By Bobby Caina Calvan -
Updated: Sunday, November 8 2009 - 9:19 am
For five desperate minutes, emergency room doctors at UC Davis Medical Center frantically tried to revive Scott Hawkins.
By Anna Tong -
Published: Sunday, November 8 2009 - 12:00 am
The answers to the questions of why only some people get funny-smelling urine after eating asparagus, develop Alzheimer's in old age or sneeze when looking at the sun depends on their genome.
By Anna Tong -
Updated: Thursday, November 5 2009 - 8:35 am
Placer County will hold free H1N1 vaccine clinics starting Dec. 2, county officials announced Wednesday.
By Bobby Caina Calvan -
Updated: Thursday, November 5 2009 - 8:08 am
Health Net may have won a reprieve from the federal Government Accountability Office that staves off the company's loss of a $16 billion military contract, company officials confirmed Wednesday.
By Anna Tong -
Published: Thursday, November 5 2009 - 12:00 am
Today is your last chance to get a seasonal flu shot through one of Sacramento County's public clinics.
By Cathy Locke -
Updated: Tuesday, November 3 2009 - 8:15 am
El Dorado County health officials will conduct several more community flu shot clinics.
By Bobby Caina Calvan -
Published: Tuesday, November 3 2009 - 12:00 am
Sacramento County's chief public health officer is recommending a state of emergency be declared in response to the accelerating spread of the H1N1 flu virus, which has killed at least 15 people in the county since April.
By Sam McManis -
Updated: Monday, November 2 2009 - 1:25 pm
Rock drummers, some claim, are finely tuned athletes, as fit as any long-distance runner. But to get your head around that idea, you'll have to put aside all sorts of assumptions and stereotypes.
By Susan Ferriss -
Published: Monday, November 2 2009 - 12:00 am
Budget-cutting changes to the state's In-Home Supportive Services program begin today, affecting thousands of low-income seniors and disabled people and their caregivers.
By Bobby Caina Calvan -
Updated: Saturday, October 31 2009 - 9:32 am
Heady discussions are unfolding on Capitol Hill over the nation's health care system, but smaller debates are playing out in living rooms and workplaces across America as many go through the ritual of open enrollment.
By Mark Glover -
Updated: Friday, October 23 2009 - 7:36 am
Two Vacaville schools were closed today amid concerns about the the H1N1 virus, which authorities said might have contributed to the death of a Vacaville first-grader Sunday.
By Anna Tong -
Published: Tuesday, October 20 2009 - 12:00 am
In one of the largest studies yet, UC Davis researchers said Monday that they found no real difference in blood mercury levels of children with, and without, autism.
By Susan Ferriss -
Published: Tuesday, October 20 2009 - 12:00 am
A federal judge on Monday halted the state of California's plan to cut or reduce caregiver services for 130,000 disabled and low-income seniors starting Nov. 1.
By Anita Creamer -
Updated: Wednesday, November 4 2009 - 3:23 pm
New research by a pair of UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine scientists confirms previous theories that people 65 and older may be protected from the most serious effects of the novel H1N1 virus by many decades' worth of previous exposure to other flu viruses.
By Bobby Caina Calvan -
Published: Tuesday, October 13 2009 - 12:00 am
Mercy hospitals and UC Davis Medical Center are launching a three-year partnership aimed at widening access to pediatric care at area hospitals.
Published: Sunday, October 11 2009 - 12:00 am
By Anna Tong -
Updated: Thursday, October 8 2009 - 8:48 am
All UC Davis Health System employees and students will be required to get seasonal and H1N1 flu vaccines, or wear facial masks throughout this flu season.