health

Alameda County health officials urge COVID-positive residents to seek available treatments

Available treatments reduce the risk of dying from COVID-19, whether a person is vaccinated or not.

The challenges facing many of the state’s drinking water delivery systems have been exacerbated by the drought.

Infertility treatment can cost tens of thousands of dollars. Now Oakland legislators are debating whether to mandate coverage.

San Francisco Sen. Scott Wiener proposal has generated contention from some Californians.

In California, where overdose deaths are on the rise, administering anti-addiction medication as a monthly injection holds tremendous potential.

How different are the seemingly endless stream of emerging omicron subvariants from one another and how protected are we?

Bans of the strips — on the books in about half of states, experts say — stem from laws criminalizing drug paraphernalia adopted decades ago.

The mental health of children under 5 has typically been overlooked when it comes to state funding.

The disruption to daily life caused by the pandemic has increased the number of children seeking mental health care.

As a new, highly infectious coronavirus variant appears in California, state health officials try to speed up vaccine distribution.