- While monkeypox isn’t a new illness, some confusion during the current outbreak revolves around how the virus spreads and ways that people can become infected. Here’s what you need to know about transmission. By Kellie Hwang
- With wastewater surveillance already proving to be a vital tool in tracking coronavirus levels in the Bay Area, scientists are now looking to sewage to help them detect monkeypox and other diseases. By Aidin Vaziri
- The union representing 2,000 Kaiser Northern California mental health workers has announced plans to strike, citing high workloads and long waits for patients. By Jocelyn Wiener
- Since the start of the pandemic, there have been several reports of coronavirus infections among cats, dogs and other animals. But until now, there was limited data on how widespread COVID-19 is in the animal kingdom. By Aidin Vaziri
- The man, whose identity hasn’t been released, boarded at 6:48 p.m. on Wednesday at the Bay Fair Station and was found unresponsive at the Berryessa Station around 2:20 a.m. Thursday, according to the transit agency. By Joshua Sharpe
- The monkeypox outbreak across the country has prompted a state of emergency in San Francisco, as the city’s LGBTQ residents wait in hours-long lines to get a vaccination, sometimes to be told there aren’t any left. But a vaccine for the disease... By Danielle Echeverria
- San Francisco General’s vaccine clinic is prioritizing monkeypox vaccines for gay and bisexual Latino men, who account for a disproportionately high number of cases in the city. By Catherine Ho
- COVID-19 trends in the Bay Area showed signs of stabilizing on Friday, as the growth rate for new cases and hospitalizations has slowed. But after weeks of fluctuating numbers, it’s still too early to tell if the region has moved past the summer... By Aidin Vaziri
- Pressure mounts to close an East San Jose airport linked to high lead levels in children. By Shwanika Narayan
- As the city of San Francisco declared a state of emergency Thursday in response to rising cases of monkeypox, members of San Francisco’s LGBTQ community expressed frustration and anger over the government’s response. By Tony Bravo and Annie Vainshtein
- San Francisco officials declared a state of emergency in response to the intensifying monkeypox outbreak in the city, which appears to be one of two hotbeds for the disease in California. By Rachel Swan
- San Francisco Mayor London Breed and public health authorities in Sacramento are imploring federal health officials to ramp up monkeypox vaccine distribution as the city sees a sharp spike in cases. By Aidin Vaziri
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Monkeypox in San Francisco: Protesters blast federal government for response to ‘avoidable’ outbreakSeveral San Francisco LGBTQ advocacy organizations descended on the U.S. Health and Human Services’ regional office Monday to protest what they said was the federal government’s anemic response to the growing monkeypox outbreak and the dearth of... By Melissa Newcomb
- As case rates remain high and the coronavirus continues to spin off new, immune-evasive variants, are repeated infections a part of living with COVID? By Danielle Echeverria
- Wastewater data from San Francisco suggests that the current coronavirus surge in the city may be the worst so far — even bigger than omicron. But case counts paint a very different picture. By Erin Allday
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COVID variants mean ventilation is more important than ever. So what does ‘good’ air flow look like?As COVID-19 variants become more prevalent and more transmissible, experts are repeatedly pointing to a transmission reduction strategy that’s worked since the beginning — ventilation in indoor spaces. Here’s how air flow is measured, and how to... By Danielle Echeverria
- San Francisco’s monkeypox vaccine supply is running critically low, city health officials said Wednesday in an effort to urge action from the Biden administration. By Aidin Vaziri
- Solano County health officials said this week that a bird found in Vacaville in late June tested positive for the West Nile virus. No human cases have yet been detected, according to county officials. By Jordan Parker
- The omicron coronavirus strain continues to spawn highly infectious subvariants, and the latest one gaining ground, known as BA.2.75, has already shown up in the Bay Area. Here’s what we know so far. By Kellie Hwang
- COVID-19 hospitalizations in California and the Bay Area have climbed to their highest point since February, when the region was still coming out of the winter omicron surge. By Aidin Vaziri
- California kids will be allowed to go to school without face masks in the coming term. But public health officials will still recommend students and staff mask up in an effort to prevent outbreaks at K-12 schools. By Aidin Vaziri
- The new BA.5 strain of the COVID-causing virus is more infectious and better able to evade immune responses — and “we need to change our thinking” about how to defend against it, according to UCSF Chair of Medicine Dr. Bob Wachter. By Jason Fagone
- As monkeypox cases continue to climb and some parts of California report signs the disease is spreading in the community, Bay Area experts weigh in on where this outbreak may be headed. By Erin Allday
- Favor and Nurx, two Bay Area telemedicine companies, saw demand for emergency contraception surge the day the Supreme Court repealed Roe v. Wade. By Chasity Hale
- As two new COVID variants — BA.4 and BA.5 — wrestle for domination in the U.S., infectious disease experts say it’s unclear what impact they’ll have on the current surge. By Erin Allday
- The United States will immediately deliver 56,000 additional doses of monkeypox vaccine to states, plus 240,000 more in the coming weeks, as federal health officials ramp up efforts to control the rapidly growing national outbreak. By Erin Allday
- COVID-19 cases remain stubbornly high across California despite some indicators earlier this week that the state had moved past the peak of its spring surge, with the Bay Area continuing to outpace other regions with its rate of infections. By Aidin Vaziri
- The success of vaccination campaigns has narrowed disparities in COVID death rates in California, especially for the Latino community, which was hit disproportionately hard in the early days of the pandemic. By Shwanika Narayan
- Officials are advising Bay Area residents and their health care providers to look out for symptoms of monkeypox ahead of summer travel and other festivities, given that most of the cases identified so far are associated with possible sexual... By Aidin Vaziri
- COVID is the first time in history we are watching a virus evolve in real time. There’s one huge question science has yet to answer By Erin Allday
- In March, The Chronicle asked Bay Area experts: Is getting COVID inevitable? Asked again amid the recent surge of omicron subvariants, their answers remained largely unchanged: While COVID is now harder to avoid, infection still does not have to... By Danielle Echeverria
- Bay Area health departments and health care providers began giving COVID-19 vaccine to infants and toddlers 6 months to 4 years old on Tuesday, following federal and state approvals over the weekend. By Catherine Ho
- In carrying out the federal COVID-19 “test-to-treat” initiative, California is targeting the uninsured by outfitting 138 testing sites with screenings for free antiviral drugs. But as of mid-June, fewer than 800 people had been prescribed the... By Rachel Scheier
- The Bay Area’s spring surge seems to be winding down, with coronavirus cases falling or leveling off for the past two weeks. But health experts warn that new variants could prolong this wave. By Erin Allday
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COVID vaccines for the youngest children are poised to arrive soon, but shots may be hard to find...Bay Area health officials expect the first shipments of COVID vaccine for children under age 5 — the last segment of the population not yet eligible for vaccination — to arrive within days and potentially start going into arms as soon as June 21,... By Catherine Ho
- San Francisco and Alameda counties reported new probable monkeypox cases on Thursday, bringing the Bay Area total to five infections. By Erin Allday