Disease Control

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…

6 years ago

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.

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

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…

9 years ago

Virus sickens 150 on Star Princess cruise ship

More than 150 passengers and crewmembers fell sick with Norovirus on a cruise to Hawaii.

9 years ago

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