California Department of Public Health

California hospitals are closing psychiatric beds due to new state staffing rules requiring one nurse per six adult patients, effective June 1. Hospital executives say the mandate forces them to reduc…

A South Bay resident with measles visited San Francisco International Airport and two San Jose locations on June 8, potentially exposing others. The Santa Clara County Public Health Department is work…

Google's Debug Project has proposed releasing up to 32 million sterile male mosquitoes in California and Florida over two years to combat the invasive Aedes aegypti species, which transmits dengue, Zi…