Health

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends that people ages 65 and up and those with weakened immune systems get a second dose of the 2024-25 Covid vaccine six months after their first dose, NBC News reports.

For the first time, Dreamers are eligible for healthcare coverage under the Affordable Care Act, which is expected to impact upwards of 40,000 Californians.

For the first time, Dreamers are eligible for healthcare coverage under the Affordable Care Act, which is expected to impact upwards of 40,000 Californians. Jocelyn Moran reports.

Workers and visitors at health care facilities in parts of the Bay Area will be required to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID and other infectious diseases. Robert Handa reports.

In a landmark moment for DACA recipients on Friday, the so-called Dreamers for the first time were able to sign up for health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Ginger Conejero Saab reports.

Starting Friday, workers and visitors at health care facilities in parts of the Bay Area will be required to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID and other infectious diseases.

Starting Friday, workers and visitors at health care facilities in parts of the Bay Area will be required to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID and other infectious diseases.

The baby powder was first recalled in September.

Since the first reported case of HIV in the U.S. 43 years ago, ending HIV epidemic is possible with new medicine that may ensure long, healthy lives and prevention.

Since the first reported case of HIV in the U.S. 43 years ago, ending HIV epidemic is possible with new medicine that may ensure long, healthy lives and prevention

A pig at an Oregon farm was found to have bird flu.

Fresh, slivered onions on the restaurant chain’s Quarter Pounders “are the likely source” of the outbreak, the agency said Wednesday.

As voters look to make pivotal decisions this Election Day, a new survey is revealing more Americans are feeling anxiety. Life coach Dr. Shirley Davis discusses how to deal with the fallout from the election.

Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina more than a month ago, but the impacts are still being felt in the Bay Area right now in the form of an IV fluid shortage. 

While 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime, only one in 204 will be diagnosed by age 30. Bay FC defender Jen Beattie talks about her diagnosis at 29 and the support she received.

The outbreak, likely linked to slivered onions on McDonald’s Quarter Pounders, joins a list of other E. coli incidents from fresh produce, especially precut, pre-washed fruits and vegetables.

Updated COVID-19 vaccines targeting JN.1-lineage omicron variants of the coronavirus are now available in the U.S. for the fall and winter seasons.

McDonald’s E. coli outbreak surprised many people and has impacted many across the county. Now, Taylor Farms in Salinas is being investigated as the potential source of the deadly outbreak. NBC Bay Area’s Jessica Aguirre spoke with Dr. Paul Bollyky, an immunologist and infectious disease specialist at Stanford Medical Center, to understand what the outbreak means.

An international group of health experts concluded that existing regulations globally are insufficient to protect the public from the potential harms of widely accessible gambling.

Even as cases of H5N1 virus among animals and people are rising in the U.S., there’s no evidence of human-to-human transmission.