San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie secured majority support from the Board of Supervisors for his proposal to tackle the city's fentanyl and homelessness crises. The proposed ordinance aims to streamline the approval process for contracts related to homelessness,

The Bay Area’s biggest city is planning on doubling down on its promise to keep its migrant community safe. Mayor Matt Mahan said he thinks the term sanctuary is very much misunderstood. The city, instead, is looking at passing specific resolutions to help the community.

The Trump administration has made some concessions to the halt placed on distributions of global HIV treatments via

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was pressed to clarify his views on vaccines, abortion and public health priorities in the first of two senate hearings as he tries to make the case to become President Donald Trump’s health secretary.

Public Health Threats The world faces a host of public health threats this year including Avian flu, Norovirus, Human metapneumovirus, Oropouche, and the continued threat of Covid-19. Alongside the lower

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s anti-vaccine advocacy is outside the mainstream. His previous statements on abortion could alienate Republicans. But a new poll finds that not all of his controversial health goals are unpopular — in fact, at least one has broad support among Democrats and Republicans.

Patients are coming in with “more severe symptoms, slowing our ability to discharge them,” one hospital official said.

A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear to be the largest outbreak of the disease in U.S. history as a state health official claimed last week.

By Dave Pehling Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO, California (KPIX) — San Francisco leaders reaffirmed its status as a sanctuary city on Tuesday as the Trump administration vows to make good on campaign promises for increased immigration enforcement.

Kansas is currently facing the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreak in U.S. history with 67 confirmed active cases and 79 confirmed latent cases.

As part of a flurry of new executive orders and directives from the Trump administration, agencies under the Department of Health and Human Services were mandated to pause outgoing communications — a move that has sparked concerns across the public health sector.

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