NorCal Man Dies From Flesh-Eating Bacteria Infection
A 36-year-old Northern California man infected with a rare, flesh-eating bacteria has died.
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A 36-year-old Northern California man infected with a rare, flesh-eating bacteria has died.
Two American researchers, one a professor at Stanford University, won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for studies of protein receptors that let body cells sense and respond to outside signals like danger or the flavor of food.
Two scientists from different generations won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for the groundbreaking discovery that cells in the body can be reprogrammed to become completely different kinds, potentially opening the door to growing customized tissues for treatments.
The pros and cons of Prop. 37, which would require producers to label foods containing genetically-modified organisms, were debated on CBS 5 Sunday.
Health officials have confirmed that a 34-year-old man's death in July stemmed from his contact with a rabid bat in Contra Costa County earlier this year.
Federal officials say four California clinics, including one in Mendocino County, received steroid shots from a recalled batch linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak.
Dozens of weight loss and immune system supplements on the market are illegally labeled and lack the recommended scientific evidence to back up their purported health claims, government investigators warn in a new review of the $20 billion supplement industry.
Hot and dry weather was forecast for much of the San Francisco Bay Area and Monterey Bay area through Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Meet some famous survivors.
Bay Area air quality is forecast to reach unhealthy levels for a third day in a row, prompting another Spare the Air alert for Monday, according to Bay Area air quality officials.
California will become the first state to ban a controversial form of psychotherapy aimed at making gay teenagers straight.
Students in the state's public schools are about to get a lesson or two in organ and tissue donation.
Yosemite National Park will offer testing to all employees at the site to determine if they have ever been infected with a deadly mouse-borne virus, officials said Thursday.
California public health officials have tested 100 workers at Yosemite National Park to determine whether they were exposed to the deadly mouse-borne hantavirus.
This is San Francisco's first ever human case of West Nile virus in which the patient was infected via a mosquito bite.
