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Officials with the San Francisco Department of Public Health said Friday that the source of a recent E. coli outbreak has been traced to a popular restaurant in the city's Richmond District.
A bill heading to Gov. Jerry Brown would allow nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives and physician assistants to perform a type of early abortion.
In a sweeping new policy statement prompted by pot legalization of some form in 22 states, including California, the U.S. Justice Department gave the green light to states to adopt tight regulatory schemes to oversee the medical and recreational marijuana industries burgeoning across the country.
The San Jose city council has killed a proposal that would have banned the sale of sodas, sports drinks and whole milk at all city facilities.
A union that represents 9,000 Santa Clara County employees, including 911 dispatchers, announced Wednesday that it has reached a tentative labor agreement with the county.
Nearly 100 shampoos and liquid soaps sold in California contain a chemical that should be flagged as carcinogenic under state law, but isn't, according to a Bay Area-based environmental watchdog group.
A bill that would allow nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives and physician assistants to perform a type of early abortion is one step away from the governor.
California lawmakers on Thursday approved an audit of the state's prison health care system, after a recent investigative report revealed hundreds of female inmates were forcibly sterilized.
The 67-year-old music legend tells AARP Magazine that she was diagnosed eight months ago and "can't sing a note"
Dozens of union emergency dispatchers rallied in San Jose Thursday to say they may strike against Santa Clara County over mandatory overtime, but the county's top official said that could trigger a court injunction to block it.
Campbell Mayor Evan Low is fighting for gay men to be able to donate blood in an effort that has spread nationwide.
Giving patients easier-to-take medicine and no-copay medical visits may help drive down high blood pressure, a major contributor to poor health and untimely deaths nationwide, a new study by Kaiser Permanente in Northern California suggests.
State and federal prison officials on Monday sought a judge's permission to force-feed inmates if necessary as a statewide hunger strike entered its seventh week.
Half of California voters say their health care costs increased this year. And, the same proportion describes health care as difficult to afford.
A Marin County resident has tested positive for the West Nile virus, marking the first case detected in a person in the county this year, health officials said Friday.
