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The Mercury News - Health

'Scary as hell': Sonoma County farmers confront new avian flu wave and debate over vaccine

5 days ago

An emerging shutdown deal doesn't extend expiring health subsidies. Here's what could happen to them

5 days ago

FDA removes long-standing warning from hormone-based menopause drugs

5 days ago

At The Hollow in Florida, the 'medical freedom' movement finds its base camp

5 days ago

Measure B appears to hold commanding lead in latest election results

20 hours ago

Judge says he'll approve opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue and Sackler family

1 day ago

Researchers try bold new approach in a race to better treat autoimmune diseases

1 day ago

The trend of unproven peptides is spreading through influencers and RFK Jr. allies

1 day ago

Man believed to be first person to die from meat allergy caused by tick bite

2 days ago

Simone Biles details the 3 plastic surgeries she's undergone

3 days ago

Can a weight loss and diabetes drug treat long COVID?

16 days ago

Common viral infections like flu and shingles can raise your risk of heart attack and stroke, analysis finds

17 days ago

With CDC signoff, CVS says Covid-19 vaccines will be available nationwide without a prescription

1 month ago

CDC stops recommending COVID-19 shots for all, leaves decision to patients

1 month ago

Despite the hoopla, vaccines should be in reach this cough-and-cold season

18 days ago

In one California county, kindergartener vaccination rates dip below herd immunity levels for measles

20 days ago

James Watson dies at 97; co-discoverer of DNA's double-helix shape helped revolutionize scientific research

8 days ago

Opinion: California universities broke the silence of ALS with federal funds — now at risk

12 days ago

FDA says drugmakers have recalled a blood pressure medicine tainted with a cancer-causing chemical

16 days ago

As health companies get bigger, so do the bills. It's unclear if Trump's team will intervene

1 day ago