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The San Diego Union-Tribune - Health

Rady Children's to break ground on new mental health hospital next year

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Americans face growing loneliness and social disconnection

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Paradise Valley Hospital providing secure wing for jail inmates

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A miraculous mix of skill and luck: Carlsbad doctor gives neighbor early Christmas gift

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Call 911 or risk losing the baby? Raids force some immigrants to avoid care

5 days ago

Pediatrics group sues HHS for cutting funds for children's health programs

5 days ago

'The best gift ever': Baby is born after the rarest of pregnancies, defying all odds

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More than a third of states sue HHS over a move that could curtail youth gender-affirming care

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Hoping for a match: To find living donors for kidney transplants, a pilot program turns to social networks

6 days ago

She was born without an immune system, but gene therapy saved her life

6 days ago

People with depression can treat themselves at home with new device

6 days ago

All the News That's Fit: Flu-shot advice, the Christmas spirit and drunk bats

6 days ago

FDA OKs libido-boosting pill for older, postmenopausal women

6 days ago

US regulators approve Wegovy pill for weight loss

7 days ago

Trump administration moves to cut off transgender care for children

11 days ago

Nebraska plans to be the first state to implement Trump's new Medicaid work requirements

12 days ago

Teen drug use remains low, but survey finds small rise in heroin and cocaine use

12 days ago

When measles hit West Texas, school absences soared and it wasn't just sick kids who were out

12 days ago

Former NIH scientist sues Trump administration, claims illegal firing over research cuts

13 days ago

Why hair turns gray, and what you can do about it

13 days ago

If you want that tattoo erased, it's going to hurt and it's going to cost you

13 days ago

All the News That's Fit: Longer lives, spray-cheese eating and The Big Game

13 days ago

Tattoo ink moves through the body, killing immune cells and weakening vaccine response

13 days ago

Is it all right to binge drink occasionally?

13 days ago

FDA OKs libido-boosting pill for women who have gone through menopause

14 days ago

$10 million grant expands UCSD's behavioral health plans

14 days ago

Chula Vista psychiatrist accused of sex with patient, harassing employees

17 days ago

Tri-City board approves historic Sharp HealthCare affiliation

18 days ago

The Senate voted down dueling health proposals. Here's what's at stake for Americans

18 days ago

Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans

18 days ago

Oreo is bringing zero-sugar cookies to the US

19 days ago

Botulism outbreak sickens more than 50 babies and expands to all ByHeart products

19 days ago

FDA opens safety review of injectable RSV drugs approved for babies and toddlers

20 days ago

UCSD tool can spot more than 4,000 drugs, a boon to patient care

20 days ago

The young women grappling with an 'old man's disease'

20 days ago

Shingles vaccine may actually slow down dementia, study finds

20 days ago

All the News That's Fit: Alcohol cravings, hairy tongue and male dancers

20 days ago

New FDA-approved glasses can slow nearsightedness in kids

20 days ago

Affordable Care Act enrollment is slightly ahead of last year so far, despite expiring subsidies

21 days ago

San Diego family struggles with all-too-familiar cycle of mental illness

22 days ago

US vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth

24 days ago

After shutdown, federal employees face new uncertainty: affording health insurance

25 days ago

Kennedy's vaccine advisory committee delays vote on hepatitis B shots for newborns

25 days ago

UC Health to invest $200 million in JPA with Palomar, with option to buy all its assets

26 days ago

A single shot of HPV vaccine may be enough to fight cervical cancer, study finds

26 days ago

Shredded cheese sold in dozens of states recalled due to potential for metal fragment contamination

26 days ago

What to know about the hepatitis B shot — and why Trump officials are targeting it

26 days ago

Delayed care to 2 Black pregnant women highlights maternal health disparities

26 days ago

As more immune systems go haywire, researchers dig deep for new treatments

27 days ago

'Disease of 1,000 faces' shows how science is tackling immunity's dark side

27 days ago

All the News That's Fit: Falling birth rates, shrinking brains and pizza-loving lizards

27 days ago

What doctors say about one of the biggest flu shot myths

27 days ago

Fewer than 25% of San Diego County residents are vaccinated against flu

27 days ago

New FDA-approved glasses can slow nearsightedness in kids

28 days ago

Sharp HealthCare nurses begin three-day strike

1 month ago

Trump administration says lower prices for 15 Medicare drugs will save taxpayers billions

1 month ago

ByHeart baby formula from all lots may be contaminated with botulism bacteria, tests show

1 month ago

They relied on marijuana to get through the day. But then days felt impossible without it

1 month ago

More people are addicted to marijuana, but fewer of them are seeking help, experts say

1 month ago

San Diego 5K regulars prove that older doesn't have to mean slower

1 month ago

All the News That's Fit: Obesity drugs' alcohol effect, cheaper insulin and turkey eating

1 month ago

Here are 4 ways to cut back on salt

1 month ago

Does the beloved potato actually deserve its unhealthy reputation?

1 month ago

Sharp nurses set to begin three-day strike Wednesday

1 month ago

Conflicting advice on COVID shots likely to ding already low vaccine rates, experts warn

1 month ago

Flu activity is low, but experts worry about a new strain and vaccination rates

1 month ago

RFK Jr. says he personally directed CDC's new guidance on vaccines and autism

1 month ago

MAHA idealism meets political reality as RFK Jr. attempts to wrangle a growing movement

1 month ago

Trump and Republicans once more face a tough political fight over Obama-era health law

1 month ago

CDC website changed to contradict scientific conclusion that vaccines don't cause autism

1 month ago

What to know about the impacts Medicaid cuts are having on rural health care

1 month ago

How to avoid seasonal depression, according to the expert who discovered it

1 month ago

A pill is raising hope for one of the deadliest cancers. How fast should patients get it?

1 month ago

All the News That's Fit: More eggs on ice, pinky power and food insecurity

1 month ago

The surprising body change that happens when you roll your shoulders

1 month ago

NIH funding cuts have affected over 74,000 people enrolled in experiments, a new report says

1 month ago

Novo cuts Wegovy prices, but doctors still see cost challenges for patients

1 month ago

Nurses sign tentative deal with UC, will skip two-day sympathy strike

1 month ago

65,000 workers statewide prepare for two-day UC strike Monday and Tuesday

1 month ago

FDA adds strongest warning to Sarepta gene therapy linked to 2 patient deaths

1 month ago

The trend of unproven peptides is spreading through influencers and RFK Jr. allies

1 month ago

Families of two babies sickened by infantile botulism sue ByHeart over recalled formula

1 month ago

2 NEW MALARIA TREATMENTS ANNOUNCED AS DRUG RESISTANCE GROWS

1 month ago

Global tuberculosis diagnoses rise to a record, but deaths fall, WHO reports

1 month ago

Biovac starts trials on South Africa's first domestically developed cholera vaccine

1 month ago

ByHeart recalls all baby formula sold nationwide as infant botulism outbreak grows

1 month ago

She hiked the entire Appalachian Trail at 80, unaware she'd just made history

1 month ago

All the News That's Fit: Smartwatch saves, bacterial weight and hospital ownership correlations

1 month ago

Vision restored using prosthetic retinal implant

1 month ago

Which is better, one long walk or many short ones?

1 month ago

Canada loses measles elimination status after ongoing outbreaks

1 month ago

The FDA removes a long-standing warning from hormone-based menopause drugs

1 month ago

From a few to more than 350, children and parents ride together to school as a 'bike bus'

1 month ago

San Diego researchers reflect on the passing of James Watson, who co-discovered DNA structure

1 month ago

A study questions melatonin use and heart health but don't lose sleep over it

1 month ago

The 'hard, slow work' of reducing overdose deaths is having an effect

1 month ago

From Narcan to gun silencers, opioid settlement cash pays law enforcement tabs

1 month ago

Sock hops and concerts: How some places spent opioid settlement cash

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Trump unveils deal to expand coverage and lower costs on obesity drugs

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Congressional stalemate creates chaos for Obamacare shoppers

1 month ago