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Los Angeles Times - Science

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L.A. child dies from complication of measles infection contracted in infancy

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California moves to close overdose protection loophole that deters students from seeking emergency help

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Forest Service reverses decades-long ban, allows wildfire firefighters to use N95 masks

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California has a strict vaccine mandate. Will it survive the Trump administration?

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

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Trump EPA to stop tracking emissions from biggest polluters

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Electric customers to pay $9 billion more to state wildfire fund under proposed bill

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Radioactive metal at an Indonesia industrial site may be linked to massive shrimp recall

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COVID-19 Pandemic: News, Links & Resources

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A tour of the sound and heat hellscape that is L.A.

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Vaccine chaos: Even some vulnerable seniors can't get COVID shots amid spiking cases

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COVID wave washes over California. Some officials urge residents to mask up

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The FDA overhauled its COVID vaccine guidance. Here's what it means for you

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U.S. pediatricians' new COVID-19 vaccine recommendations differ from CDC advice

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COVID surges nationwide with highest rates in Southwest as students return to school

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RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development

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Pandemic aged our brains faster, whether or not we got COVID, study says

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

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Dismissed members of CDC vaccine committee call Kennedy's actions 'destabilizing'

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COVID 'razor blade throat' rises as new subvariant spreads in California

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OpenAI installs parental controls following California teen's death

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Another California county is losing its only hospital as feds reclassify it

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Megan McArthur, first woman to pilot SpaceX Dragon, retires from NASA after more than two decades

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David Baltimore, Nobel Prize-winning scientist and former Caltech president, dies at 87

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Florida's plan to drop school vaccine rule won't start for 90 days, won't cover all diseases

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Thousands of newborn stars dazzle in latest image from NASA's Webb Space Telescope

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Kennedy family members call RFK Jr. a 'threat' to Americans' health and call for his resignation

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Congo has announced a new Ebola outbreak. Here is what to know

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Lopez: With recent advances, it's 'a very exciting time' for dementia researchers

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Most enduring and biggest iceberg breaks apart, with more splintering to come in its death spiral

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Marsquakes indicate a solid core for the red planet, just like Earth

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