UCSF to begin free COVID-19 testing in San Francisco’s Mission District SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) - A new zip code map released by the city shows that the Mission District has the highest number of COVID-19 cases. “Which is consistent with our findings in about 25% of those people who are infected in the city…
By Amy Graff, SFGATE Updated 10:28 am PDT, Wednesday, April 15, 2020 Contact tracing is a technique that involves tracking residents with the virus and identifying those who could have been exposed, and interviewing and monitoring them. Contact tracing is a technique that involves tracking residents with the virus and identifying those who could have been…
For more than thirty years I have represented the families on the other end of a foodborne outbreak — the parents of children on dialysis with hemolytic uremic syndrome, the survivors of a contaminated hamburger or a bag of spinach, the people left planning funerals. I built a career holding companies accountable when the food
More people are sick in a multi-country Salmonella outbreak in Europe mainly affecting children and young adults. A total of 83 confirmed cases had symptom onset between December 2025 and mid-May 2026. Another 24 cases identified in 2026 have not yet been sequenced and may be part of the outbreak. At least 20 people have
For over thirty years, I have been beating the same drum, and the last few days were no exception (some argue a bit too loudly and self-serving). I have been posting about public health officials — and the FDA — sending out outbreak documents with the names of companies, growers, processors, and retailers blacked out