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The number of measles cases in the U.S. has surpassed the record-breaking tally for all of 2025.
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Advisers to the FDA put the opioid overdose-reversal drug a step closer to being sold without a needing a prescription. Even if approved, the medication may not reach many people who need it.
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COVID-19 still kills 24 people a day in California.
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Eye-opening testimony from a top scientist offers a useful primer on the role social media may play in the teen mental health crisis.
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State Sen. María Elena Durazo and Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West want to give health facility support staffers a raise. Hospitals, nursing homes, and dialysis clinics are expected to resist.
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Many eating disorder specialists oppose the new guidance's focus on weight loss and BMI, and say it minimizes the risk of disordered eating and will perpetuate deep-rooted, damaging stigmas.
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California residents without health insurance will likely have more trouble getting low-cost tests, treatment and vaccines after the federal emergency ends.
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"There is no question from this data [that] young people are telling us that they are in crisis," says Kathleen Ethier, director of the CDC's Division of Adolescent and School Health.
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Life looks a little more normal here in the U.S. than it did a few years ago, but decisions on how to deal with the virus aren't over yet.
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It's unclear how long masks will be required in healthcare settings.
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The Los Angeles County Office of Education will partner with providers to offer mental telehealth services to more than a million kids at K-12 public schools.
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The new California law makes it a crime to sell flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes.
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#Snapback perpetuates unrealistic postpartum expectations.
