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Silicon Valley's favorite sleep tracker is being used to help detect COVID-19 symptoms early and tackle big questions about the coronavirus' aftermath
Researchers are working with Oura to see if its smart rings can detect COVID-19 symptoms early. So …
Lisa Eadicicco
2 major San Francisco hospitals reported that 233 staff members tested positive for COVID-19
Hospital officials said the vast majority of those staff members were vaccinated and most were case…
Michelle Mark
90% of people experiencing homelessness in California are from the state, rather than outsiders moving there for services
A major new study dispelled misconceptions that people move to California because of the state's sa…
Eliza Relman
A coronavirus variant identified in California seems more infectious and deadly, a study found, with cases thought to be doubling every 18 days - but the scale of the threat is unclear
"The devil is already here," the study lead said - but experts are split on how much of a threat th…
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
A California town can test all of its residents for COVID-19 thanks in part to a venture capitalist, a biotech entrepreneur, and $100,000 from Zynga founder Mark Pincus
It's another example of how the wealthy are faring much differently than the rest of the world duri…
Katie Canales
A California hospital is running dangerously low on swabs for coronavirus testing, highlighting yet another obstacle the US is facing with testing during the outbreak
Experts and healthcare workers are worried that the outbreak could strain the healthcare system, Bu…
Sarah Al-Arshani,Sarah Al-Ars…
Two-thirds of passengers from the coronavirus-stricken Grand Princess cruise ship declined to be tested while quarantined at a California military base so they could go home sooner
The Grand Princess docked in Oakland on March 9 across the bay from San Francisco with 2,422 passen…
Katie Canales
A paralyzed woman couldn't speak for more than 20 years. With AI, now she can — just by thinking.
The neurotech, developed by researchers at UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley, reads the stroke survi…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
The problem with only talking about 'unconscious' bias
Racial bias has been dismissed as 'unconscious.' But whether bias is conscious or unconscious, the …
Brianna Holt
A man who tested negative for monkeypox twice got such a bad infection doctors feared he might go blind
Kevin Kwong, 33, had six online appointments, one call to a nurse hotline, an urgent treatment visi…
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
Inside the Trust Women abortion clinic in Wichita, Kansas, which saw a spike in out-of-state patients after Roe was overturned
Out-of-state abortions spiked at Wichita, Kansas' Trust Women clinic after Roe was overturned. Abor…
Maiya Focht
A man who popped a champagne cork into his eye says it felt like being poked 'times a thousand'
Jeremy West said he saw a yellow, orange color after the cork shot into his eye, and couldn't see h…
Catherine Schuster-Bruce
Medical experts think the 49ers' Super Bowl loss may have saved lives by ensuring Bay Area fans didn't celebrate as the coronavirus spread
If the 49ers had won the Super Bowl, Bay Area fans would have celebrated in the streets and attende…
Scott Davis
Facebook says it's one step closer to its vision of letting people type with their brains
For the first time, researchers at UCSF were able to take the brain activity from the study's parti…
Nick Bastone
A coronavirus patient and Diamond Princess cruise ship passenger being treated in a San Francisco hospital says he feels perfectly fine
Wright said he hasn't experienced the typical symptoms of the virus, such as fever, coughing, or sh…
Katie Canales
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan's charity wants to 'quadruple' the Bay Area's COVID-19 testing capacity in under a week by buying diagnostic machines
The task force's formation comes as the US remains severely limited in its capacity to test individ…
Tyler Sonnemaker
Scientists ID drugs that may block coronavirus from jumping to uninfected cells
The scientists, including those from EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), and the …
PTI
5 big reasons why kids are getting sick and flooding ERs and 'immunity debt' isn't one of them
There are many factors influencing higher-than-usual rates of RSV, flu, and other viruses in childr…
Hilary Brueck
Gas, food, and a hotel: Americans seeking an abortion out of state already shell out up to $10,000 for the procedure. Experts warn that cost could rise.
In places where abortion is already restricted, experts say Americans spend a lot of money to trave…
Yelena Dzhanova,Jason Lalljee
Multiple experts say up to 70% of Americans could be infected with the coronavirus and 1 million could die if no treatment is found - so people over 60 should 'stay home unless it's critical'
Looking to China for what those solutions might be isn't so comforting: Wuhan has 4.3 beds per thou…