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Southern California healthcare agencies fear cuts to HIV prevention will cost lives

Southern California healthcare agencies fear cuts ...

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L.A. fire contaminant levels could sicken the marine food chain, new tests show

L.A. fire contaminant levels could sicken the mari...

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

Contributor: It's no metaphor — undersea cables ho...

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Palisades and Eaton firefighters had elevated blood levels of mercury and lead, according to an early study

Palisades and Eaton firefighters had elevated bloo...

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RFK Jr. makes sweeping cuts in federal health programs, including CDC, FDA

RFK Jr. makes sweeping cuts in federal health prog...

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A pediatricians' dilemma: Should a practice kick out unvaccinated kids?

A pediatricians' dilemma: Should a practice kick o...

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Deadly, drug-resistant fungus CDC calls 'urgent threat' is spreading in hospitals

Deadly, drug-resistant fungus CDC calls 'urgent th...

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CDC to slash infectious-disease funding for states; California impact uncertain

CDC to slash infectious-disease funding for states...

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

Earth 1, asteroids 0: The next generation of plane...

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Trump administration cuts to NOAA threaten efforts to save sea lions from toxic plankton

Trump administration cuts to NOAA threaten efforts...

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Tuolumne County confirms two measles cases, warns of exposure at high school and emergency room

Tuolumne County confirms two measles cases, warns ...

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'Show up and share': How one UCLA ICU helps patients and staff live with dying

'Show up and share': How one UCLA ICU helps patien...

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New strain of bird flu wipes out Mississippi poultry farm; human flu may offer immunity

New strain of bird flu wipes out Mississippi poult...

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

Trump's EPA takes steps to roll back dozens of env...

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Study shows widespread bird flu infection in cattle

Study shows widespread bird flu infection in cattl...

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Amid tense clashes between NASA and Musk, two NASA science missions launch on SpaceX rocket

Amid tense clashes between NASA and Musk, two NASA...

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Measles at LAX: L.A. County resident had highly contagious disease when arriving at airport

Measles at LAX: L.A. County resident had highly co...

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'What would Albert do?': Scientists from UCLA, USC protest Trump's policy changes

'What would Albert do?': Scientists from UCLA, USC...

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What is hantavirus, the rare disease that killed Betsy Arakawa, Gene Hackman's wife?

What is hantavirus, the rare disease that killed B...

3 weeks ago 18

Smoke detectors in the sky: Will wildfire affect bird behavior?

Smoke detectors in the sky: Will wildfire affect b...

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A second death may be linked to U.S. measles outbreak, an unvaccinated New Mexico man

A second death may be linked to U.S. measles outbr...

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Contributor: How federally funded research saved my son's sight — and his life — from a rare cancer

Contributor: How federally funded research saved m...

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Contributor: Vaccines are out, measles is in

Contributor: Vaccines are out, measles is in

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RFK Jr. wants to make food safer. Trump wants to make it cheaper. Can we have both?

RFK Jr. wants to make food safer. Trump wants to m...

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'Like someone put a blanket over the ocean': Kelp could be among fires' casualties

'Like someone put a blanket over the ocean': Kelp ...

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New JPL space mission seeks to unravel the mystery of cosmic 'inflation'

New JPL space mission seeks to unravel the mystery...

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Mass firings across National Weather Service, NOAA ignite fury among scientists worldwide

Mass firings across National Weather Service, NOAA...

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Killing 166 million birds hasn't helped poultry farmers stop H5N1. Is there a better way?

Killing 166 million birds hasn't helped poultry fa...

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Fire debris is washing up on L.A.'s beaches. County officials warn the public to steer clear

Fire debris is washing up on L.A.'s beaches. Count...

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More than 900 Californians have died of the flu so far this season amid low vaccine rates, state says

More than 900 Californians have died of the flu so...

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The chances of an asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 have changed. But what's the risk, really?

The chances of an asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 h...

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Children's Hospital L.A. keeps limits on transgender care amid challenges to Trump order

Children's Hospital L.A. keeps limits on transgend...

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A proposed law could force California health insurers to explain claim denials

A proposed law could force California health insur...

1 month ago 19

Opinion: Long COVID is solvable, but we need more clinical trials

Opinion: Long COVID is solvable, but we need more ...

1 month ago 17

A new bill could require California to monitor wastewater for disease in the Central Valley

A new bill could require California to monitor was...

1 month ago 17

Bird flu infections in dairy cows are more widespread than we thought, according to a new CDC study

Bird flu infections in dairy cows are more widespr...

1 month ago 17

Earth's inner core isn't just slowing; it's also shape-shifting, study finds

Earth's inner core isn't just slowing; it's also s...

1 month ago 19

Judge halts Trump's NIH cuts that support medical research after California and 21 states sue

Judge halts Trump's NIH cuts that support medical ...

1 month ago 15

A leading pediatrician was already worried about the future of vaccines. Then RFK Jr. came along

A leading pediatrician was already worried about t...

1 month ago 18

A pivotal senator says he extracted vaccine concessions from RFK Jr. How will that play out?

A pivotal senator says he extracted vaccine conces...

1 month ago 18

NIH cuts put medical research at risk, scientists say, raising concerns at UC and elsewhere

NIH cuts put medical research at risk, scientists ...

1 month ago 19

During fires, L.A. burn centers braced for crisis that never came

During fires, L.A. burn centers braced for crisis ...

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San Mateo County cat diagnosed with bird flu as CDC deletes evidence on possible feline-human transmission

San Mateo County cat diagnosed with bird flu as CD...

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Deadly version of H5N1 bird flu spills over into Nevada dairy cattle

Deadly version of H5N1 bird flu spills over into N...

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Senate panel vote clears the way for Kennedy to become health secretary

Senate panel vote clears the way for Kennedy to be...

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As global plastic production grows, so does the concentration of microplastics in our brains

As global plastic production grows, so does the co...

1 month ago 18

Another unwelcome consequence of climate change: An explosion of urban rats

Another unwelcome consequence of climate change: A...

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The L.A. wildfires left neighborhoods choking in ash and toxic air. Residents demand answers

The L.A. wildfires left neighborhoods choking in a...

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Senators challenge Robert Kennedy Jr. on vaccines in confirmation hearing as health secretary

Senators challenge Robert Kennedy Jr. on vaccines ...

2 months ago 19

L.A. fires wreaked havoc on the land. Scientists are racing to learn what they've done to the sea

L.A. fires wreaked havoc on the land. Scientists a...

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