Many pier fishermen in Southern California still eat DDT-contaminated fish, while government efforts struggle to address the ...

A reporter seeks answers on the use of residential treatment programs nationwide — and the rationale for sending kids away ...

The academic in me is never going to say causality,” said Harvard's Jeremy Faust. “But the person with a functioning brain is ...

Last year, I spoke with an Iowa mother who found her then-6-year-old son attempting to take his own life during a monthslong ...

Cuts to federal research funding may delay a potential hepatitis B cure, as trials led by UCSF progress. Asian Americans ...

Asian Americans are disproportionately affected by hepatitis B, especially by chronic infections. Years of community work ...

If it weren’t for his wife suggesting a physical check-up before their wedding, it might have taken years for Tony Lau, a contractor who moved to San Francisco in his teens, to find out he had chronic ...

About a decade ago, a Topsham-area school district became concerned about how often staff members physically restrained students who were acting out and put them in seclusion rooms, especially the ...

Real estate in San Mateo County is among the most valuable in the United States. Even small parcels can fetch millions. Yet, in East Palo Alto’s Ravenswood Business District, acres of land sit empty, ...

Maine students have been restrained and secluded more than 22,000 times a year in some years. But the real number of times educators put students in holds, move them against their will and shut them ...