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San Francisco reports first flu death of season
A San Francisco resident has died from flu-related causes, the first such death in The City this season.Read More
City awarded $8 million to improve HIV care
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded The City $8 million for a four-year project aimed at improving care for people living with HIV, Mayor London...Read More
Las Palmas bat tests positive for rabies
A bat tested positive for rabies in the Las Palmas area of unincorporated Monterey County but no humans have been affected by the virus, Monterey County public health officials...Read More
Sea lion leptospirosis outbreak is second largest
The Marine Mammal Center is facing the second largest outbreak of leptospirosis in California sea lions in its recorded history, according to the center.Read More
State to require suicide prevention training
Mental health professionals will be required to undergo suicide prevention training under a bill signed Wednesday by Gov. Jerry Brown.Read More
State sues drug maker over kickbacks
State Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones sued the maker of an arthritis drug in Alameda County Superior Court Tuesday for alleged insurance fraud, claiming the drug is sold through illegal...Read More
Santa Clara Co. unveils health data portal
The public health department for Santa Clara County has launched a new data portal that offers hundreds of numbers and visualizations regarding public safety in the South Bay.Read More
Safe injection sites are ‘one step away’
The California Legislature on Monday passed Assembly Bill 186, which would give the green light for safe injection sites in San Francisco under a three-year pilot. Amid a visible...Read More
Jury slaps Monsanto with $289m in damages
A Vallejo man with cancer was awarded $250 million in punitive damages Friday in a landmark lawsuit against herbicide manufacturer Monsanto..Read More
Alameda Co. opioid deaths halved in 2017
Officials with the Alameda County Health Care Services Agency said recently-released data reveal that the number of opioid overdose deaths decreased by nearly 50 percent in 2017.Read More
Tuberculosis case reported at Fairfield school
The Solano County Public Health Department reported Tuesday an active pulmonary tuberculosis case associated with Laurel Creek Elementary School in Fairfield.Read More
Mystery corpse buried in backyard identified
A young girl found buried in a casket in San Francisco's Lone Mountain neighborhood a year ago has been identified.Read More
Sean Parker funds UCSF autoimmune lab
Silicon Valley entrepreneur Sean Parker Tuesday announced a $10 million gift to the University of California at San Francisco.Read More
Shigella victims sue Mariscos restaurant
The number of people sickened by a bacterial disease connected with a San Jose restaurant continues to grow.Read More
San Jose seafood outbreak sickens 80
A Mexican seafood restaurant in San Jose has been connected to 80 people falling ill and more than a dozen people developing ShigellaRead More
Restaurant closed after dozens fall sick
A Mexican seafood restaurant in San Jose closed Sunday after more than a dozen people became sick with Shigella.Read More
Bedbug shuts Menlo Park library
Following the treatment for bedbugs, the building will be ventilated, and a bedbug-sniffing dog will be brought in to evaluate the facility.Read More
Rabid bat is 12th this year in Alameda County
A sickly bat that was found earlier this week on a Fremont street has tested positive for rabies.Read More
Six cases of Legionnaires’ confirmed at San Quentin
Six San Quentin prison inmates have been diagnosed with Legionnaires disease as of today.Read More
Rare pneumonia strikes San Quentin
Visiting time for prisoners at San Quentin has been halted as health and prison officials investigate a case of Legionnaires disease.Read More