In 1955, the U.S. had more than 550,000 inpatient psychiatric beds. “I think popular perceptions of inpatient mental health care gav...

WASHINGTON — For the first time, researchers have identified a genetic form of late-in-life Alzheimer’s disease — in people who inherit two ...

LONG BEACH — A localized tuberculosis outbreak has led a Southern California city to declare a health emergency, although officials say the ...

A $15 million donation to Valley Children’s Hospital will expand its ability to provide the most advanced bone marrow transplant and T...

Regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer should start younger, at age 40, according to an influential U.S. task force. Women ages 40 t...

SACRAMENTO — California is partnering with a New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company to purchase a generic version of Narcan, the drug that ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Smokers in Minneapolis will pay some of the highest cigarette prices in the country after the City Council voted unanimously T...

SACRAMENTO — Doctors, hospitals and health insurance companies in California will be limited to annual price increases of 3% starting in 202...

Home care workers say they will resort to civil disobedience if pay negotiations with Fresno County supervisors don’t progress. While ...

Corn chips, tortillas, tamales, and pupusas — while all are delicious — may be missing a key vitamin for women of reproductive age. Ana B....