Health

Western wildfires pose a much broader threat to human health than to just those forced to evacuate the path of the blazes. Smoke from these fires, which have burned millions of acres in California alone, is choking vast swaths of the country, an analysis of federal satellite imagery by NPR’s California Newsroom and Stanford University’s Environmental Change and Human Outcomes Lab found.

There are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Santa Cruz or Monterey counties, but local health officials are still preparing. Twelve counties in California…

$105.8-million. That’s how much a single donor is giving local, non-profit Montage Health. The money will create a new youth mental health program and…

The California Department of Public Health released a new set of guidelines on cell phone use and radiation risk — revisiting a years-long debate about…