Page Updated: Saturday, August 08, 2026 12:31 PM ET

The Mercury News - Health

Jarvis: No Surprises Act could shock healthcare system

3 days ago

Kennedy, Oz say crackdown on fraud caused Obamacare enrollment drop. Experts say it was skyrocketing costs

3 days ago

Foodborne illnesses are rising. What not to eat right now.

17 hours ago

One man works to slow the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history, and he's doing it unpaid

21 hours ago

Severely ill prisoners granted early release are left stuck behind bars

21 hours ago

AI is being used to boost Medicaid enrollment, but not without concerns

21 hours ago

'This is revolutionary': New guidelines take aim at a syndrome impacting nearly 90% of US adults

21 hours ago

Leave it: Dog trainers help pets avoid venomous snakes

1 day ago

Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer COVID questions

2 days ago

Fauci repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a contentious Senate committee hearing

9 days ago

COVID-19 levels run high in Bay Area wastewater, prompting calls for precautions

14 days ago

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

2 months ago

Bay Area health officials urge vaccination to prevent measles outbreak

16 days ago

Will vaccine boosters be necessary as measles spreads nationwide?

18 days ago

Would hunters take a Lyme disease vaccine? We asked

25 days ago

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

1 month ago

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

17 days ago

Marin County dementia drug startup gets venture capital infusion

25 days ago

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

28 days ago

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

2 months ago

Walnut Creek oral surgeons pick student for free wisdom teeth removal

19 hours ago

A tiny fish's behavior suggests aging may happen in stages, Stanford study finds

3 days ago