During fires, L.A. burn centers braced for crisis that never came
When the fires erupted Jan. 7, burn centers across the Los Angeles region braced for an influx of patients, updating ...
Tag: Science & Medicine
San Mateo County cat diagnosed with bird flu as CDC deletes evidence on possible feline-human transmission
San Mateo County public health officials announced Thursday that they’d discovered a pet cat in Half Moon Bay infected with ...
Deadly version of H5N1 bird flu spills over into Nevada dairy cattle
A version of the H5N1 bird flu virus that killed a person in Louisiana and severely sickened a teenager in ...
Senate panel backs Kennedy’s nomination as health secretary
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee to lead the sprawling federal bureaucracy responsible for the healthcare of millions of ...
As global plastic production grows, so does the concentration of microplastics in our brains
Finding microplastics in human body parts is not new: Scientists have uncovered the minuscule waste products in human blood, lungs, ...
CDC scrubs research databases referencing sexual orientation and gender identity
Websites on HPV vaccinations, data on high schoolers’ health habits, information on programs to end violence against women and girls: ...
Another unwelcome consequence of climate change: an explosion of urban rats
If scorching heat waves, destructive storms, prolonged droughts and rising seas aren’t enough to make some folks fear the consequences ...
Senators challenge Robert Kennedy Jr. on vaccines and fitness to lead HHS in fiery hearing
WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has pledged to “make America healthy again” as President Trump’s secretary of Health and ...
L.A. fires wreaked havoc on the land. Scientists are racing to learn what they’ve done to the sea
The Reuben Lasker was about four miles off the coast of Manhattan Beach when ash began to rain upon the ...
Edison wants customers to pay for wildfires linked to its equipment
Southern California Edison is asking state regulators to make its customers cover more than $7 billion in damages it paid ...
