Napa County alerted residents after a dead crow outside Napa tested positive for West Nile virus. Officials say there are no local human cases so far.

San Quentin confirmed a possible hantavirus case in a 38-year-old inmate; the housing unit was decontaminated and officials say no prison-wide spread is suspected.

A new CMS proposal would cap Medicaid ambulance add‑ons at Medicare rates, threatening millions in reimbursements for Sonoma County fire‑based EMS. Local chiefs are recalculating budgets as the comment period opens.

MarinHealth has opened a Women’s Lifelong Health & Wellness Clinic in Greenbrae offering longer, team-based care for menopause and midlife health. The clinic is led by Dr. Lizellen La Follette and is accepting patients.

Napa County is monitoring Rohlffs Manor after two residents were diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease. Initial environmental samples at the complex tested negative as officials continue to investigate.

Doctors and regulators are urging California to consider banning high‑silica engineered stone after hundreds of fabricators developed silicosis and dozens have died.

Wastewater surveillance shows rotavirus rising across Northern California; parents are urged to watch infants for dehydration and discuss vaccines with clinicians.

New data show Santa Rosa's Face to Face supplied 44% of county naloxone and was tied to 66% of reported reversals in 2024.

A new gastroenterology clinic will open in April at Sonoma Valley Hospital, with endoscopy starting in May and expanded Saturday imaging already under way. The changes aim to keep more screenings local.

Providence will stop admitting pediatric inpatients at Santa Rosa Memorial on March 27 and repurpose the eight‑bed unit for adult care, prompting concern from doctors and county advisers.

At a Santa Rosa town hall, lawmakers and health leaders warned rural hospitals and maternity services are at risk from funding cuts and razor‑thin margins.

Aedes aegypti — a bottle‑cap‑breeding, day‑biting mosquito that can spread dengue and Zika — has been detected in parts of the Bay Area; officials urge residents to clear standing water.

Wastewater scans and public‑health data show human metapneumovirus rising in parts of Northern California. The virus can cause a seal‑like 'barking' cough in young children.