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Tyler Shultz was subject to pressure from company after his whistle-blowing came to light.

Bay Area company connects local businesses that have surplus food to organizations that will distribute it to the needy.

Meet James Hellman, who spends 60 hours/week editing medical articles on Wikipedia.

Anti-tobacco researchers have created an actual "brand" to communicate that Big Tobacco is antithetical to everything hipsters hold dear.

While Facebook and other sites attempt to cope with the spread of fictitious news reports, Wikipedia has long taken steps to deal with the problem.

One-hundred and fifty-five workers will lose their jobs with the company that was once a high-flying startup but is now a shell of its former self.

In interviews, Ezekiel Emanuel, a former adviser on health care to President Obama, disses digital health monitoring and even stem cell research.

Which areas of the U.S. have the worst cancer death rates? The highest rate for diabetes, binge drinking or suicide? The interactive U.S. Health Map has it all.

Dr. Daniel Kraft of Singularity University weighs in on new and upcoming digital health trends and tools.

A federal inspection report obtained by The Wall Street Journal shows a number of problems at the company's now-shuttered Arizona lab.

A look at three different calculations for determining STEMie job heaven.

A new study finds annual spending on acute respiratory illnesses was more for telehealth users than it was for patients who saw the doctor in-person.

The National Institutes of Health, which funds research in treatments and cures, could lose 20 percent of its budget under the administration's proposal. More money would go for addiction treatment.

More and more people are opting for ‘nonbinary’ gender identities as they reject the concept of gender as only male or female.

Ten grad students — one from each UC campus — took the stage last week to present years of research in three-minute elevator pitches.

Biohacker Josiah Zayner attempted to replace his microbiome as part of an experiment to help irresolvable gastrointestinal woes. And need we say it: Don't try this at home.

A former Google ethicist is on a crusade to make people aware of what he says are manipulative techniques by tech companies to foster compulsive use.

Ineffective treatments, harmful surgery and the greedy hand of the pharmaceutical industry -- an investigative journalist opens a window on the back pain industry.

The tricks of the trade, according to researchers,social scientists and designers.

A look back at Yahoo's earliest days, when an ethos of radical inclusion and free speech drove its popularity.

As baby boomers head into their golden years, senior advocates and organizations look for ways to use social technology tools to keep them connected to the world and avoiding isolation and loneliness.

Inspired by a chance encounter in Dolores Park, this innovative use of Google Glass is changing how Northern California doctors interact with patients.

Gender is no longer either male or female, according to the state of California. ‘It means that when somebody looks at my license, it’s not going to be as confusing to them.’ Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday signed into law legislation that recognizes a third gender option for drivers licenses and birth certificates. Starting in … Continue reading →

Air purifiers have been in short supply locally due to the North Bay fires, so many Bay Area residents have turned to the online retailing giant instead. But a shipping snafu left many would-be buyers in the lurch.

Decades ago, hundreds of thousands of bodies were moved from San Francisco to Colma.

On June 15, a ransomware attack took down the computer network of one of the largest public media companies in America. What followed was months of jury-rigging, rebuilding and disruption.

To engineer an egg substitute, the food tech firm Hampton Creek removed starch from mung beans. The company is trying to recover after a run of bad news the last couple of years.