’s April 6 briefing to the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors, First District Supervisor Rex Bohn asked a question. Nationally, he noted, 25 to 30 percent of those eligible are declining the COVID-19 vaccine. He asked Hoffman whether that trend has held locally.
“I think what I can say about the demand for vaccine in Humboldt is it has continued to be extraordinarily high,” Hoffman answered before quickly noting there have been “many more” people eligible to receive the vaccine locally than there have been available doses, making it hard to figure what percentage of the local population may decline a dose if offered one.
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