This order follows Gov. Newsom's previous healthy-food initiatives, including soda and caffeine restrictions in schools and a ...

The executive order directs several state agencies to prepare recommendations that, generally, aim to identify ways to ...

If you're looking to help firefighters and those impacted by the California fires, here is a list of organizations that are on the ground and can use financial support.

At least 5 are dead and thousands have fled their homes as multiple wildfires fueled by Santa Ana winds blasted across ...

A patient who had been hospitalized with bird flu has died of the disease, the Louisiana Department of Public Health reported ...

Assemblymember Mia Bonta has introduced legislation to ease the burden on birth centers as hospitals close maternity units.

In Altadena where one of the major fires raged, the smoke was so thick a person used a flashlight to see down the street. A ...

A weed-killing pesticide banned in over 70 countries was recently found to have potentially adverse affects on public health ...

Xavier Becerra's unwavering support for the Affordable Care Act helped land him the top job at the U.S. Department of Health ...

Tens of thousands of people are evacuating Los Angeles as wildfires blaze across the region, emitting dangerous smoke. Here's how it impacts health.

Appleton's Department of Public Health opens 'Milk Depot' to help pediatric patients in need ...