As the U.S. experiences a summer swell of COVID-19 infections, experts say it will remain a threat for many years, but new vaccines should lower the danger....
In the midst of a summer filled with record-breaking high temperatures, climate scientists on a virtual panel Thursday warned of the dangers of extreme heat....
County health officials are looking for people who were recently at Zen Day Spa after two people died and a third got sick from Legionnaires' disease....
Programs such as See Her Bloom help Black women with substance abuse disorders by sharing resources and allowing women to tell their stories....
While policymakers have championed the Medi-Cal Doula Services Benefit, doulas are divided as to the benefit that inclusion in Medi-Cal can offer them....
The summer's first Thrive Thursday/Health 4 All event will be held 6:30-8 p.m. at MLK Jr. Park with various resources for health and wellness....
Black people in the Bay Area are two times less likely to access medical respite care in their lifetime as compared to white and Latinx people....
While the risk is lower, COVID-19 is still here, leaving people to weigh risks and benefits to decide how to live their lives, with many basically ignoring it....
LifeLong workers on Friday announced their plans to strike for two days in June. Then, on Saturday, their union said the strike was off....
Health care workers at 17 Bay Area LifeLong Medical Care clinics announced Friday that they will stage a two-day strike beginning June 5....
Minimizing air pollution is a public health and equity issue, and clean transportation could play a role in addressing this problem....
Child life expectancy has gone down in recent years, due to four leading causes, authorities say: homicide, suicide, accidental drug overdose and car accidents....
A physician, a policy maker and a labor relations and healthcare expert on April 20 presented a path to universal healthcare to Contra Costa residents. ...
"As temperatures heat up and our roadways become increasingly crowded, air quality is expected to be unhealthy," says a Spare the Air official....
Racism and lack of support make Black women more likely to have bad outcomes while pregnant. The Black Infant Health program is helping to change that....
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