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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…

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

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…

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

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.

8 years ago

Out­break shutters Fairfield taqueria

Solano County public and environmental health officials have closed Alejandro's Taqueria in Fairfield after dozens of people became ill.

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

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…

9 years ago

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.

11 years ago

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.

12 years ago

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