KP Santa Rosa Recognized For Patient Care: Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center is celebrating a certification bestowed on fewer than 10% of hospitals nationwide. It is now the 56th in the ...

Enhanced federal subsidies and more state aid for out-of-pocket costs have made health insurance purchased through California ...

Just a few years ago, children with Type 1 diabetes reported to the school nurse several times a day to get a finger pricked to check whether their blood sugar was dangerously high or low. This story ...

California and Massachusetts are teaching immigrants their rights while Florida and Texas are collecting patients’ immigration status. As states offer differing guidelines for interacting with ...

Catastrophic wildfires are common in California, and mental health specialists have become a key part of local governments’ ...

As Gov. Gavin Newsom enters the second half of his final term, health care stands out as his most ambitious but glaringly incomplete initiative for California residents. The issue will likely shape ...

Rare Strain Of Bird Flu Found In California: A new strain of bird flu — H5N9 — has been detected in Merced County at a commercial duck operation. California state veterinarian Annette Jones said the ...

Jessie Mazar squeezed the grab handle in her husband’s pickup and groaned as contractions struck her during the 90-minute drive from her home in rural northeastern California to the closest hospital ...

Doxy-PEP Is Working: Fewer Gay Men In Calif. Catching Chlamydia, Syphilis: A pair of studies by San Francisco researchers found that rates for the two common STIs also fell in bisexual men and ...