Public Health

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (183+ words) Doctors are sounding the alarm about the early arrival of the flu season and urging people to get their flu shot as soon as possible. Scott Budman reports. Doctors say they are seeing a significand uptick in flu cases, and…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (845+ words) Russian plague case isn’t likely to bring another pandemic to California, experts say. A worldwide uproar erupted this week after Russian media outlets reported a lab worker at an anti-plague facility died due to unexplained pneumonia. The mysterious death and…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (340+ words) Health care workers, visitors and anyone else who isn’t a patient will be required to wear masks in patient care areas of certain Sonoma County health facilities starting next month, under a new county health order meant to blunt the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (499+ words) State and Bay Area health officials warned on Friday of a possible measles exposure after a person infected with the disease traveled by train from the Midwest through California. Thom Jensen reports. Alameda County and California Department of Public health…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (660+ words) When you have an emergency and need an ambulance, you certainly don’t have time to ask insurance companies questions. A law in California makes sure no one gets a surprise medical bill. But many families still get a surprise bill....