WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- University of California, San Francisco Medical Center said Thursday it is committed to providing an illegal immigrant from Oakland the kidney transplant he needs to live. The announcement followed the nationwide response ...

SAN QUENTIN, Calif. -- Fifteen years ago, Jackie Clark was so disgusted with the health care at San Quentin prison that she quit her job there as a nurse consultant.

"We didn't have sinks. We didn't have appropriate medical equipment," she ...

WASHINGTON -- Moving to implement a much-anticipated consumer protection in the new health care law, the Obama administration issued regulations Thursday requiring health plans to describe what they cover in clear, standardized language that is ...

Three U.S. women born with a rare inherited eye disease that impairs vision have improved their sight after normal genes were injected in their retinas to replace mutant genes that cause the disorder.

New research links daily consumption of diet soda with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke, but critics have vocally dismissed the findings.

While a number of Asian and Pacific countries are addressing legal barriers to accessing HIV information and treatment, there is still a gap between policy and implementation, say officials.