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The Mercury News - Health

Young kids missed the pandemic's school disruptions. Their reading scores are still behind

5 days ago

Dolly Parton provides health update: 'I just kind of got worn down and worn out'

2 hours ago

Quartz countertop boom linked to incurable lung disease among Bay Area workers

2 hours ago

Southern states target Bay Area doctor in legal battles over abortion

4 hours ago

$190 million for new mental health, addiction treatment centers coming to Bay Area

2 days ago

Flu vaccines didn't work that well in the US, officials find

2 days ago

Six federal scientists run out by Trump discuss the work left undone

2 days ago

New Stanford study points to vaccine that protects against multiple infections

23 days ago

Trump policies at odds with emerging understanding of COVID's long-term harm

1 month ago

US life expectancy hit an all-time high in 2024, CDC says

1 month ago

Two cases of mumps reported at Berkeley High School

7 days ago

Opinion: Anti-vaccine ideology doesn't just cost lives. It drains pocketbooks.

13 days ago

Person with measles dined twice at Panda Express in Burlingame

16 days ago

Lawsuit accuses Bay Area doctor of violating Texas' anti-abortion laws

1 month ago

East Bay man blazed trail for others with pioneering back surgery

1 month ago

Thomas Fogarty dies; innovative Stanford surgeon, Peninsula winemaker

1 month ago

Inside the battle for the future of addiction medicine

1 month ago

'Kind of morbid': Health premiums threaten their nest egg. A terminal diagnosis may spare it

2 days ago