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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
Cal alumna wins Nobel in chemistry
For the second time this week, a Nobel Prize has been given to a scientist associated with the University of California at Berkeley.Read More
Former UC immunologist wins Nobel Prize
James P. Allison, immunologist and former director of University of California at Berkeley's Cancer Research Laboratory, was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.Read More
Santa Cruz Co. issues hantavirus warning
A Santa Cruz County resident has been diagnosed with an infection caused by hantavirus, prompting public health officials with the county to warn the public and make recommendations on...Read More
Three Zika cases diagnosed in San Francisco
Three new cases of the Zika virus among San Francisco residents have been diagnosed in the past two weeks.Read More
Outbreak shutters Fairfield taqueria
Solano County public and environmental health officials have closed Alejandro's Taqueria in Fairfield after dozens of people became ill.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
Reward offered for abused, dying dog
The Animal Legal Defense Fund in Cotati is offering a $5,000 reward for information about who abandoned an abused English bulldog near death.Read More
Rat urine kills six in flood-ravaged Philippines
A bacterial epidemic caused by water contaminated with rat urine has hit a flood-ravaged region in the northern Philippines.Read More
Pacifica woman cured of flesh-eating bacteria
What started off as a scrape on Lori Madsen's arm quickly turned into a fight for her life.Read More