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SJM-L-HEALTHPOLL-0620(Seipel/Frankel)EMBARGOED UNTIL 8 PM MONDAY4:30 for printCalifornians’ views of the Affordable Care Act and the importance of the state’s Medi-Cal program. How worried are Californians about possibly losing their health...
Midnight Wednesday is deadline for 2018 Covered California plans
The repeal of Obamacare's individual mandate doesn’t start until 2019, so the law's requirement to buy insurance is still in place for 2018.
Grammy swag includes Bay Area company’s steam inhalers
“It’s basically modernizing humidification,’’ said Nanda, a former senior vice president at Genentech, who runs MyPurMist with CEO Lars Barfod.
California flu deaths jump from 74 to 97
Flu-related fatalities around the greater Bay Area region now total 29, up from 25 reported by county public health departments last week.
California’s right-to-die law is working but challenges remain
Signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown in October 2015, the End of Life Option Act allows any mentally competent California adult, diagnosed with less than six months to live,...
Legislative committee to take up California’s right-to-die law
The law allows any mentally competent California adult, diagnosed with less than six months to live, to end their life with a lethal drug prescription from their doctor.
This flu season: An app to see your doctor ASAP
As the flu season bears down on the Bay Area, a range of doctor consultation applications can not only connect flu patients with doctors who make house calls, they can connect...
California flu deaths jump from 42 to 74; Greater Bay Area reports 25
The flu season, which began Oct. 1, has exploded over the last month in the Golden State, and is on track to being the worst in 10 years.
Flu may be spread just by breathing, new study says
We knew to be wary of coughs and sneezes, but new research indicates the air around us can be infected just by a sick person's breath.
Women who breastfeed less likely to develop type 2 diabetes
The Kaiser Permanente research study shows that breastfeeding for six months or longer cuts a mother's risk of developing type 2 diabetes nearly in half throughout her childbearing years.