Health

According to data from the Santa Cruz County Sheriff Coroner's Office, the county experienced 57 accidental drug-related overdose deaths from January through November of this year. That's 20 fewer than the 2024 total of 77 and 76 fewer than the 133 individuals that died from accidental overdoses in 2023.

A San Diego startup may have created what the scientific community has talked about for decades – a kind of universal flu shot that fights all forms of influenza.

The care and treatment of a 12-year-old immigrant girl with a rare neurological disorder highlight the culturally literate services the McKee clinic provides in an area where thousands don't have access to medical care.

Schlossberg was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in 2024 after the birth of her second child. She revealed her terminal diagnosis in an essay published last month in the New Yorker.

'This year shook the foundations of America’s public-health architecture and left yawning gaps where trust, clarity and expert oversight once stood.'