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Bay Area scientist Frederick Ramsdell earns Nobel Prize for immune system research

Ramsdell won for his groundbreaking discoveries in how the body’s immune system avoids attacking its own healthy tissues.

Consider common sense when interacting with a medical practice to make sure it is right for you.

Whether federal cuts are legal is still undecided, but local health departments have already made moves to scale back.

Of the estimated 1.1 million people estimated by the CDC to have HIV in the US, approximately 143,254 people, or 12%, live in California.

The COVID-19 vaccine is recommended for everyone aged six months and up, according to the state Department of Public Health.

The country is experiencing some of the lowest childhood vaccine rates and highest levels of public health uncertainty in known memory.

Conventional wisdom says GLP-1 drugs must be taken indefinitely to maintain weight loss.

The sight of these agents — often armed and with covered faces — makes many wary and may keep people from seeking care.

California retained every grant the Trump administration attempted to claw back, while Texas remains the state with the most grants terminated.

Transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito, the virus has also been reported in birds in Alameda county.