Bay Area health departments are urging families to prioritize immunizations while preparing children to go back to school.

With misinformation spreading and vaccine exemptions rising, local leaders stressed the importance of routine immunizations ...

Bay Area health departments are urging families to prioritize immunizations while preparing children to go back to school.

As families prepare for the 2025-2026 school year to begin, state and county health officials are asking parents to make sure ...

With the new school year starting for most Santa Cruz County students within the next few weeks, health officials are asking ...

Children in California are required to receive certain immunizations to attend public and private elementary and secondary schools, childcare centers, family day care homes, nursery schools, day ...

There have been 16 measles cases reported in the Golden State so far this year. Skip to content. ... public health officials have urged Bay Area residents to get up-to-date on their vaccinations.

California has already reported more measles cases this year than in all of 2024, a worrisome development that comes as the ...

Five people have been sickened by the bacterium Francisella tularensis, which can spread by touching animals that have the disease. More news is on measles, covid, and avian flu.

Dropping vaccination rates and changes in U.S. vaccine policy have public health experts concerned that annual measles outbreaks could become more frequent.

The U.S. registered its first death from measles since 2015 this week, as a child who wasn’t vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas. Normally, most U.S. cases are brought into ...