The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has delayed a vote until Friday on whether to change a longstanding ...

Dr. Salvador Plasencia, a 43-year-old Santa Monica physician, was sentenced in Los Angeles to 2.5 years in federal prison ...

With its new Board, WCO is ready to advance its mission of promoting optometry and global eye health through collaboration, ...

A new influenza strain spreading internationally could bring an early flu season to California, according to health experts. They said the strain, with the full name H3N2 subclade K, is a mismatch for ...

Older adults may have unique health and safety concerns, but this advice on what to pack, how to prepare and navigating ...

If you feel ill but your symptoms are only above the neck — a stuffy nose, a bit of a sore throat — you could just have a ...

California could see an early and especially sharp start to the annual flu season, as a combination of low vaccination rates ...

As measles continues to spread across the U.S., questions have emerged about whether the country will retain its measles ...

At least 41 cases of measles have been reported in the U.S. across 16 states so far this year,marking one of the steepest increases in the recent history of the virus. Experts worry the country could ...

Health experts are urging everyone to prepare for the seasonal rise of respiratory illnesses. For more, KRON4 News Anchor Stephanie Lin spoke with UCSF infectious disease expert Dr. Peter Chin Hong.

It was a quiet summer for bird flu: Egg prices fell a bit, fewer sick poultry flocks were culled on farms, and officials took a breath. “It was lovely,” said Shauna Voss, the assistant director of the ...