The EPA is pursuing rule changes that experts say would weaken the way radiation exposure is regulated, turning to scientific outliers who argue that a bit of radiation damage is actually good fo...
https://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/2018/10/03/trump-epa-set-to-weaken-limits-on-radiation-exposure/
The first-of-its-kind legislation would have protected staff and participants from state prosecution related to illegal narcotics.
https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/09/30/brown-rejects-supervised-injection-site-for-san-francisco/
Experts say a drier climate means more dust storms, which carry the fungus that causes the disease. New laws and money address the issue. Is that enough?
A mere decade ago, 45,000 Americans a year were contracting HIV. Since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention started collecting data on HIV-related deaths just over 30 years ago, more t...
https://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/2018/09/26/is-the-end-of-hiv-transmission-in-the-u-s-near/
Advice for people feeling upset and emotional after watching and listening to Christine Blasey Ford describe allegedly being sexually assaulted by U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh...
https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/09/27/a-psychiatrists-5-tips-for-dealing-with-the-kavanaugh-hearing/
After unions representing workers at Disneyland in Anaheim called out low wages and homelessness, more than 2,700 members of Unite Here Local 11 ratified a new five-year contract.
https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/09/25/the-kingdom-of-contract-negotiations/
Since the 2016 election, donors have been shifting their charitable dollars away from the hospice.
More people working at bars, clubs and festivals are now armed with naloxone, the drug that reverses opioid overdoses.
Residents of Surprise Valley, in the state’s northeastern corner, voted to sell its hospital to a businessman with a controversial plan to bring in revenue.
Voters in Surprise Valley, Calif. must decide whether to sell their public hospital to an outside investor with an unusual business plan.
While overall opioid deaths are holding steady, one dangerous drug is cause for concern.
Fear-based messages didn't work. Today's students are learning why waiting as long as possible can protect their growing brains.
Legislation moving through the state Senate would require patients to be released to one of four "safe and appropriate" locations.
After George Ayala learned last month that San Francisco and Oakland had been chosen to co-host the International AIDS Conference in 2020, he quickly published a statement of disapproval. Ayala, ...