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Warning of cuts to medical services, L.A. County health officials ask state for emergency funds

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FDA greenlights sunscreen chemical long popular in Asia and Europe

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UC Davis favored less qualified Black, Latino med school applicants, Justice Department claims

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Why new dads shouldn't panic about low testosterone

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A Biden-commissioned study found risks from drinking. Trump sidelined the findings.

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Taipei Zoo welcomes a pair of red pandas from China, first in over a decade

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Santa Monica Mountains' last steelhead trout survived the Palisades fire — and even had babies

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Climate change, pollution push oceans to tipping point, U.N. report says

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Mexico's president unveils affordable EV prototype backed by government

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Tropical Storm Boris forms off Mexico's southern Pacific coast and brings flooding threat

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Two more screwworm infections found in animals far apart in Texas, USDA says

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L.A. region begins the year with the smoggiest first 5 months in a decade

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COVID-19 Pandemic: News, Links & Resources

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One label, many risks: how grouping Asian Americans hides deadly cancer patterns

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Emergency room visits during heat waves available to the public in 'near-real time' in L.A. County

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Nearly 400,000 Californians cancel health coverage after losing federal aid

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Hantavirus strikes a cruise ship, Californians at risk: Is this the start of something much worse?

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Former Fauci adviser indicted for allegedly concealing communications related to COVID-19 research

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Long COVID leaves thousands of L.A. County residents sick, broke and ignored

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Pediatrics group sues U.S. agency for cutting funds for children's health programs

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Researchers identify immune trigger behind myocarditis after COVID-19 vaccination

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Wave of RSV, particularly dangerous for babies, sweeping across U.S.; doctors urge vaccination

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COVID-19 vaccines may help some cancer patients fight tumors

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Foreign outbreaks, lower vaccination rates are troubling signs for California's coming flu season

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CDC announces change in COVID-19 and chickenpox vaccine recommendations

8 months ago

RFK Jr.'s handpicked committee changed its recommendations for key childhood shots

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NASA declares its Mars Maven spacecraft dead after six months of silence

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Health workers at the epicenter of Congo's Ebola outbreak labor with little pay or rest

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Farewell, my Smilodon: La Brea Tar Pits to close for two years

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A flesh-eating worm from the 1960s is re-invading the U.S. Are CA cattle at risk?

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Scientists probe cosmic visitor from deep space, come up empty in search for alien life

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Pacifica pier cracks, another coastal casualty as seas continue to rise

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How Google's 32-million mosquito project could change California's battle against dengue

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Competition to run JPL comes at fraught moment of federal budget cuts, project overruns, management missteps

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Dying star resembles a billowing crystal ball in new telescope photo

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A warmer world creates bigger and more damaging hailstones, study says

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WHO reports 5 Ebola recoveries in Congo as a new treatment center opens

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