health

Overworked California firefighters struggle with PTSD, suicide, fatigue, intensifying wildfires

Thousands of overworked California firefighters carry a heavy load of trauma, pain and grief. They leave a fire but the fire never leaves them.

A more nuanced approach acknowledges that racial health disparities often reflect the effects of generations of systemic racism.

Two Bay Area universities are part of a federally funded effort to improve retention in a health care industry rocked by the pandemic.

California would spend $100 million to make insulin affordable to millions of people with diabetes under a new state generic drug label, CalRx.

The order does not apply to the city of Berkeley, which has its own health jurisdiction.

Lawmakers blame the ebbs and flows of the coronavirus, the public’s short attention span, and opposition from public safety unions.

Identifying long COVID in older adults can be tricky, but there are good strategies for getting care and fighting the impact of the virus.

In California and beyond, physician trainees working long hours for what can amount to little more than minimum wage.

San Francisco-based Encore Physicians provides clinics nationally with expertise and doctors with paid work.

EBMUD is offering one-hour virtual "tours" on how our local wastewater treatment system works.