How To Recover From Heat Damage

UNITED STATES—If your hair feels and looks fried and brittle, it’s probably suffering from heat damage. Another sign of heat damage is if your...

How To Avoid Dry Skin And Hair During The Winter

UNITED STATES—Winter is officially here; and although it can be full of fun with the holidays, it can also come with some cons when...

Three Tips To Help You Lose Weight

UNITED STATES—The New Year is right around the corner and you're probably going to want to look your best in 2017. So, I'm going...

Pietro’s Fight Celebrates FDA Approval Of Muscular Dystrophy Drug

Pietro and Dayna Scarso celebrate the FDA's announcement to approve Eteplirsen, the first drug ever made available to patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Photo by: Marino Photography
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK—In 2011, just before Dayna and Manni Scarso’s son, Pietro, turned three, they discovered his body was deteriorating from the inside out. The...

Health Officials Issue Alert About Counterfeit Xanax

Xanax
SAN FRANCISCO—A San Francisco County Health official has issued a warning, urging people not to buy Xanax on the street.  As of Friday, October 23,...

The Children Of Our Vaccination Nation

CALIFORNIA—In June 2015, California passed a new law requiring children to be vaccinated against high-risk infectious diseases. Starting July 1, 2016, all children, 18 months...

Squirrels Test Positive For Plague At Yosemite

The California Department of Public Health discovered two dead squirrels that tested positive for the plague virus at Yosemite National Park.Photo courtesy of California Department of Public Health
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK—Two squirrels were discovered to have been killed by a plague at Yosemite National Park’s Tuolumne Meadows Campgrounds on Friday, August 14. According...

American Beverage Association Sues San Francisco

San Francisco is being sued for new ordinances that will require labeling sugary beverages.Photo by: Sam Hodgson The San Francisco News
SAN FRANCISCO—The American Beverage Association (ABA) sued the city of San Francisco in federal court on Friday, July 24, in an effort to stop the...

Price Increase Of Eggs Caused By Bird Flu

CALIFORNIA—The recent avian influenza epidemic has caused a price increase in eggs across the nation. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), there are...

Blue Shield Of California Tax Audit

Blue Shield of California
CALIFORNIA—On June 3, 2014, tax officials sent a 16-page report to Blue Shield California, the state’s third largest insurer. The tax board did not...