Health

Of all extreme weather conditions, heat is the most deadly. It kills more people in the U.S. in an average...

Dr. Chris Hakim lives in a version of the not-so-distant past. He practices modern medicine and spends as much time...

By Deb Balzer, Mayo Clinic News Network Summer vacation for kids is well underway. Finding activities to keep the kids...

Among the most difficult addictions to witness at San Francisco General Hospital’s drug clinic is methamphetamine, which leaves users tearing...

More potentially dangerous heat is on tap for the weekend, with temperatures expected to rise into the triple-digits in some...

Lisa Schencker | Chicago Tribune Abbott Laboratories’ sales of COVID-19 tests fell by a whopping 89% during the second quarter...

By Deb Balzer, Mayo Clinic News Network Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of both men and women —...

COVID cases in L.A. County are going up according to public health data that looks at:Reported COVID casesVirus concentrations in...

By Darius Tahir, KFF Health News Public health has had its day in court lately. And another day. And another...

Through the miserable years of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Bob Wachter, the University of California-San Francisco medical department chair, became...