San Jose reinstates mask mandate for city workers

The latest surge in COVID-19 infections in the Bay Area has prompted the city of San Jose to reinstate its indoor mask mandate for city employees.

Pediatrician's plea to parents: Do NOT make your own baby formula

Amid today's baby formula shortage, Dr. Sarah Adams of Akron Children's Hospital in Ohio warned parents away from homemade options.

CDC warns of mysterious hepatitis outbreak across U.S.

U.S. health officials are now looking into more than 100 possible cases of a mysterious and severe liver disease in children, including five deaths.

Bill allowing preteen vaccines without parental OK advances

A California bill that would allow children aged 12 and up to get vaccines without parental consent cleared its first legislative hurdle.

Nearly 15M deaths associated with COVID-19, World Health Organization says

Scientists estimate there were between 13.3 million and 16.6 million deaths that were either caused directly by the coronavirus or were somehow attributed to the pandemic’s impact on health systems.

Calculating risk on Mother's Day as COVID cases rise

Just in time for Mother's Day, COVID cases are on the rise throughout the Bay Area. One health expert says a highly transmissible variant is going around, but that hospitalizations remain low.

Newsom proposes amendment to California constitution to protect abortion rights

At a press conference in southern California today, Governor Newsom talked about the leaked Supreme Court decision on abortion as well as his proposal to guarantee abortion rights in the state Constitution. The event seemed that the Governor essentially kicked off his re-election campaign.

Unvaccinated Healdsburg councilwoman abruptly resigns over housing, hostility

A Healdsburg City Council member, who chose not to vaccinate against COVID, abruptly resigned this week, citing "housing instability" and "hostile treatment" in her resignation letter.   

Top UCSF doctor says he's masking up again

Dr. Robert Wachter said he had been less careful when it came to masking in places like restaurants, but now, he will be back to wearing N95's in crowded indoor spaces.

CDC restates transportation mask recommendation

U.S. health officials are restating their recommendation that Americans wear masks on planes, trains and buses, despite a court ruling last month that struck down a national mask mandate on public transportation.

California’s population fell again amid pandemic’s 2nd year

California’s population shrank for the second year in a row in 2021 as the nation’s most populous state was hit by declining birth rates, higher deaths from the pandemic and fewer people moving into the state from elsewhere in the U.S., officials said Monday.