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The number of new HIV cases in San Francisco continues to reach record lows, according to a new report released Thursday by the city’s Department of Public Health.

Dozens of registered nurses and public health workers with the San Francisco Department of Public Health rallied Thursday, demanding the city increase staffing as the city grapples with two recently confirmed coronavirus cases.

A 37-year-old wheelchair-bound patient at San Francisco’s Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center has sued the hospital and the city over alleged abuse and neglect, attorneys for the patient said Wednesday.

Overdose deaths continued to rise in San Francisco in the first six months of 2019, mostly due to rises in fentanyl and methamphetamine overdoses, according to data released by the San Francisco Department of Public Health. Through June 30, the Department of Public Health recorded 182 confirmed overdose deaths, continuing a rising trend from 259 overdose deaths in all of…

San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced on Tuesday that she’s backing a comprehensive health care plan for homeless people suffering from mental illness that will be placed on the March 2020 ballot.

The 23rd International AIDS Conference doesn’t take place in the Bay Area until 2020, but local community leaders will hold a news conference Monday to talk about the importance of the event.

A Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen in San Francisco was shut down this week due to a cockroach infestation, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Mayor London Breed says San Francisco is cleaner under her administration and, thus, believes she fulfilled a campaign promise to usher in “significant” and “noticeable” improvements within 90 days of taking office. In comparing Breed’s first three months as mayor to the three months prior, 311 data reflects a rise in complaints concerning trash, human feces, and used syringes on...

The San Francisco Department of Public Health announced Thursday it received a grant from the state to help with the city’s Vision Zero initiative, which seeks to eliminate all traffic-related deaths in the city.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed bill Senate Bill 1045 Thursday which allows San Francisco, San Diego and Los Angeles to implement a plan that would give their cities more tools to treat mentally ill and addicted people on city streets.

A 75-year-old woman found dead 10 days after vanishing from a California Public Health Facility on the San Francisco General Hospital campus was the apparent victim of cracks that persist in the system aimed at protecting patients, officials acknowledged Thursday.

The San Francisco Department of Public Health on Friday informed 895 patients of a security breach involving personal information handled by a third-party medical transcription service. Officials added that there was no evidence that any personal information had been used for any purpose.

Three men were pronounced dead Thursday after being found unresponsive on a street in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, according to police.

Health officials report two new cases of the Zika virus in San Francisco.

In the wake of the recent Orlando shootings, a pink triangle, brightening up the Twin Peaks in clear view of the Castro district and downtown San Francisco, took on a special meaning Saturday.

San Francisco is trying to pioneer the way in the fight against HIV AIDS. On Thursday, Mayor Ed Lee and other city leaders announced a new plan – and a lot more money to dedicate to the problem.

The San Francisco Department of Public Health reports a significant increase in the number of cases of a highly contagious bacterial illness in the city, especially among homeless people.

A 37-year-old man has been arrested on an arson charge and is being held on $10 million bail stemming from the King Fire burning in the Sierra foothills – one of the largest wildfires currently burning in California, Cal Fire announced.

In a surprising and almost unheard of admission for a well-known politician – even for San Francisco – Supervisor Scott Wiener told the world that “each morning, I take a pill called Truvada to protect me from becoming infected with HIV.”