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KQED’s health coverage spans daily news to deep-dive stories from the Bay Area and beyond. We cover policy, health trends and the issues that show up in your life and at your doctor appointments.

Get Your Free 2024 Mpox Vaccine, Say San Francisco Health Officials

California Considers Slew of Bills to Tackle Skyrocketing Fentanyl Overdoses

The Hidden Dangers of Sharing Adorable Photos of Your Child Online

Advocates Urge State to Intervene in Closure of San Jose Trauma Center

After Declining for Years, US Drowning Deaths Are on the Rise Again

A woman leans over a young girl in a wheelchair on a sloping, curved outdoor concrete wheelchair ramp

New UCSF Center Offers Hope for Children With Rare Genetic Disease

A man wearing a surgical facemask and green scrubs stands outside a hospital building

SF Nurses Reach Tentative Contract Deal With City, Averting Potential Strike

California Promised Health Care Workers a Higher Minimum Wage — but Will Newsom Delay It?

A middle-aged Latino man with a hat sits on a bus.

After Months-Long Coma, This Latino Immigrant Worker Is Still Fighting Mysterious Long COVID Symptoms

Few Pharmacies Carry This Key Opioid-Addiction Treatment. San Francisco Wants To Change That

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