California Department of Public Health

Money Moves

Will select the institute recipient

California voters approved $8.4 billion in state bonds for immunology research, the largest sum ever authorized for science by a US public vote. About half of the money is reserved for a single research institute, and only one four-year-old center at UCLA appears to qualify.

Updated Yesterday

Rule Changes

As of May 2026: Leads statewide response, advisories, and clinician guidance on the mushroom outbreak

From mid-November 2025 through mid-January 2026, California faced an amatoxin poisoning outbreak from foraged wild mushrooms, primarily death caps (Amanita phalloides). The California Poison Control System identified 39 hospitalized cases across Northern and Central California counties including Monterey, San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, and others.

Updated May 10