Bay Area Cooling Centers Open To Help Heat Wave Sufferers
As the hot weather continues in the Bay Area, a number of cities have opened up cooling centers where people can beat the heat.
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As the hot weather continues in the Bay Area, a number of cities have opened up cooling centers where people can beat the heat.
The Obama administration Tuesday unexpectedly announced a one-year delay, until 2105, in a central requirement of the new health care law that medium and large companies provide coverage for their workers or face fines.
California corrections officials say they'll comply with a federal court order to move thousands of inmates out of two Central Valley prisons where an airborne fungus has led to widespread illnesses.
A Santa Clara County nonprofit aimed at stopping teen dating violence was formally unveiled Thursday.
State officials have fined Kaiser Permanente $4 million, alleging the health care giant failed to provide adequate mental health services.
The mother of a teenager who died from cardiac arrhythmia last year is blaming his death on Monster Beverage, alleging in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that his death was caused by habitually drinking the company's energy drink.
Oakland is ground zero for an ambitious effort aimed at reducing the rate of HIV infection in young gay men of color. Margie Shafer explains in this KCBS Cover Story.
Aetna Inc. will stop selling individual health insurance policies in California next month, just weeks after opting out of the exchange that is being established as part of the national health care reforms, a state regulator said Tuesday.
The state Legislature passed a major piece of the federal Affordable Care Act, opting to expand Medicaid to 1.4 million low-income Californians.
Those "M" or "F" markers are a source of anxiety and, even, discrimination for transgender individuals.
President Barack Obama spoke in San Jose Friday to address concerns over recent revelations about national security programs as well as to tout California's health care exchanges as a successful result of his health care legislation.
Three Bay Area hospitals have been fined a combined $225,000 by the California Department of Public Health for infractions that could have caused serious injury or death to patients.
A Target pharmacy employee who works at store locations in Alameda County handled medications after being infected with hepatitis A by tainted berries sold at Costco stores, health officials said Wednesday.
Two dead birds found in San Mateo have tested positive for West Nile virus, the San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District announced on Tuesday.
A Hepatitis A case linked to a recalled frozen berry product has been reported in Santa Clara County and is at least the third case from the tainted berries in the Bay Area, public health officials said.
