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Inmates cannot hold state officials liable for contracting an airborne fungus that was more prevalent in the prison system, the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Friday
In a victory for big soda makers, a federal appeals court ruled that a San Francisco ordinance requiring health warnings on advertising for sugary drinks violates the first amendment.
The emerging 2020 presidential campaign has deepened the Democratic party's divide over how the government should cover all Americans.
Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney's documentary "The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley" takes a hard look at blood-testing startup Theranos and its charismatic young leader Elizabeth Holmes.
Scientists have found a way to diagnose Alzheimer's disease in patients long before symptoms appear by measuring a protein found in brain and spinal cord fluid, and blood serum.
Alcohol-associated liver disease -- including alcoholic cirrhosis, alcoholic cirrhosis with hepatitis C and acute alcoholic hepatitis -- has emerged as the leading reason for liver transplants in recent years.
A very pregnant Kathryn Grady and her husband rushed to Marin General hospital in Greenbrae but her baby started coming out just as they drove into the parking lot.
Kaiser Permanente leaders on Tuesday announced three major initiatives aimed at improving health outcomes by creating stable housing for homeless people in Oakland and across the country.
There's been little discussion of how to treat nicotine addiction in children as young as 11 years old.
Researchers believe the properties of cocoa are stickier and more viscose than standard medicine.
A U.S. judge based in the Bay Area will hear arguments Friday over California's attempt to block new rules by the Trump administration that would allow more employers to opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women.
Health officials are reminding people that it's not too late to get vaccinated against the flu after the deaths of two people from the Bay Area under the age of 40.
An E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce grown on a Santa Barbara County farm has ended and it is now safe to consume the leafy vegetable raised on California farms.
Gov. Gavin Newsom's first act as governor Monday was to propose state-funded health coverage for 138,000 young people in the country illegally and a reinstatement of a mandate that everyone buy insurance or face fines.
A little girl in Florida suffers from neuroblastoma cancer and is kept alive through frequent blood transfusions but her blood is so rare doctors must search around the world to find a handful of donors.
