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California’s COVID wave could be waning. Here are the latest numbers

There are some encouraging signs that California’s summer COVID wave might be leveling off. That’s not to say the seasonal

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Eaton fire contaminated Altadena with lead. It’s lingering even after cleanup.

The Eaton fire left significant levels of lead in Altadena’s soil, according to a final report from the Los Angeles

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California says it can no longer trust Washington on COVID vaccines. A major battle is looming

California’s late summer COVID surge is showing signs of peaking, but the state’s war with the Trump administration over vaccines

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Astronaut Megan McArthur retires from NASA after more than two decades

Some explorers have focused on alpine heights. Others on polar extremes. Megan McArthur is one of the elite few who

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How exposure to noise and heat affects your brain

Blanca Lucio likes to spend her mornings tending to her zucchinis, cucumbers, watermelons and traditional Mexican herbs at a small

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When I got COVID, readers said it proved vaccines don’t work. What has RFK Jr. wrought?

I can’t say I was surprised, but it didn’t take long for readers to jump at the bait last week

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NFL, UFC athletes use ibogaine psychedelic to treat brain injury

As awareness grows around the dangers of head trauma in sports, a small number of professional fighters and football players

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L.A. child dies from complication of infant measles infection

A school-age child in Los Angeles County has died from a rare complication of measles after contracting the disease in

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California state bill AB 602 would ensure college students seeking overdose help don’t get disciplined

On the night TJ McGee overdosed from a mixture of drugs and alcohol in his freshman year at UC Berkeley,

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Forest Service reverses decades-long ban on protective masks

The U.S. Forest Service has announced it is reversing a ban on federal firefighters wearing masks, and will give crews

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California’s school vaccine mandate could soon come under threat by Trump

A series of federal actions aimed at pressuring states to allow parents to opt out of school vaccine mandates for

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MAHA child health report ignores gun violence, the leading cause of child death

The Make America Healthy Again Commission, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has released its Make Our Children Healthy Again

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OpenAI installs parental controls following teen’s death

Weeks after a Rancho Santa Margarita family sued over ChatGPT’s role in their teenager’s death, OpenAI has announced that parental

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David Baltimore dead: Former Caltech president, Nobel winner was 87

In 2003, the Nobel Prize winner David Baltimore, then president of Caltech, paused to reflect on his role as one

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‘I lost me’: How frontotemporal dementia changed a mind and a marriage

I lost me. You lost yourself? Yeah. Where did you go? I don’t know. I don’t have a sense of

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Some vulnerable seniors can’t get COVID vaccines amid case spike

Seniors in some parts of the country say they are being denied COVID-19 vaccinations amid an ongoing spike in cases,

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Why it’s ‘a very exciting time’ for dementia researchers

Like a lot of people my age, there are times when I can’t find my keys, or my sunglasses, or

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Defiant RFK Jr. questions vaccine data, defends record under bipartisan Senate grilling

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s Health secretary and a longtime vaccine skeptic, struck a defiant tone Thursday as he

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COVID wave washes over California, some health officials urge masking

A COVID wave is washing over California, with the state seeing continued increases in the number of newly confirmed cases

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Contributor: MAGA has won the war on science

This is the story of two Republican doctor-senators named Bill. One of them, as majority leader from 2003 to 2007,

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California pushes back on Trump’s CDC with West Coast Health Alliance

California, Oregon and Washington are joining forces to insulate vaccine guidance and other public health recommendations from political interference, a

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I got COVID and can’t smell. But RFK Jr.’s vaccine policies still stink

For five years, I dodged every bullet. I don’t know how I managed to beat COVID-19 for so long, even

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Chagas disease: The deadly disease you’ve never heard of is here

It’s one of the most insidious diseases you’ve never heard of, but Chagas is here in California and 29 other

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Pasadena firefighters find woman’s body in burning home

The body of a woman was found by Pasadena firefighters responding to a house fire Saturday morning, officials said. Firefighters

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L.A. fires: After clearing 10,000 homes, Army Corps close to done

Less than eight months after the Eaton and Palisades wildfires destroyed 16,000 buildings in Los Angeles County, the U.S. Army

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These California eggs are linked to a salmonella outbreak

Large, brown cage-free eggs from a small egg farm in San Bernardino County are at the center of a salmonella

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Under RFK, feds could make it harder for some to get COVID vaccines

New federal guidance surrounding COVID vaccine authorization could make it more difficult for many people to be inoculated against the

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More dust storms called haboobs are coming, thanks to climate change

For anyone wondering whether intense dust storms, such as the haboob that enveloped Phoenix this week, are possible in Southern

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Inside the fight over the recycling label on your milk carton

Lodi — A battle has been waging in Sacramento over whether beverage cartons — the ones used for milk, juice, broth, wine,

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Methane leaks at California oil facilities are also spewing toxic chemicals

Large methane leaks at oil and gas facilities across the United States not only unleash massive plumes of the potent

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ER doctors say we need to pay more attention to heat

Across Southern California, emergency room workers are primed for the wave of patients that pour in as heat waves like

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Air pollution from gas and oil hurts people of color most, study finds

Iretha Warmsley was born and raised in South L.A.’s Black community and for as long as she can remember, air

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Here’s why — and how much — we should worry about the plague today

The plague — aka the Black Death, aka the Great Pestilence — is rarely contracted today, yet it recently infected

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Supreme Court says Trump may cancel DEI-related health research grants

WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court said Thursday the Trump administration may cancel hundreds of health research grants that involve diversity, equity

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San Gabriel Band of Mission Indian tribe wins land back for the first time

On July 10, a church signed the deeds transferring a half-acre of land hosting a community center in the heart

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This supplement is being banned across the U.S. What to know about synthetic kratom

An herbal supplement that’s marketed as a cure-all for chronic pain and sold in gas stations and smoke shops is

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California plague case believed to be caused by South Lake Tahoe flea

A South Lake Tahoe resident has tested positive for the plague — yes, the same pest-transmitted disease estimated to have

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California’s plan to meet electric vehicle goals despite Trump’s attacks

From President Trump’s first day back in office, he vowed to unravel California’s sway over the nation’s auto-emission standards by

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COVID-19 surges nationwide — and the highest rates are in California

COVID-19 rates in the Southwestern United States reached 12.5% — the highest in the nation — according to new data

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Trump cut mental health funding for kids. These L.A. teens are stepping in

There are a lot of reasons why people reach out to Teen Line, a Century City-based hotline that connects young

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California valley fever cases hit record highs again in 2025

The latest California numbers suggest 2025 will be another record-smashing year for valley fever, the illness linked to drought and

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In high-tech race to detect fires, Orange County bets on volunteers with binoculars

As California turns to satellite imagery, remote cameras watched by AI and heat detection sensors placed throughout wildlands to detect

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California has more cattle feedlots than any state, new map shows

In a first, researchers have identified the nation’s roughly 8,700 cattle feeding operations, and the map shows California has more

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Scientists argue for stricter lead soil contamination standards

It’s a number thousands of Palisades and Eaton fire survivors have come to depend on: 80 milligrams of lead in

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How UCLA’s research faculty is grappling with Trump funding freeze

Their medical research focuses on potentially lifesaving breakthroughs in cancer treatment, and developing tools to more easily diagnose debilitating diseases.

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The unsung solution for our waste crisis: Reusable items

Figuring out what should go into your curbside waste bins is hardly straightforward. Consider your single-use coffee cup — the

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Despite record amounts of trash, Angelenos are optimistic we’ll dig our way out

It doesn’t take an awful lot of investigating to see that we’re swimming in an ocean of waste: There are

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Contributor: The true cost of abandoning science

Any trip to the dark night skies of our Southern California deserts reveals a vista full of wonder and mystery

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How are thousands of fake papers polluting science? Study takes a look

Fraudulent scientific research is now being produced and published on a large scale, with some unethical researchers colluding with unethical

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Homeowners say Army Corps botched L.A. fire cleanups. Agency documents concur

After January’s wildfires reduced thousands of homes in Altadena and Pacific Palisades to heaps of ash and rubble, wildfire survivors

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George Kittle can smile. Smelling salts aren’t banned in NFL after all

When is AI not artificial intelligence? When it refers to ammonia inhalants, aka smelling salts. When are these AIs in

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A proposed California bill aims to safeguard HIV-prevention coverage

State lawmakers are considering a bill meant to protect access to HIV prevention drugs for insured Californians as threats from

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Deaths linked to L.A. firestorm could top 400, new study suggests

By all accounts, the January firestorms that decimated thousands of homes and killed 31 people in Los Angeles County were

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Living unhoused and undocumented in one of California’s hottest regions

Temperatures were fast approaching 116 degrees as Rubén Partida and his wife, Kimberly, loaded their dusty Nissan Frontier truck with

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Researchers figure out what’s caused devastating sea star epidemic

A study published Monday offers clarity on a more than decade-long marine mystery: What has been killing the velvety sunflower

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Gifford fire burns almost 40,000 acres in Los Padres National Forest

The Gifford fire has scorched nearly 40,000 acres in less than three days in Los Padres National Forest as firefighters

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Large Great White Shark spotted near Santa Monica

A roughly 15-foot Great White shark was captured on video last week swimming close to Santa Monica’s shores, providing a

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Chronic symptoms of Lyme disease

Grammy award-winning pop star Justin Timberlake, 44, recently took to Instagram to share his diagnosis of Lyme disease, a bacterial

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Foie gras still on some store shelves in California, despite state ban

Despite California’s ban on foie gras, the pumped-up bird livers are being sold in Southern California stores. Foie gras, which

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ChatGPT, Perplexity and other AIs fed scarily specific self-harm information to users

A few months ago, Northeastern University computer scientist Annika Schoene was playing around with ChatGPT when she found a troubling

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Gunman’s NFL grudge highlights brain-damage risk for youths

Every fall, more than a million young Americans don helmets and padded shoulder pads to play high school football. But

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Study: Pandemic aged our brains faster, whether or not we got COVID

By almost any measure, living through a once-in-a-century pandemic emergency that killed 7 million people — including 1.1 million in

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July is the worst month for drug overdose deaths. Is heat to blame?

Despite the dramatic reduction in L.A. drug overdose deaths in the last few years, there’s a fly in the ointment:

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Perseids 2025: When the shower peaks and why you’ll see fewer meteors

When it comes to meteor showers, the Perseids pop. It’s not just about the quantity of meteors (as many as

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California dairy farmers get $230 million to help cover costs of bird flu losses

The federal government has paid California dairy farms more than $230 million to subsidize losses in milk production resulting from

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More liver disease among heavy drinkers — without more drinking

Serious liver disease is becoming more common among Americans who drink heavily, according to a new study from Keck Medicine

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Why is L.A.’s fire-evacuation plan still untested?

Just before sunrise on Nov. 8, 2018, a power line fell from a wind-worn Pacific Gas & Electric transmission tower

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Federal cuts leave Los Angeles County health system in crisis

Los Angeles County’s health system, which is responsible for the care of the region’s poorest, is careening toward a financial

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Eaton fire could wipe out California’s $21-billion wildfire fund, documents show

Damage claims from the Eaton wildfire in Altadena could wipe out the $21-billion fund California created to shield utilities and

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FDA panel on SSRI antidepressants in pregnancy raises alarms

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is turning its attention to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, a class of antidepressant drugs

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Cedars-Sinai doctors develop AI-powered mental health ‘robot’ therapist

Misty Williams checks into the emergency room at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center from time to time for treatment of debilitating pain

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Is baby getting enough breastmilk? New device helps moms learn

A group of university researchers at Northwestern — including a nursing mother — have come up with a way to

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State lawmaker wants a crisis hotline for LGBTQ+ youth on student IDs

Bridget McCarthy believes that if her son Riley Chart had quick and easy access to a suicide prevention hotline designed

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What to know about President Tump’s ‘chronic venous insufficiency’

Earlier this week, President Trump was diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, or CVI, after he noted mild swelling in his

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A link between gut bacteria and genes in colitis flare-ups

LOS ANGELES — Researchers have identified a gut-genetic interaction that could trigger an overactive immune response in the colon — offering one

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Immigration crackdown could stymie efforts to fight bird flu outbreak, experts fear

As authorities brace for a potential resurgence in bird flu cases this fall, infectious disease specialists warn that the Trump

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Will personal firefighting devices help or hurt in future wildfires?

Patrick Golling yanked the pull cord, and the Honda engine roared to life. Seconds after it began sucking water out

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Cyborg jellyfish could help uncover the depths and mysteries of the Pacific Ocean

For years, science fiction has promised a future filled with robots that can swim, crawl and fly like animals. In

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Amid state inaction, California chef sues to block sales of foam food containers

Redwood City — Fed up with the state’s refusal to enforce a law banning the sale of polystyrene foam cups, plates and

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How a Supreme Court win for public health bolstered RFK Jr.

WASHINGTON  — Public health advocates won a big case in the Supreme Court on the last day of this year’s term,

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Trump administration sues California over cage-free egg and animal welfare law

The Trump administration has sued California over the state’s voter-approved animal welfare law, which protects hens, pigs and calves from

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Life expectancy in California still hasn’t rebounded since the pandemic

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus caused life expectancy in California to drop significantly. It’s now been

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The Trevor Project’s suicide prevention hotline for LGBTQ+ youth may soon go silent

Amy Kane was filled with dread when she heard that the national suicide prevention lifeline would stop offering specialized crisis

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Foreign honeybees are crowding out native species in southern California

LOS ANGELES — You’ve probably heard the phrase: “Save the bees.” But new research suggests we may need to be more specific

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NIH budget cuts threaten the future of biomedical research — and young scientists

Over the last several months, a deep sense of unease has settled over laboratories across the United States. Researchers at

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Commentary: A candid take on mortality and the power of friendship

They gather several times a week in the parking lot of a Vons supermarket in Mar Vista, and no subject

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Should bioplastics be counted as compost? Debate pits farmers against manufacturers

Vernalis — Greg Pryor began composting yard and food waste for San Francisco in 1996, and today he oversees nine industrial-sized composting

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Once the global gold standard, U.S. government health guidance is falling apart

Weeks after President Trump took office, multiple government webpages referencing gender and sexual orientation abruptly disappeared from the internet. Many

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Federal contractors dumped wildfire asbestos waste at L.A. landfills

Federal contractors tasked with clearing ash and debris from the Eaton and Palisades wildfires improperly sent truckloads of asbestos-tainted waste

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Newsom challenges Trump to step up on wildfire preparedness

As California’s fire season heats up, Gov. Gavin Newsom sharply criticized the Trump administration Tuesday for failing to devote adequate

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I covered the L.A. fires in the Palisades. So I had my blood tested for lead

I watched my blood snake through the tube stuck into my arm as I sat under a canopy erected by

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Hardcore birders and casual sparrow spotters: Science needs you

Attention would-be warbler watchers and pigeon peepers: Ornithologists at UCLA and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County are

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RFK Jr. is dismantling trust in vaccines, the crown jewel of American public health

When it comes to vaccines, virtually nothing that comes out of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s mouth is true. The man

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Hims & Hers’ split with Wegovy maker weighs on the telehealth company

Hims & Hers, the high-flying telehealth company that rapidly ascended from a buzzy startup selling Viagra to a multibillion-dollar business

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Contributor: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles threw trans kids overboard

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is the preeminent center for pediatric medicine in Southern California. For three decades, it’s also been

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Trump administration restores funds for HIV prevention following outcry

The Trump administration has lifted a freeze on federal funds for HIV prevention and surveillance programs, officials said, following an

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Measles cases are on the rise in California

California has already reported more measles cases this year than in all of 2024, a worrisome development that comes as

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Malaysia will stop taking U.S. plastic waste. What will California do?

Malaysia will ban plastic waste imports from the U.S. starting Tuesday because of America’s failure to abide by the Basel

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One in five U.S. food and beverage products is made with synthetic dyes

Odds are, something in your pantry is colored with petroleum. Synthetic dyes — which give fruit snacks their bright colors

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The numbers of gray whales migrating along the California coast continue to plummet

The number of gray whales migrating along the California coast has plummeted again this year, dropping to levels not seen

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Those cuts to ‘overhead’ costs in research? They do real damage

As a professor at UC Santa Barbara, I research the effects of and solutions to ocean pollution, including oil seeps,

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Newsom’s podcast sidekick: a single-use plastic water bottle

Johnny had Ed. Conan had Andy. And Gov. Gavin Newsom? A single-use plastic water bottle. In most of the YouTube

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How ICE is disrupting public health in Southern California

Missed childhood vaccinations. Skipped blood sugar checks. Medications abandoned at the pharmacy. These are among the healthcare disruptions providers have

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Union presses California’s key bird flu testing lab for records

The union representing workers at a UC Davis lab that tests and tracks bird flu infections in livestock has sued

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Supreme Court upholds laws that ban hormones for transgender teens

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that states may ban puberty blockers and hormone treatments for transgender teens, rejecting the claim

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Native American life expectancy is lower than previous estimates show

Official U.S. records dramatically underestimate mortality and life expectancy disparities for Native Americans, according to a new, groundbreaking study published

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COVID ‘razor blade throat’ rises as new subvariant spreads in California

• COVID rising in wastewater in parts of California• New subvariant, ‘Nimbus,’ increasingly dominant nationally• Concerns rise about Trump’s appointees

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Final evacuation order officially lifted after Palisades fire

Nearly six months after a wildfire devastated the Pacific Palisades, the final evacuation orders have been fully lifted, according to

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How L.A. General finds names for its John Doe patients

He had a buzz cut and brown eyes, a stubbly beard and a wrestler’s build. He did not have a

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Trump signs laws to kill California auto emission standards. California AG sues

President Trump signed legislation Thursday seeking to rescind California’s ambitious auto emission standards, including a landmark rule that eventually would

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Former Cedars-Sinai OB-GYN surrenders license after sexual abuse complaints

Former Cedars-Sinai Medical Center obstetrician-gynecologist Barry J. Brock has surrendered his medical license following an accusation of negligent care from

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State rescinds suspension efforts for Hollywood nursing home

The California Public Health Department has dropped efforts to suspend the license of a Hollywood nursing home whose actions were

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As pressure mounts for post-fire soil testing, Newsom administration downplays concerns

Elected officials in California are calling on the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Newsom administration to pay for soil

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Salton Sea is emitting foul-smelling gas at high levels, study says

On scorching days when winds blow across the California desert, the Salton Sea regularly gives off a stench of decay

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On 7-5 vote, AQMD rejects gas appliance surcharge aimed at improving air quality

On a 7-5 vote, the South Coast Air Quality Management District on Friday rejected controversial measures aimed at reducing air

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State moves to suspend licenses of troubled L.A. nursing home companies

The California Department of Public Health is moving to suspend the licenses of seven Southern California nursing facilities that have

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California asks FDA to undo limits on abortion pill mifepristone amid RFK Jr. scrutiny

California and three other states petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday to ease its restrictions on the

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One of the most lethal algae blooms in Southern California is over

It was one of the largest, longest and most lethal harmful algae blooms in Southern California’s recorded history, claiming the

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U.S. just radically changed its COVID vaccine recommendations: How will it affect you?

As promised, federal health officials have dropped longstanding recommendations that healthy children and healthy pregnant women should get the COVID-19

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Lawmakers ask Newsom, waste agency to follow plastic legislation law

California lawmakers are taking aim at proposed rules to implement a state law aimed at curbing plastic waste, saying the

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Want to understand CalRecycle’s chemical recycling rules? You’ll need to pay

Sacramento — Want to know what constitutes an acceptable form of recycling in California under CalRecycle’s new draft guidelines for the state’s

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COVID variant NB.1.8.1 spreads as Trump pivots away from vaccines

A new, highly transmissible COVID subvariant has been detected in California — heightening the risk of a potential summer wave

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A warming planet is poised to get even hotter, forecasters warn

As hot, dry and disastrous as the last few years have been, it appears that the chaos caused by a

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Contributor: Slashing NIH research guarantees a less healthy, less wealthy America

In recent months, funding for biomedical research from the National Institutes of Health has been canceled, delayed and plunged into

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Firefighters make significant progress on Mono County blaze that prompted evacuations

Firefighters made steady progress fighting a slow-moving brush fire near Yosemite National Park and Mammoth Mountain on Sunday. The Inn

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Questions emerge over Biden’s cancer diagnosis, decision to run

WASHINGTON — The revelation that former President Biden has advanced prostate cancer generated more questions than answers on Monday, prompting debate among

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CalRecycle introduces revised landmark waste law regulations

State waste officials have taken another stab at rules implementing a landmark plastic waste law, more than two months after

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Residents can have soil tested for lead around Eaton burn area

Residents in the Eaton burn area and downwind can now send in soil samples from their yard to test for

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Trump cuts will cause a spike of HIV cases in L.A. and nationally

A growing coalition of HIV prevention organizations, health experts and Democrats in Congress are sounding the alarm over sweeping Trump

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Fertility clinic director vows to rebuild after Palm Springs bombing

PALM SPRINGS — Less than a week after a targeted bomb explosion nearly destroyed his fertility clinic, Dr. Maher Abdallah stood below

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Many fire cleanup workers are not protecting against toxic debris

A crew of 10, many sporting bright orange National Day Laborer Organizing Network T-shirts, funneled out of a Mexican restaurant

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A mysterious, highly active undersea volcano near California could erupt later this year. What scientists expect

• Axial Seamount is the best-monitored submarine volcano in the world.• It’s the most active undersea volcano closest to California.•

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Here’s how to lose weight safely with GLP-1s and reduce food cravings

Are cookies and chips the new cigarettes? And soda, breakfast cereals and ice cream the new opioids? In his new

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The Eaton fire area’s next potential health issue: Mosquitoes

Cleanup efforts following the devastating Eaton and Palisades fires are underway, but an ongoing concern is swimming pools in the

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6 doctors on Biden’s cancer diagnosis and his treatment options

Former President Biden’s weekend announcement that he has an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer that has metastasized to his bone

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Contributor: The emergency in emergency medicine

If you have been to an ER lately — or if you’ve watched the disturbingly accurate TV show “The Pitt”

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5 quick exercises to improve your brain function as you age

Exercise has long been linked with stronger brains and reduced risk of dementia and other cognitive diseases. But new research

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Biden is diagnosed with ‘aggressive’ form of prostate cancer

WASHINGTON — Former President Biden has been diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer, his office said Sunday, a devastating development

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Nearly half of Pasadena Unified schools have contaminated soil, district finds

Eleven of the 23 Pasadena Unified School District schools, where students have been back on campus since January, have contaminated

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California board voted to nix a controversial hazardous waste proposal

A state environmental oversight board voted unanimously to rescind a controversial proposal that would have permitted California municipal landfills to

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Did the fires make Southern California’s beaches less safe?

It seems like a straightforward question: Do the tons of toxic material the Los Angeles County fires sent spewing into

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Researchers call on Newsom to pay for post-fire soil testing in Los Angeles County

A group of environmental researchers is calling on the Newsom administration to step in and pay for soil testing at

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Are salmon sperm facials really good for your skin?

Just when it seemed that the skincare industry had exhausted itself with absurd products and cyborgian procedures, Kim Kardashian brought

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Contributor: On autism and vaccines, there are lies, damned lies and statistics

During an interview in late April with Dr. Phil, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reiterated his appeal to parents on vaccine

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Researchers find drinking water is safe in Eaton, Palisades burn areas

Scientists have released some of the first independent test results confirming that drinking water in fire-affected areas around Altadena and

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Antelope Valley residents say they are fed up with rampant dumping, official inaction

Eric Eller likes to ride his dirt bikes through the canyons, dry riverbeds and rocky outcroppings of the Antelope Valley

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Facing self-imposed budget cuts, Republicans in Congress mull the future of Medicaid

Congress is forging ahead with its budget for next year, but the most controversial program on the chopping block —

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Lawsuit blames Edison for toxic fallout from Eaton fire

Southern California Edison was hit with another lawsuit in the wake of the Eaton fire Wednesday, with lawyers claiming families

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More Californians use teletherapy than get therapy in person

More Californians are talking to their therapists through a video screen or by phone than in person, marking a profound

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L.A. County finds high lead levels in soil on properties already cleaned by Army Corps

New soil testing by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has found high levels of lead and other

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Meet Casey Means, L.A. holistic doctor and Trump’s surgeon general pick

President Trump’s choice of Dr. Casey Means, a Los Angeles holistic medicine doctor and wellness influencer, as his nominee for

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Indigenous tribes pitted against each other over a state bill to redefine land protection in California

In the last year, the Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians – Kizh Nation has worked to protect its cultural sites

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A new tool to combat L.A.’s disease-carrying mosquitoes shows promise

A battle is underway against an invasive mosquito behind a recent surge in the local spread of dengue fever in

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7 million people have Alzheimer’s. Why is Trump administration derailing research?

Dr. Charles DeCarli, co-director of the UC Davis Alzheimer’s Research Center, got the news in a call from a colleague

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RFK Jr. said his agency will find the cause of autism. These researchers have actually been looking

The annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research took place in Seattle this week. The field’s premiere scientific

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A medical researcher is wrongly snagged by Trump’s word police

SAN FRANCISCO — Nisha Acharya, an eye doctor and UC San Francisco professor, was at her campus clinic tending patients when a

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Monster earthquake could sink swath of California, heighten flood risk

A long-feared monster earthquake off California, Oregon and Washington could cause some coastal areas to sink by more than 6

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Contributor: To dumbly go where no space budget has gone before

Reports that the White House may propose nearly a 50% cut to NASA’s Science Mission Directorate are both mind-boggling and,

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Can $1,000 a month get more students into nursing? L.A. effort says yes

Community colleges play a critical role in addressing California’s persistent demand for healthcare workers, preparing students to become the state’s

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U.S. will lose population immunity to measles in a generation, Stanford scientists say

In December, Stanford School of Medicine colleagues Dr. Nathan Lo and Mathew Kiang got to talking. Childhood immunization rates were

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Measles confirmed in L.A. County resident who had traveled to Texas

Measles has been confirmed in a Los Angeles County resident who recently returned from Texas, a state that is in

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California reports sharp rise in Valley fever cases for first three months of 2025

California is heading toward another record year for cases of Valley fever, the disease caused by fungal spores linked to

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Ad campaign will target Trump allies for looming Medicaid cuts

With the Trump administration slashing budgets and threatening to revoke tax-exempt status for nonprofits, some Southern California social justice organizations

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Save the Earth’s ‘creepy-crawlies.’ Some may save us

When I was a child, I visited the village in India where my father grew up. As we strolled down

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Online charter schools skirt California’s childhood vaccine laws

Heartland Charter School in Kern County has several dream field trips on the calendar this spring, including tours of In-N-Out

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RFK Jr. announces a plan to ban certain food dyes, following California’s lead

WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of Health and Human Services, on Tuesday announced a plan to ban synthetic food

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Contributor: RFK Jr.’s rhetoric masks the real tragedy people with autism are facing

As the leader of a nonprofit that supports thousands of children and adults with developmental disabilities across Los Angeles County,

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Mexican child dies following infection with H5N1 bird flu

A 3-year-old girl in Mexico died this month after getting infected with H5N1 bird flu, according to a report issued

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Altadena residents with standing homes fear long-term health effects

On Jan. 7, two residents on opposite sides of Altadena — Francois Tissot, a Caltech professor who studies the geology

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Oregon officials investigate rare brain disease blamed for 2 deaths

Health officials in Hood River County, Ore., are investigating three cases of a rare and fatal brain disease known as

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Why this L.A. hospital says infants have mental health needs too

A major initiative at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles aims to address a critical but much overlooked need: mental health care

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Another dead whale washes ashore in Southern California

A dead 50-foot gray whale washed ashore in Huntington Beach on Friday, according to officials with the Pacific Marine Mammal

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La Brea Tar Pit experts met dire wolf ‘de-extinction’ with skepticism

When news broke that scientists in Texas had succesfully reintroduced the long-extinct dire wolf to the modern world, more people

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L.A. County soil testing near Eaton, Palisades fires shows significant contamination

After months of questions in the aftermath of the Eaton and Palisades fires, the Los Angeles County Department of Public

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The virus that killed Gene Hackman’s wife caused three recent deaths in California. Here’s what to know

Three people in Mammoth Lakes died recently after contracting hantavirus, the same infection that killed Gene Hackman’s wife Betsy Arakawa

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How Trump’s tariffs could slow electric vehicle sales in California

The price of electric vehicles in the U.S. will likely rise due to the Trump administration’s new tariffs, potentially jeopardizing

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Federal legislation aims to help firefighters with job-related cancer

As firefighters battled the catastrophic blazes in Los Angeles County in January, California’s U.S. senators, Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla,

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Busy but sad? You might have high-functioning depression

Judith Joseph has spent most of her life building an impressive résumé. She is a board-certified psychiatrist, chair of the

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Scientists unsure why gray whales are dying off Pacific Coast again

Gray whales are dying in large numbers, again. At least 70 whales have perished since the start of the year

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State orders Chiquita Canyon Landfill to take corrective measures or face fines

A smoldering chemical reaction brewing deep inside the recently closed Chiquita Canyon Landfill in Castaic now threatens to consume an

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Measles erases immunological memory – Los Angeles Times

Dr. Adam Ratner has heard a lot of myths and misunderstandings about measles in his decades as a New York

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California sues over cuts to CDC infectious disease funding

California and a coalition of other states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its plans to cut billions of dollars

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Earth 1, asteroids 0: The next generation of planetary defense takes shape at JPL

There is a nonzero chance that somewhere in the nearby solar system is a rock that might kill us all.

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Possible cuts to HIV prevention could be deadly, healthcare providers say

Statements from the Trump administration that officials are considering cuts to key programs for the prevention of HIV and AIDS

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Drug-resistant fungus an ‘urgent threat’ as it spreads in hospitals

A deadly, drug-resistant fungus that preys on the sick and old is continuing to spread in hospitals and senior care

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RFK Jr. makes sweeping cuts in federal health staffing

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced plans Thursday to slash the Department of Health and Human Services, cutting nearly a quarter

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Contributor: It’s no metaphor — undersea cables hold together our precarious modern life

In the early days of the pandemic, I began pondering the idea of healing. I stumbled upon a story about

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Palisades and Eaton firefighters had elevated levels of mercury, lead in their blood

The immediate risks faced by the firefighters who were on the front lines battling the Palisades and Eaton fires that

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Should doctors kick out unvaccinated children? Pediatricians face dilemma

Orange County pediatrician Dr. Eric Ball still feels guilty about the Disneyland measles outbreak of 2014. At the time, his

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CDC cuts infectious-disease funding for California

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has notified the California Department of Public Health it is suspending grants it

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Trump administration cuts threaten efforts to fight outbreak killing sea lions

Redondo Beach — The Trump administration’s targeting of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will jeopardize efforts to save sea lions, dolphins,

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Tuolumne County confirms two measles cases

The Tuolumne County Public Health Department on Wednesday confirmed two measles cases a day after it opened an investigation into

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How one UCLA ICU helps patients and staff live with dying

Extraordinary things happen in the cardiothoracic intensive care unit at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. The sick rise from bed

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New strain of bird flu wipes out Mississippi poultry flock

A new strain of a highly pathogenic bird flu known as H7N9 has surfaced at a poultry farm in Mississippi

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Amid tense clashes between NASA and Musk, NASA hitches a ride on SpaceX rocket

After every federal employee received an email asking them to list their recent accomplishments, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took to

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Concerning H5N1 bird flu mutation appears in dairy cows

Scientists are sounding alarms about a genetic mutation that was recently identified in four dairy cow herds, nearly one year

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Trump’s EPA takes steps to roll back dozens of environmental regulations

President Trump’s new EPA administrator said Wednesday he was preparing to roll back dozens of landmark environmental rules, including those

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L.A. County resident had measles when they recently flew into LAX

Public health officials have confirmed the first case of measles in a Los Angeles County resident this year — the

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Second possible measles fatality in U.S. outbreak as N.M. man dies

An unvaccinated New Mexico man who recently died was found to be infected with measles. His death could be the

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Hundreds of scientists from UCLA, USC protest Trump policy changes

Hundreds of scientists marched under sunny skies in front of federal offices in Los Angeles on Friday as part of