disease

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.

5 years ago

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

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…

6 years ago

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,…

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

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…

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

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…

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

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…

6 years ago

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.

7 years ago

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.

8 years ago

Shigella victims sue Mariscos restaurant

The number of people sickened by a bacterial disease connected with a San Jose restaurant continues to grow.

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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.

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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.

9 years ago

Six cases of Legion­naires’ confirmed at San Quentin

Six San Quentin prison inmates have been diagnosed with Legionnaires disease as of today.

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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