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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
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
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
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
Health officials warn of ‘Valley Fever’
Valley Fever, also known as coccidioidomycosis, or cocci, is an illness caused by fungal spores that grow in the soil in parts of the Southwestern United States.Read More
Virus sickens 150 on Star Princess cruise ship
More than 150 passengers and crewmembers fell sick with Norovirus on a cruise to Hawaii.Read More