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The Mercury News - Health

Arizona boosts heat protection after hundreds died last year

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United Methodists drop ban on clergy celebrating same-sex marriages

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Are midwives and doulas the answer to keeping more Black babies alive?

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Mandatory reporting laws meant to protect children get another look

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Busy Philipps diagnosed with ADHD alongside her daughter

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Ozzy Osbourne receiving stem cell treatments amid health problems

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Census change will lead to more data on health of Middle Eastern, North African people in US

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Bird flu's disturbing new turn into cattle - are California herds safe?

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Congress likely to kick the can on COVID-era telehealth policies

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Who's dying now? Here's how recent COVID deaths compare to the early months of the pandemic in California

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After pandemic pause, Caltech restores standardized testing requirement for incoming undergrads

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The path to a better tuberculosis vaccine runs through Montana

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Four years after shelter-in-place, COVID-19 misinformation persists

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Bay Area health officials urge vaccination amid measles rise

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Needle pain is a big problem for kids. One Bay Area doctor has a plan

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Opinion: How should we deal with COVID now?

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Our brains are growing. Will that help prevent dementia?

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California strikes deal for cheaper overdose-reversing medication

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California is joining with a New Jersey company to buy a generic opioid overdose reversal drug

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Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police

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Walmart, M.D.: Why the world's largest retailer wants to be America's doctor

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Tuberculosis outbreak at California hotel to lead to public health emergency

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New form of mpox detected in large Congo outbreak

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US lawmakers slam UnitedHealth's cybersecurity, call the company 'a monopoly on steroids'

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Your cellphone may be causing nearsightedness, now at epidemic levels

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Arizona Legislature repeals Civil War-era abortion ban

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