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The Mercury News - Health

WHO sees 'encouraging signs' in Congo Ebola fight, but warns cases in one eastern region are surging

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Dr. Nicole Saphier, Trump's 3rd surgeon general pick, faces Senate questions over her vaccine stance

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California sets pioneering testing standards for wildfire-affected homes

18 hours ago

A fourth measles death is reported in Pennsylvania

1 day ago

UC Global Health Institute to move headquarters from San Francisco to Irvine

1 day ago

Pennsylvania officials report state's 3rd death involving measles

2 days ago

COVID-19, flu vaccines are available in the Bay Area. Here's how to get them.

5 days ago

This summer's COVID spread: How the symptoms have changed

12 days ago

Forget about COVID-19's origins. Focus on preventing the next pandemic

13 days ago

COVID is spreading again in the Bay Area. Here's who should take precautions

20 days ago

Coroner releases details of infants who died amid growing Pennsylvania measles outbreak

6 days ago

Kaiser Permanente study finds hotspots in three Bay Area counties for low measles vaccination rates

7 days ago

Top US doctors offer updated flu and COVID vaccine recommendations, aiming to ease confusion

14 days ago

This vaccine reduces risk of melanoma coming back. Can it work for other cancers?

16 days ago

'Wild West' of untested peptides has Americans paying in crypto to get their fix

1 month ago

Marin County dementia drug startup gets venture capital infusion

2 months ago

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

2 months ago

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

3 months ago

Students Against Period Poverty holding care package party at Milpitas Library

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Massachusetts governor proposes improved postpartum healthcare after Lindsay Clancy trial

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