Health

Some of the nation’s top doctors are now urging President Joe Biden to declare a national emergency over RSV. 

The American Red Cross is offering incentives as it seeks to ramp up blood donations ahead of the winter flu season.

As we honor America’s heroes on Veterans Day, one health expert who works with vets discusses the subject of mental and physical struggles, specifically loneliness.

Latinos are at higher risk of Alzheimer’s and dementia, according to the Alzheimer’s Association.

Friday marks the end of September and with it the end of Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month. But advocates hope awareness of the diseases won’t go away.

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.

On National Cancer Survivors Day, two women who overcame this difficult disease, are sharing the real reason behind their recovery.