The total deaths due to drug overdose dropped from 1,203 in 2023 to 945 in 2024 — that's 25% lower than the region's peak number in 2022.
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You don't have to shell out for fancy sodas. It's easy to fill your plate with fiber, a dietary hero that feeds your gut microbes and prevents disease. -
North County’s newest hospital is preparing to open Wednesday with Kaiser’s San Marcos Medical Center. -
Psychedelic drugs may help address eating disorders, according to new research from UC San Diego. -
Overdose deaths from fentanyl and other opioids have surged but medications that could save thousands of lives "are sitting on the shelf unused," according to new research. -
San Diego health officials Monday announced the water contact warning has been lifted for Avenida Lunar in Coronado. Recent water quality samples have met state health standards. -
So yes, some people in India love their lassi so much that they mix up the drink in a washing machine! Heat researcher Gulrez Azhar says it's a healthful way to cope with summer heat. -
Drugmaker Novo Nordisk focuses on Black lawmakers and opinion leaders to spread the message that obesity is a chronic disease — worth treating at a cost of $1,000 or more a month. -
On a trip back to her parents' native country, a writer rediscovers what makes it different. The urban design, and a culture that values longevity, make good health come al lot more naturally. -
A day earlier, a Texas judge temporarily blocked the state's abortion bans from being enforced against doctors who perform abortions in cases of medical emergencies and fetal anomalies. -
Shaimaa Ali Ahmed lost her leg at age 6 after happening upon an unexploded rocket. Children like her bear an outsized burden from the civil war, where land mines and ordnance litter the landscape.
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