Health

We’ve heard the saying, “you are what you eat.” But what you eat, can also boost your immunity. More important than ever as we are in flu and COVID-19 season. Janelle Wang reports.

Sheltering at home has caused many of us to shelter some pounds. A new study out of UCSF says, on average, we’ve gained 1.5 pounds per month during the pandemic. So if you’ve been at home for 12 months, that’s almost 20 pounds. Janelle Wang spoke to Dr. Gregory Marcus, who co-authored the study, about how to reverse the weight......

Recovering from COVID-19 means you beat a life-threatening disease. But health experts estimate that as many as 8.4 million Americans survived, but haven’t really recovered — dealing with lingering symptoms months after getting infected.

The COVID-19 virus changes a little bit each time it’s spread — and scientists will have to keep a close eye on how those changes affect its behavior toward vaccines.

A U.S. appeals court in San Francisco on Monday upheld a revised rule by President Donald Trump’s administration that bars federally funded family planning clinics from providing abortion referrals. The decision was made by a 7-4 vote of an 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The panel overturned preliminary injunctions i...

As COVID-19 continues to take lives and shut-down the global economy, there is more pressure than ever to develop a vaccine as quickly as possible. On May 15, 2020, President Trump unveiled “Operation Warp Speed,” an ambitious plan to develop a a vaccine against COVID-19 by the end of the year.  While this timeline isn’t impossible, many exper...

The NBC Bay Area Responds team has helped families avoid some FSA hurdles over the years, but now there are new ways to use your money.

The first drug to show that it slows Alzheimer’s is on sale, but treatment for most patients is still several months away. Experts say scant coverage of the drug and a long setup time needed by health systems are two main factors behind the slow debut. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Leqembi from Japanese drugmaker Eisai in early......

Shorter days and less daylight can lead to symptoms of depression. Use these tools and tips to help maintain positive mental health during the winter months.

The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department in Washington has obtained multiple court orders requiring a Tacoma resident to get treatment for her active tuberculosis, officials told NBC News on Friday. The woman has thus far refused to isolate or take the necessary medications, according to Nigel Turner, the department’s divisio...

MSNBC anchor Yasmin Vossoughian is urging others to listen to their body after her bout with the common cold led to heart inflammationthat an urgent care initially dismissed as “reflux.”

Brain shrinkage is similar in obese people and those with Alzheimer’s disease, scientists at McGill University found in a new study. 

Ayahuasca is a psychedelic tea whose roots go back hundreds of years to ceremonial use by Indigenous groups in the Amazon rainforest.