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On Sunday, the nation's top doctor said he's "worried" about the trajectory of the pandemic in the United States as the highly-transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus tears through the country.
With cases of the highly contagious COVID-19 Delta variant on a rapid rise, a coalition of Bay Area county health officials urged local vaccinated residents to once again wear masks indoors in public places.
One month to the day after Gov. Gavin Newsom celebrated the state's progress in the fight against COVID-19 and reopened California, health leaders in Los Angeles County announced an indoor mask mandate and local health experts said the Bay Area may follow.
Most of us take for granted how easy it is to speak our thoughts and feelings. Now UCSF researchers have news of a major medical milestone for those who have lost that ability due to illness, disease or an accident.
Harvard economists estimate if the pandemic ends in the fall, the cost of COVID will be a astronomical $16 trillion. Included on that spreadsheet is a certain group of patients who are suffering from the lingering symptoms of a COVID infection, a syndrome is now known as long COVID.
Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday that it is recalling five of its sunscreen products after some samples were found to contain low levels of benzene, a chemical that can cause cancer with repeated exposure.
At least 59 residents at a homeless shelter in Northern California have tested positive for the coronavirus, half of whom were vaccinated, health officials said.
The battle against COVID-19 is intensifying once again as the Delta variant causes surges across the country among the unvaccinated, and more breakthrough cases are reported among those who have received their shots.
A licensed naturopathic doctor in Napa was arrested Wednesday in an alleged scheme to sell homeoprophylaxis immunization pellets and provide fake COVID-19 vaccination cards, federal authorities announced.
As San Francisco closes its largest mass COVID-19 vaccination site at Moscone Center, concerns are being raised about cases of the Delta variant rising, largely among the unvaccinated.
Residents in Minnesota are being reminded not to dump their goldfish in ponds and lakes, and for good reason. Someone fishing in Burnsville recently pulled a giant goldfish out of Keller Lake — an odd sight, yet one that is becoming common in the United States.
After initially telling schools they must send students home if they refuse to wear masks indoors, California public health officials abruptly changed course and said districts will be able to decide how to enforce the mask mandate.
While COVID-19 may feel under control, many people are feeling mentally off - chronically exhausted, burned out, anxious, quick to anger, and depressed. One treatment offers hope, but it's not without controversy.
California public health officials announced Monday that K-12 students will be required to wear masks indoors at schools once the upcoming school year begins.
Marin County health officials said while over 9 in 10 eligible residents have at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, cases of the more contagious Delta variant are growing among the unvaccinated.
