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UCSF Research Team Tries To Unlock Lethal Neurological Disease
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) – Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, or CJD, is a devastating disease that takes away your life before it eventually ends it. A group at UCSF is one of the few teams in the country...
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Bay Area Relief Workers: Fight Not Over In Haiti
RICHMOND (KCBS) – One year ago Wednesday, a devastating earthquake swept through Haiti, killing tens of thousands of people. Bay Area relief workers say a cholera outbreak has also proven deadly....
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Tuberculosis Cases Drop Sharply In San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) - San Francisco had the fewest number of tuberculosis cases on record last year, but on Thursday’s World TB day city health officials acknowledged they have a long way to go. In...
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Animal Update: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
(KCBS) – KCBS’ Jeff Bell talks to Dr. Jack Aldridge, Director of Veterinary Services at The San Francisco SPCA about this disease in pets. Inflammatory bowel disease, or “IBD,” is a condition in which...
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San Francisco AIDS Walk Proves To Be Major Success
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – An estimated 25,000 people turned out on Sunday for the 25th annual AIDS Walk San Francisco in Golden Gate Park. Ryan McKeel, the head of communications for the San Francisco...
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HealthWatch: Study Finds Red Meat Eaters At Higher Diabetes Risk
BOSTON (CBS) – Harvard researchers have found a strong association between eating red meat and an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. In a study that analyzed nearly a half a million people, results...
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Bone Marrow Donors Sought To Save San Mateo Boy
SAN MATEO (KCBS) — A four-year old San Mateo boy with a rare disease may need a bone marrow transplant to live. However, it has been difficult to find a donor because of the boy’s ethnicity. In...
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Jefferson Award Winners Bring Joy Of Music To Hospitalized Children
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – When Kelly Porter visits Children’s Hospital Oakland, he knows the way to the pediatric floor. And he knows what he is carrying in brightly wrapped bags will make difference for the...
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HealthWatch: UCSF Doctor Says It’s Time To Regulate Sugar
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS) – Should the government regulate sugar, just like it regulates alcohol and tobacco? A new commentary published online in the Feb. 1 issue of Nature says sugar is just as “toxic” for...
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UCD Researchers Close To Developing Vaccine For Salmonella
DAVIS (CBS) – Researchers at the University of California, Davis are getting close to a vaccine to prevent a food borne illness that can sometimes kill. Scientists at the UC Davis Center for...
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UC Scientists Testing HIV Prevention Pill
FOSTER CITY (KCBS) – The University of California is testing a potential HIV prevention pill in a first-of-its-kind study in the state. The UC-based California HIV/AIDS Research Program (CHRP) has...
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Stockton TB Patient Arrested For Not Getting Treatment
STOCKTON (CBS SF) – A Stockton man was arrested on Tuesday after not making himself available for tuberculosis treatment, according to the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office. Armando...
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2nd Person Dies Of Hantavirus After Yosemite Visit
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK (CBS / AP) – A second person has died of a rare, rodent-borne disease after visiting Yosemite National Park earlier this summer and park officials warned past visitors Monday to...
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Study Finds Elevated Brain Disease Risk For NFL Veterans; League Donates $30M...
NEW YORK (CBS/AP) – A study of former NFL players finds they were unusually prone to dying from degenerative brain disease, the latest indication that repeated blows to the head may cause serious...
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Contra Costa County Man’s Death Confirmed To Be From Rabid Bat
MARTINEZ (CBS SF) – Health officials have confirmed that a 34-year-old man’s death in July stemmed from his contact with a rabid bat in Contra Costa County earlier this year. The Contra Costa County...
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200 Students To Be Tested For Tuberculosis At Antioch School
ANTIOCH (CBS/AP) — Authorities say some 200 students at a Contra Costa County high school will be tested for tuberculosis this week after one of their classmates tested positive for the infectious...
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Yellow Fever Mosquito Detected In California
SACRAMENTO (AP) — A mosquito capable of carrying deadly yellow fever, dengue and other diseases has been detected in California as vector control agents scramble to control its spread. The bugs first...
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Free Crack Pipes Urged To Slow Spread Of HIV In SF, Leaders Balk At Idea
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) – Brows were raised and eyes rolled back when needle exchange programs were first implemented to stop the spread of disease. Giving away free and clean syringes to heroin users...
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Ticks Carrying Lyme-Like, Mystery Bacteria Found In Bay Area Parks
STANFORD (CBS SF) – A newly-discovered mystery bacteria with unknown health effects is being carried by ticks and found in Bay Area parks, according to a Stanford University study. The bacteria,...
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Relatives Of Infected UC Berkeley Student Diagnosed With Measles
BERKELEY (CBS/AP) – Two relatives of a University of California at Berkeley student who contracted measles earlier this month have also caught the disease, Contra Costa County health officials said....
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