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[FILE - A sign marks the entrance to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)]

CDCs new director is pressed to do something about its zombie programs

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has several programs funded by Congress that lack staff to operate them.

Aug. 18, 2026

[In this photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a female Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito, also known as the southern house mosquito, sits on a person's skin before taking a blood meal in 2022. (Lauren Bishop/CDC via AP)]

Are mosquitoes, ticks and fleas turning California into a disease hotspot?

Aug. 16, 2026

Why the secret to a longer life might start with training your balance

Aug. 18, 2026
Hydrogen failed as car fuel. Now Californias big dollar bet on it for green energy is fading, too

Aug. 17, 2026

[FILE - Lefthander Tommy John of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team before a game.]

Tommy John, Dodgers pitcher and medical pioneer, dies at 83

Aug. 16, 2026
[In this photo provided by NASA, Helga and Zohar, two female manikins in the Matroshka AstroRad Radiation Experiment investigation, undergo post-flight payload inspections, Jan. 17, 2023, inside the Space Station Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida. (Kim Shiflett/NASA via AP)]

Radiation vest tested on NASA moonshot can cut astronauts exposure in solar storms, study suggests

Aug. 15, 2026
[Lead medical assistant Maria Teresa Diocales prepares a dose of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine in Seattle.]

California defends childhood vaccination schedule against Trump efforts to weaken it

Aug. 15, 2026
[FILE - A portrait of President Donald Trump is displayed at the Justice Department building in Washington, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)]

Appeals court sides with Trump in fight over subpoena of gender-affirming care provider

Aug. 14, 2026

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[FILE - An airplane flies high in the sky with the moon in the background in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Jan. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)]

The UK and Google are testing changes to flight paths to tackle aviations climate impact

Aug. 18, 2026
[Paul Grinvalds, of West Des Moines, Iowa, runs with the Raccoon River Running Club, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026, in West Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)]

The warming climate is forcing marathons to consider changes to keep runners cool

Aug. 17, 2026
[BOLINAS, CALIFORNIA - MAY 15: Rancher Bill Niman and his wife Nicolette Nimon stand for a photo among their cattle at their family ranch in Bolinas, California on May 15, 2026. A settlement paid Pt Reyes dairy farmers to leave, but claim they need to maintain cattle and grazing land to maintain its beauty and keep a lid on invasive species. (Josh Edelson / For the Times)]

Inside the bitter war over cows and wilderness at Point Reyes

Aug. 16, 2026
[Colombia's President Abelardo de la Espriella salutes after taking the oath of office in Cali, Colombia, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)]

Colombias new president backs oil and gas, a policy shift

Aug. 15, 2026

[The coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2, shown in purple, infects a cell, colored in green.]

COVID-19 Pandemic: News, Links & Resources

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The percentage of homes surviving California wildfires is dropping, despite efforts to harden them

Aug. 1, 2026
This common heat wave mistake could harm your health as temperatures soar over 95 degrees this weekend

July 31, 2026
The child is terrified: Doctors on the front lines of a measles comeback speak out

July 27, 2026

COVID-19 and the Coronavirus

[Dr. Anthony Fauci appears before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at the Capitol, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)]

Fauci repeatedly invokes the 5th Amendment in a contentious Senate committee hearing

July 29, 2026

[LOS ANGELES, CA-March 23, 2026: Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers screen passengers and check their luggages as they go through security in Terminal 1 of Los Angeles International Airport, in Los Angeles, on Monday, March 23, 2026. (Etienne Laurent / For The Times)]

COVID-19 is on the upswing in California. How bad will it get this summer?

July 24, 2026

[Passengers are sprayed with disinfectant by Spanish government officials before boarding a plane after disembarking from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at Tenerife airport in the Canary Islands, Spain, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez)]

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

May 14, 2026

[FILE - The U.S. Department of Justice logo is seen on a podium before a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, on May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)]

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

April 28, 2026

[LOS ANGELES, CA, MARCH 13, 2026: Elle Seibert, 31, who is living with long covid, is photographed in Los Angeles on Friday, March 13, 2026. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)]

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

March 14, 2026

[WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 07: A sign marks the entrance to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) headquarters building on October 7, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)]

Pediatrics group sues U.S. agency for cutting funds for childrens health programs

Dec. 24, 2025

[FILE - A pharmacist holds a Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine shot on Thursday, April 24, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)]

Researchers identify immune trigger behind myocarditis after COVID-19vaccination

Dec. 15, 2025

[Loma Linda, CA - December 28: Emilia Zarazua, 16 months old, is a patient at Loma Linda University Children's Hospital on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022, in Loma Linda, CA. Her mother brought her daughter into the hospital on Christmas Eve, after the feverish girl had begun laboring to breathe. Emilia Zarazua had fallen ill with the respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, just one of the viruses that had been filling the beds at the pediatric intensive care unit for weeks. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)]

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

Oct. 30, 2025

[FILE - A healthcare worker prepares a shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in La Paz, Bolivia, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)]

COVID-19 vaccines may help some cancer patients fight tumors

Oct. 22, 2025

[Culve City, CA - September 23: Christian Brown gets a COVID-19 vaccination by Pfizer by Tamina Nassiri, a licensed practical nurse at the Kaiser Permanente Venice Medical Office Building in Culver City Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)]

Foreign outbreaks, lower vaccination rates are troubling signs for Californias coming flu season

Oct. 20, 2025

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[In this photo provided by Dr. Stacy Norton, she receives a trial vaccine for Lynch Syndrome at the MD Anderson Cancer Center Infusion Center in Houston, on April 11, 2023. (Courtesy Dr. Stacy Norton via AP)]

Science & Medicine

Vaccines to intercept colon cancer before it takes root are in the testing stage

Aug. 13, 2026
[President Donald Trump speaks as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., right, and Jayme Franklin listen during a meeting to sign an executive order about vaccines, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)]

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Trumps vaccine plan would require millions of individual shots last used decades ago

Aug. 13, 2026
[An attendee with a bag of ice on their head during high temperatures at the Great American State Fair in Washington on July 4. Photographer: Pete Kiehart/Bloomberg]

Climate & Environment

Americans just endured the hottest month in 132 years

Aug. 12, 2026
[Matt Walker sits at home with Bailey, his gene-edited hypoallergenic beagle, in New York on Aug. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon)]

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Gene-edited beagles may offer a future option for people with dog allergies

Aug. 11, 2026
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Climate & Environment

From milk to snack foods, more products are going regenerative

Aug. 11, 2026
[This undated image provided by the NSF National Solar Observatory on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, shows the sun's surface. (National Science Foundation National Solar Observatory via AP)]

Science & Medicine

New images of the sun show its surface in the finest detail yet

Aug. 11, 2026
[Los Angeles, CA - August 4, 2026: An aerial view of the site at 5701 Compton Ave. in the Florence-Firestone area of Los Angeles that the state toxic substances agency has ordered cleaned up because it says the property appears to be a major source of contamination and may present a substantial hazard to human health, on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. Chemicals dumped on the site long ago have been found in shallow soil tests extending to 150 feet deep. The company linked to the hazard has been closed for 38 years. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)]

Climate & Environment

Toxic site near South L.A. homes finally faces state cleanup order

Aug. 11, 2026
[WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 10: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivers remarks during an event at HHS Headquarters August 10, 2026 in Washington, DC. The event highlighted a series of 'landmark actions' to improve the nation's food supply and advance the 'Make America Healthy Again' agenda. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)]

World & Nation

FDA proposes new scrutiny of food additives, ingredients

Aug. 10, 2026
[President Donald Trump holds up an image taken from his Truth Social account as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. watches during a meeting to sign an executive order about vaccines, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)]

Science & Medicine

Trump to sign executive order calling for spacing out childhood shots

Aug. 10, 2026
[Wiza Bondele, a health worker on the prevention and control team, poses for a photograph in Ituri province, eastern Congo, Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Dieudonne Dirole)]

World & Nation

He works to slow the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history like many others, without pay

Aug. 10, 2026
[Long Beach, CA - Aug. 7, 2026: Feral cats gather around cyclist Julie Gress, of Costa Mesa, who rides more than 50 miles daily to feed and care for about 40 feral cats living along the Los Angeles River, near the end of the L.A. River Path in Long Beach on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. An unfinished 8-mile gap in downtown Los Angeles remains between completed sections of the path, which is planned to connect the Valley to Long Beach. The project is funded primarily by Measure M tax dollars approved by voters in 2016, but construction of the downtown section has stalled. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)]

Climate & Environment

The eight-mile gap in the L.A. River bike path downtown has a billion-dollar problem

Aug. 10, 2026

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