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Research suggests that the patients of female physicians' fare better on average. But old-fashioned sexism is still a barrier to their success in the profession.

As the range and incidence of valley fever grows, public health officials are struggling to warn visitors of the risk.

New data from Southern California children, teens and young adults show that rising rates of depression and anxiety increased further during the pandemic.

A new study found that as Central Valley residents go about their day, they regularly breathe in pesticides, including one banned in California.

A San Fernando Valley resident is the first person in L.A. County to die this year from West Nile virus, a mosquito-transmitted illness that can cause lethal inflammation in the brain.

Brett Favre, 54, says he has Parkinson's disease while testifying before a House committee about welfare fraud in which he was allegedly involved in Mississippi.

The number of dairy herds infected with H5N1 Bird Flu doubled over the weekend. The count is now 34.

Enterovirus D68, which in rare cases can cause polio-like paralysis in children, is on the rise in California and across the nation, analyses show.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said it will again make four free COVID tests available through the mail for households.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is asking Californians to take actions in their daily lives to help combat climate change -- from composting to taking public transit to avoid driving.