The worst flu season in years is swamping California, prompting a renewed surge in hospitalizations as officials warn the ...

Flu deaths have surpassed COVID-19 in California for the first time since the pandemic, with concerns over low vaccination rates and a likely severe flu season.

Hearst Television's National Investigative Unit is learning more about a substance, not considered an opioid, being mixed ...

A California hospital that closed in 2023 is nearing reopening, CEO Steve Sark announced Feb. 9.

The Central Nevada Health District has reported the first confirmed case of H5N1 avian flu in a human within the state.

Attorneys general sued the Trump administration to block a NIH decision that would slash grant payments for research overhead ...

The California Department of Public Health told SFGATE “elevated rates” of flu hospitalizations also have been reported ...

A judge halted NIH funding cuts that California and Democratic-run states say could harm life-saving medical research work at ...

A state commission fined former Ventura County Health Officer Dr. Robert Levin last year but said they found no conflict of ...

For the first time in California history, older adults will outnumber those under 18 in five years, a harbinger of what most likely will be mushrooming demand for elder care services, both at home and ...

The current strain of bird flu is spreading from wildlife and livestock to house cats. To keep pets healthy, many virologists ...