Saturday monkeypox clinic at S.F. General: no line, plenty of vaccine
For the past few weeks, people who've wanted a monkeypox vaccine in San Francisco have often had to line up and wait. That wasn't the case on Saturday.
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For the past few weeks, people who've wanted a monkeypox vaccine in San Francisco have often had to line up and wait. That wasn't the case on Saturday.
As a new school year is set to begin soon, the California Department of Public Health (CA DPH) is reminding families to make sure their kids are up to date with their routine vaccinations.
The debate over so-called safe-injection sites in California has come to a crucial turning point with Senate Bill 57 landing on Governor Gavin Newsom's desk and awaiting his signature or veto.
People who are at high risk for monkeypox can now get vaccinated for the virus via intradermal injection after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the technique.
Long-term exposure to low levels of traffic pollution is associated with higher health care costs for elderly Oakland residents, according to a hyper-local study recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Atmospheric Environment.
There is a measure of new hope for victims and families battling the devastating effects Alzheimer's and related dementias.
A San Francisco resident came out of isolation this week after he says he got monkeypox from a quick interaction with a friend in public, saying he wants this case to bring more attention to the outbreak in general but also that the virus can spread beyond sexual contact with partners.
An outbreak in Napa County of the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease has been traced to two more sites, county health officials said Thursday.
The agency says the new revisions acknowledge "the pandemic is not over" but should not disrupt daily life as much as it used to.
As a bill that would legalize safe injection sites heads to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk, an addict opens up to KPIX 5 about his struggle and why he says the sites would save lives.
A North Bay naturopathic doctor charged with selling fake COVID-19 immunization treatments and fraudulent vaccination cards will be sentenced in November.
A federal judge ruled against Walgreens Wednesday in a lawsuit by the city of San Francisco, accusing the pharmacy giant of contributing to the opioid crisis by filling hundreds of thousands of questionable prescriptions over the span of nearly 15 years.
Santa Clara County Vector Control District crews this week will be spraying part of Cupertino after finding mosquitoes that tested positive for West Nile virus there, district officials said Tuesday.
With supplies replenished by a shipment of 10,000 doses, a line spanning several blocks long began forming in the predawn hours Tuesday outside the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital monkeypox vaccine clinic.
State Sen. Scott Wiener led the first meeting of the California Legislature's new Senate Select Committee on Monkeypox on Tuesday afternoon, blasting how federal officials have handled the outbreak..
