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SF awaits confirmation in four probable monkeypox cases
San Francisco has now identified a total of four probable monkeypox cases among residents. Health officials await CDC confirmation. Read More
Contra Costa County reports first death related to coronavirus
Contra Costa County health officials confirmed Friday morning the county’s first death related to the novel coronavirus. The patient, in their 70s, died Thursday in a hospital in the...Read More
Travis AFB processes quarantined ship passengers
A flight carrying U.S. citizens who had been passengers on the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan arrived about 11:30 p.m. at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield,...Read More
Hospital sends home five workers after coronavirus exposure
Five hospital workers were sent home from work this week when the Santa Clara County Public Health Department determined they were exposed to coronavirus, county officials announced Tuesday. Public...Read More
Santa Clara County officials attempt to ease coronavirus risk fears
"This one case, in fact, does not raise the risk to the general public."Read More
SFO cuts back dozens of flights from China as coronavirus spreads
Starting next week, the number of weekly flights to China from San Francisco will drop from 90 to 55 due to the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus. This week,...Read More
Local health officials take precautions as coronavirus spreads to U.S.
San Francisco health officials have taken steps to ensure The City is prepared in case an individual becomes infected with the new type of coronavirus that originated last month...Read More
Mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus detected in San Martin
The Santa Clara County Vector Control District announced Tuesday that West Nile virus has been detected in adult mosquitoes in the southern part of the county.Read More
Second Zika virus case appears in San Francisco
A second San Francisco resident has tested positive for the Zika virus, San Francisco Department of Public Health officials announced Friday.Read More
San Mateo County reports Zika virus case
A San Mateo County resident has tested positive for the Zika virus, county officials announced Friday.Read More
Fifth Bay Area Zika virus case confirmed
Three Zika virus cases confirmed in the East Bay Friday have brought the total number of reported cases in the Bay Area to five.Read More
Norovirus cases confirmed on Cal campus
Health officials at the University of California at Berkeley are investigating a possible outbreak of norovirus at the campus.Read More
Pig virus plumps pork prices
A deadly pig virus has been sweeping through U.S. farms and driving up pork prices. Read More
Polio-like virus suspected in kids’ paralysis
Researchers have identified a polio-like syndrome in a cluster of children from California.Read More
Yosemite visitors warned of deadly virus
Yosemite officials alerted 1,700 visitors who may have been exposed to a rodent-borne virus that recently killed two people.Read More