Hello, and welcome back. Im steve clemons. We are delighted to have you join us for the second hour of the future of the health care summit. I would like to thank the their support of todays great program. We are going to expand our lens in the session to look at policymaking breakthroughs and innovation in the face of seen and unseen challenges. Before we get underway, a few housekeeping notes. You can tweet us at thehillhealth. We are taking questions there. You can see i have a bunch here that have already come in. Speakers, beware. If you experience a problem with the livestream, refresh. It should be a quick fix. I dont believe them, but thats what they say. Lets get started. Im least introduce my first thethe health of secretary of health and human services. Alex azar has a breadth of experience of both the public and private sectors. His key focuses on health care and innovation, all assuming added significance in the coronavirus era. Thank you for joining us today. We have had
Coming soon. The cdc has updated its covid 19 quarantine guidelines. The agency says most people can stop isolation and resume normal activities 10 days after first experiencing symptoms. The previous guidance was 14 days in quarantine. Health officials also say their data shows the actual number of coronavirus cases in the u. S. This spring may have been 10 times higher than reported based on the results of antibody test. California has now topped 400,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus. The numbers released today show more than 9200 new cases yesterday, thats higher than the 14 day average of 8600. 61 people also died in california yesterday, but thats lower than the 14 day average of 95. A total of more than 7700 people have now died in california since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Californias health and Human Services secretary expects the coronavirus transmission rate to come down because of the action the state has taken over the past few weeks. Dr. Mark ghaly says the d
Years janine ponder had been a nurse at Sutter Healths medical center. But last friday, about one week after testing positive for covid19 , coworkers show ponder arrive at the e. R. As a patient and pass away. I thought i lost an angel friday. She has left a huge hole in our hearts. I love you, janine. I miss you and i cant wait to see you again. This is the hardest and ultimate loss our family. None of us had signed up for this. But we are doing this and we are doing this willingly. Reporter her husband, two children, family members and hundreds of friends and coworkers in shock and grief. They say ponder was a warrior, helping her patients battle the new coronavirus. A small woman with a large heart. She became my mentor, my friend, my second mom. Reporter her death has prompted fellow nurses to speak out. Janine and one coworker from her fellow unit tested positive, but nurses are only tested when they show symptoms. On this particular unit its a mixture of covid and non covid patie
Good fog bank to continue and some tropical monsoon clouds yesterday. Temperatures in the 50s now, but mostly cloudy, partly cloudy. 30 miles an hour travis again, napa, all onshore breeze. Temperatures yesterday we have the low to mid 80s inland, guess what . That is exactly what we are going to see again today. A little bit below average, should be warmer than that all right, over to sal now at for 101. He tells us hopefully it is we going to do this traffic report lets go out and see what we have. I can show you the bay bridge toll plaza and right now it is light at the toll plaza. It is not a bad commute here if you are driving into san francisco. I also want to show you that traffic on oakland is moving well in both directions. It is for 02 lets get back to the headlines. Sal, new this morning and the vote the city blocked cutting an extra 11 million on the Police Department budgets. Mayor libby schaaf broke a 4 to 14 type by voting no work. Mayor schaff said Emergency Response ti
Little bit of drizzle. 50s on the temperatures, except livermore and 60 degrees. It is cloudy, santa rosa, the clouds of made a surge up to 33 miles an hour now. Oakland, concord, napa, all at 10 southwest. Thunderstorms over the sierra are pretty active from around this time of year. 60s, 70s and low 80s. Over to sal, he will tell us. San jose, that is where we are starting. There is a crash, i can put it on the map, a car ran off the road and had a pole. The pole came down on the freeway. Northbound 85 near the expressway, traffic is relatively light. It is nice and early in the morning. If you want to avoid 85, you have plenty of good options like 280, into the west valley. That is nice and light. You can look at the bay bridge. The bay bridge is light. It is early enough for you to get a decent commute. Lets get back to the headline. The Oakland City Council, after a nine hour marathon meeting and said no to making more cuts to the Police Budget. Mayor libby shaft had a key vote. A