1+ week, 3+ day ago   (775+ words) Brody Matteson, second from right, with his family in Ladera Ranch in Orange County, Calif. When Dustin Matteson moved his family to Orange County’s idyllic Ladera Ranch community in 2011, at first, it seemed like the perfect place to raise a…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (579+ words) Three more areas of the Imperial Beach coastline were closed late last week due to an ongoing sewage crisis so bad it can be seen from space. On Thursday, the San Diego County Department of Environmental Health and Quality announced…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (292+ words) Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., right, looks on as President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order on revised vaccine guidance in the Oval Office in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 10, 2026. California public health officials will ignore controversial…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (356+ words) The campus of Stanford University, including Hoover Tower, as seen from Stanford Stadium, on Nov. 1, 2025, in Palo Alto, Calif. The viruses made in the lab are not a danger to humans, the researchers insist, but a paper published in the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1582+ words) People are increasingly turning to chatbots for mental health care. Editor’s note: This story contains discussion of suicidal ideation and self harm. If you are in distress, call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline 24 hours a day at 988, or visit 988lifeline.org for…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (329+ words) A group of Stanford researchers recently discovered an explosive cell in flatworms that appears to sacrifice itself in order to kill other cells, possibly paving the way for a new method of medical treatment, a June 2026 article from the university…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (506+ words) A view of Kimtu Beach on the Trinity River in Willow Creek, Calif. Three people have drowned in the Trinity River in the span of a week, prompting authorities to issue extreme warnings about water safety. Deputies from the Humboldt…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (580+ words) FILE: A resting adult female Aedes aegypti mosquito, also known as the yellow fever mosquito. An invasive insect dubbed the yellow fever mosquito has been discovered for the first time in Castro Valley. The mosquito, scientific name Aedes aegypti, has…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (129+ words) SFGATE The San Francisco Department of Public Health asked for the public's help Saturday identifying a patient at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital who was admitted on Monday. The man was brought to the hospital on the night of June…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (530+ words) A microscopic view of Rotavirus. A highly contagious diarrheal illness is on the rise in parts of the Bay Area, with multiple cities recording increasing levels of the virus in wastewater in recent weeks. Rotavirus, a gastrointestinal virus, causes diarrhea…...