Shoo the Flu program will return this fall for teachers and students at elementary schools throughout Oakland.
Check the specialties where it's ranked high performing. Check the rankings for all Oakland hospitals.
Check the date and codes, Rockridge. Just one day is covered by the recall, but that includes more than 35,000 pounds of snacks.
Rockridge: "Our new research shows that a driver who has slept less than five hours has a crash risk comparable to someone driving drunk"
The person's tuberculosis is active and contagious. The Alameda County Health Department is tracking contacts.
Parents or guardians must sign a consent form. The goal is to keep kids in school.
The Red Cross currently has an urgent need for blood donations. Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs a transfusion.
Medicare and Medicaid programs are available for Rockridge residents to help with quitting!
Beloved pet therapy dog, Sadie, retires after 8 years of service.
Their Mission: Bring Smiles and Joy to Pediatric Patients at Kaiser Permanente's Oakland Medical Center
New study by Stanford biologists holds the promise of a more effective treatment for drug addiction.
Goal is to walk 150 minutes per week through June 5. (Contest actually began Sunday, so we need to get a move on.)
During the winter months, inclement winter weather and seasonal illnesses can keep regular donors from giving blood.
Hundreds of hospitals in Calif. were rated by patients on quality of care, with low performers endangering their Medicare reimbursement rate
Health officials say they expect to see more secondary cases of people becoming infected from contact with someone who ate at the eatery.
The open enrollment period began Oct.15. Recipients have until early December to make changes in coverage.
Anti-vaxxers submit petition signatures to State; claim it's not about vaccinations but "fundamental freedom" to make informed choices.
And calculate for yourself using a handy tool.
The Breathmobile is a mobile asthma clinic that visits schools and other sites to offer free preventive asthma services.
Can you recognize a heat emergency? We're under a Heat Advisory from the National Weather Service, meaning that it's dangerously hot.
A National Weather Service Heat Advisory now in effect
More than 2 million pounds may have inaccurate "Best When Used By" dates.
As kids go back to school, something worse than homework and detention awaits many of them.
LifeLong added urgent care services after the financially beleaguered Doctors Medical Center cut emergency services and eventually closed.
Stanford expert explains the causes, onset, progression and treatment of the disease that affects more women than men.
Other states may follow ours - one of strictest in nation - and eliminate philosophical and religious exemptions, Stanford experts say.
The deceased individual was from Nevada County, state health officials said.
Opponents of a new law that bars parents from opting their children out of mandatory vaccines are gathering signatures for a referendum.
The state is reporting more cases this year, and the drought could partially be to blame.
Consumers should not eat recreationally caught or harvested mussels and clams, the agency warns.
National accreditation and highest level of recognition for Patient-Centered Medical Homes
An East Bay Foundation gave the award to First 5 Contra Costa and First 5 Alameda County.
U.S. News & World Report names Kaiser Permanente’s Oakland Medical Center among nation’s high performing hospitals
The screenings will be held tonight and include preventative health care measures.
An East Bay psychotherapist says society's negative view of mental illness impacts the treatment that patients and families receive.
The non-native mosquito has been discovered in Alameda County, prompting door-to-door property inspections.
Fighting childhood cancer one cup at a time. This could be a great "giving back" activity for you and your kids!
Anyone handling the chews can get sick.
Health officials are encouraging residents to get vaccinated to prevent another outbreak. What do you think, Rockridge?
The campaign’s stated centerpiece will be signage saying “suicide is not the route."