SF News Norovirus ‘Stomach Bug’ Cases Spike in Portions of SF, Marin County, and Silicon Valley Wash those hands extra well, as portions of the Bay Area are experiencing spikes in norovirus infections, the highly contagious gastrointestinal bug that’s typically foodborne, including parts of San Francisco, Marin County, and Silicon Valley.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF’s Archbishop Riordan High School Goes Online Amid Tuberculosis Cases Students and workers across the Bay Area took part in a nationwide walkout Friday; Yosemite eliminated the reservation system for Firefall and will instead be limiting car and foot traffic; and classes will be held remotely at SF’s Archbishop Riordan High School to cut the spread of TB.
SF News ICU Units at UCSF Children's Hospitals at Capacity Due to RSV Cases An outbreak of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and other respiratory infections are overwhelming Bay Area children's hospitals — forcing ICU units to send pediatric patients to other floors because they've reached capacity.
SF News First U.S. Case of Wuhan Coronavirus Identified in Washington State The latest winter virus scare from Asia, Wuhan coronavirus, was just confirmed in its first human-to-human transmission over the weekend, and on Tuesday authorities in Washington State say they have identified the first case in the United States.
SF News West Nile Virus Is Here Again Not that we want to start a local-news-style panic, but everyone should be aware that West Nile Virus is back again and has now been found in dead animals in four Bay Area
SF News John McAfee Arrested in Guatemala, Blogs Crazy Stuff From Jail As Gizmodo notes today, "John McAfee is basically liveblogging his jail stint on a Central American murder rap from the personal computer of a Guatemalan jail warden." Yep. McAfee was detained yesterday in
