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The Mercury News - Health

Foodborne illnesses at restaurant chains are rare but can sicken customers, roil businesses

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Trump administration's USDA lab closures threaten cyclospora research as parasite outbreak sickens thousands

14 hours ago

Michelle Trachtenberg fans praise Rosie O'Donnell for discussing her addiction struggles

15 hours ago

Europe's early heat wave led to a spike in deaths, may have killed over 10,000

14 hours ago

Are your hearing aid and fitness tracker spying on you?

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Returning to Mount Tamalpais: Bay Area paraplegic relishes new adaptive bike

19 hours ago

'I just don't want it to take over my life': Hantavirus sparks fear, questions for some students in a post-COVID world

1 month ago

IRS may owe you a refund for coronavirus-era fines. Here's how to apply

2 months ago

Former Fauci adviser indicted for allegedly concealing communications related to COVID-19 research

2 months ago

US health officials nix publication of a study on COVID vaccine effectiveness

2 months ago

Would hunters take a Lyme disease vaccine? We asked

4 days ago

What is Proposition 38 before California voters in the 2026 election?

10 days ago

FDA panel backs first-of-its-kind flu vaccine using mRNA technology

29 days ago

South Bay resident with measles visited SFO airport, San Jose locations

1 month ago

Marin County dementia drug startup gets venture capital infusion

4 days ago

Lawsuit claims Stanford injected woman with wrong imaging dye, and now she can barely walk

7 days ago

Prolific East Bay innovator of common medical devices dies at age 90

1 month ago

FDA blocked melanoma drug as confusion reigned under Makary

1 month ago

Salinas-based Taylor Farms pulls Mexico-grown lettuce linked to Taco Bell Cyclospora outbreak

8 hours ago

Letters: We should stop sinking money in high-speed rail pit

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