California 1st To Ban Gay Teen 'Conversion' Therapy
California will become the first state to ban a controversial form of psychotherapy aimed at making gay teenagers straight.
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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.
Drug users and underage drinkers seeking medical help will no longer have to fear charges under a so-called "good Samaritan" bill signed by Gov. Jerry Brown.
Plans to rebuild and expand a historic medical facility in San Francisco's Chinatown received final city approval from Mayor Ed Lee on Wednesday.
Thousands of Bay Area health care workers are under orders to get a flu shot vaccination or wear a mask at work this flu season.
New research reports a link between the bisphenol A (BPA) chemical used in many types of food packaging and childhood obesity. The study found the link existed regardless of how many calories kids were taking in through their diets.
An East Bay firm is providing hope to people who are physically unable to walk, by developing robotic legs.
Another human case of West Nile Virus has been confirmed in Contra Costa County according to health officials, bringing the tally up to two known infections.
The National Park Service has said a ninth visitor to Yosemite National Park has been infected with the rodent-borne illness hantavirus.
As the U.S. wrestles with its biggest whooping cough outbreak in decades, researchers appear to have zeroed in on the main reason: The safer vaccine that has been in use since the 1990s loses effectiveness much faster than previously thought.
Health officials said it's unlikely that eight infants exposed to tuberculosis at a Sacramento hospital will contract the disease.
Bay Area public health leaders are reacting to news that parents of private school children in California are more likely to opt out of vaccinations than parents of kids in public schools.
