Health

With many Bay Area health facilities still in the midst of weathering the current flu season, the World Health Organization is finalizing plans for the next vaccine.

Bay Area shoppers are dealing with empty shelves or costly prices for eggs as the bird flu continues to drive up the price.

As the cold weather brings more gatherings indoors, health experts say there are now four viruses people should be wary of, with norovirus joining flu, COVID and RSV.

The first lady of the United States, Jill Biden, will visit the Bay Area on Monday to be a keynote speaker at a health care industry conference later in the week, according to the White House.

California leaders and public health officials on Friday are expected to address the state’s response to the bird flu.

The three big respiratory viruses that surge during this time of the year are mostly low in California and nationwide.

President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Health and Human Services Department on Thursday has shaken the healthcare community.

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.

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.

A new study from UCSF shows evidence of how unhealthy it is for children to be locked on their phones, tablets and computers for extended periods of time.

The CDC has issued an alert to doctors to watch for signs of the highly contagious parvovirus. Cases are rising in the U.S. including in the Bay Area.

The American Red Cross is dealing with an emergency blood shortage and calling on healthy individuals to roll up a sleeve to donate.

As parents and kids go through that last-minute back-to-school to-do list, health officials recommend they add vaccinations.