Health Warning Issued After 2 SF State Students Contract Chickenpox
Two students at San Francisco State University have been diagnosed with chickenpox, prompting officials to send a health warning to students.
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Two students at San Francisco State University have been diagnosed with chickenpox, prompting officials to send a health warning to students.
Up to 10,000 people who were guests in certain lodging cabins at Yosemite National Park might have been exposed to a deadly mouse-borne virus, park officials confirmed Friday.
Two more Yosemite National Park visitors have been found with a mouse-borne virus blamed for the deaths of two people, bringing the total number of infections to six.
Speaking at the Commonwealth Club, Dr. John York said the league hopes to have new technology in place by the beginning of next year.
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is spearheading a ballot measure in San Francisco to combat what it calls "predatory pricing" of a new AIDS drug.
The state Senate has approved a bill that would allow nurses to dispense birth control, making it easier for women to get contraceptives at primary care clinics.
The five-member Benefit Exchange Board is making key decisions in Sacramento to lay the groundwork for who qualifies for affordable health care coverage and how they can access those plans.
California health officials are warning consumers not to eat black licorice twist candies made by Red Vines because they contain too much lead.
Chevron opened a second help center in Richmond on Wednesday so residents could file medical claims resulting from the August 6th refinery fire.
This comes as high school football season is getting set to begin in and around the Bay Area.
The monitors are not designed to test for many of the pollutants that surface following refinery fires like the recent one at the Chevron refinery in Richmond.
A northern California produce supplier is voluntarily recalling romaine lettuce that was shipped to 19 states, Puerto Rico and Canada over fears of possible E. coli contamination.
Gov. Jerry Brown is telling California lawmakers that he will call a special legislative session on health care at the end of the year.
A man who died after a trip to Yosemite National Park, where it is believed he contracted a rare disease spread by rodents, was an Alameda County resident and died there after returning from his trip, an Alameda County Health Department spokeswoman said Friday.
Yosemite National Park officials say a man is dead and a woman is recovering after contracting a rare rodent-borne disease in popular lodging area.
