A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention communication delay could hinder coordinating responses at the state and local levels.

A California child was recently confirmed as the third human case of bird flu with a known source of infection. What could this mean in our fight against the disease?

A child in San Francisco has tested positive for H5N1 bird flu after experiencing conjunctivitis and fever, health officials have confirmed. The young patient also tested positive for flu and RSV, according to local authorities.

The Trump administration has paused public communications from health agencies, causing concern for California's ability to respond to the avian flu outbreak.

Bird flu is a disease caused by avian influenza A viruses, according to the CDC. The virus mostly spreads between birds and dairy cows, but there have been 67 human cases of bird flu nationwide and one death tied to the infection since 2024, CDC records show.

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.

"As a mom who's had to deal with the gut-wrenching pain of not knowing if their child was alive on these streets," said Gina McDonald, Co-Founder of Mothers Against Drug Addiction and Deaths.

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

The Bay Area’s biggest city is planning on doubling down on its promise to keep its migrant community safe. Raj Mathai speaks with San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan on this. The Bay Area’s biggest city is planning on doubling down on its promise to keep its migrant community safe.

A new EPA ban on TCE, a common industrial cleaning agent and contaminant, begins this year. UCSF’s Samuel Goldman, who led groundbreaking research to link TCE to Parkinson’s Disease, talks about the health risks.

The city of San Francisco is aiming to reassure migrants that it won’t help federal agents targeting them at home, work, or school. On Tuesday, city leaders confirmed San Francisco’s status as a sanctuary city.

Crisis services did not expand following the launch of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Services offered locally fell slightly, for the most part. This could limit the effective