Catherine Ho

Two Bay Area health professionals explain the pros and cons of turkey, sides and dessert, and reveal how they cook — and eat — their own holiday meals.

A UCSF “secret shopper” study found Bay Area dispensary workers freely giving health advice despite a lack of scientific evidence for most of the recommendations.

Opioid prescriptions for U.S. nursing home residents dropped sharply between 2011 and 2022, according to UCSF researchers — raising concerns about untreated pain and racial disparities.

A 19th century dye is the latest wellness craze — but scientists say the hype around the synthetic compound as an anti-aging drug is getting ahead of the evidence.

The new Moderna COVID vaccine, mNexspike, is approved for adults 65 and older and people 12 to 64 with an underlying medical condition that puts them at higher risk for severe COVID.

Bay Area town poised to ban all tobacco and nicotine sales — a first in Northern California

California and the city of San Francisco are promoting the “Meet Six Neighbors” campaign, challenging residents to forge social connections with people who live nearby.

Six years after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced California would get into the prescription drug business and create its own insulin, lower-cost state-branded insulin will soon finally be available.

UCSF Health is renaming St. Mary’s Medical Center and St. Francis Memorial Hospital, which it bought last year for a collective $100 million.

Thousands of Kaiser Permanente employees, including Bay Area health care workers, are walking off the job in a five-day strike over staffing and pay concerns.