Officials in Santa Clara County are investigating 19 deaths to determine whether those deaths were heat-related, after a record-breaking heat wave baked much of the Bay Area in the days …
Judith Graham | (TNS) KFF Health News What weighs most heavily on older adults’ minds when it comes to health care? The cost of services and therapies, and their ability …
Karen Kaplan | (TNS) Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — In the first head-to-head comparison of two blockbuster drugs used in real-world conditions, people who took Mounjaro lost significantly more weight than …
From the day the first primitive human clambered up a tree while fleeing a pack of ravenous wolves — and later grunted out the details of their narrow escape to …
How much do heatwaves cost? The hidden costs of extreme heat — from lost productivity to healthcare for heat-related illnesses — totaled more than $7.7 billion over the last decade, …
After a flurry of last-minute additions and withdrawals, five legislative measures and five citizen-proposed initiatives are headed for the California ballot this November. Each statewide proposition must be approved by …
In 2022, the White House set ambitious goals to tackle the opioid crisis through the National Drug Control Strategy proposal. Collaborating with federal, state and tribal governments, as well as local communities …
If you thought COVID was a thing of the past, this summer’s surge should make you think twice. The whole Bay Area seems to be coming down with the virus …
By John Hanna | Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas’ highest court strongly reaffirmed Friday that the state constitution protects abortion access, striking down a ban on a common second-trimester …
Taylor Sisk | KFF Health News (TNS) JELLICO, Tenn. — In March 2021, this town of about 2,000 residents in the hills of east Tennessee lost its hospital, a 54-bed …