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Measles cases rising in California, health officials say
L.A. NOWAs the summer vacation season nears, measles cases are on the rise in California, driven by unimmunized travelers infected elsewhere who are entering the state, health officials said Friday. "We see that as worrisome," Dr. Gilberto Chavez, deputy director... -
Q&A on whooping cough: Are illegal immigrants fueling the outbreak? State officials say no
L.A. NOWA number of readers have contacted The Times wanting to know more about the whooping cough outbreak and who has been affected by the severe bacterial disease. State officials said this week that the epidemic is now the worst in...... -
Q&A on whooping cough: What steps are needed to protect newborns' health?
L.A. NOWA number of readers have contacted The Times wanting to know more about the whooping cough outbreak and who has been affected by the severe bacterial disease. The epidemic, now the worst in the state for pertussis in 55 years,...... -
Q&A: Dr. Paul Farmer and Ophelia Dahl on recovery efforts in Haiti
L.A. NOWDr. Paul Farmer and Ophelia Dahl talk about their work on recovery efforts in Haiti with Los Angeles Times' reporter Molly Hennessy-Fiske. Farmer and Dahl are in L.A. to attend the "Haiti Stories" conference at UCLA on Saturday.... -
Decision to move chimpanzees from New Mexico research facility stirs debate about their future
L.A. UnleashedA decision to move 186 chimpanzees from a southern New Mexico facility to Texas is pitting government officials and scientists against a coalition of elected officials and animal rights advocates, including New Mexico's governor and also famed primate... -
Southern California animal lovers' calendar: Weekend of Sept. 25-26 and beyond
L.A. UnleashedAnimal lovers, have we got good news for you. This weekend and the weeks ahead are full of fun opportunities to help charities focused on everything from pet adoption to farm-animal welfare, events where you can meet your next furry...... -
Bill Gates and others pledge $4.3 billion for vaccines for children in poor countries
Top of the TicketBill Gates calls the donations for poor kids "human generosity at its finest"... -
Southern California animal lovers' calendar: Weekend of Feb. 12-13 and beyond
L.A. UnleashedIf you want to adopt a pet, learn about becoming a foster parent for needy dogs and cats, attend a pageant of the world's most beautiful bulldogs, march to show your support for pet rescue or learn about love in...... -
Dr. David Sencer dies at 86; CDC director from 1966 to '77
Dr. David Sencer, a prominent former federal health official whose career was tainted by controversy over a swine flu vaccination campaign in the 1970s, died Monday in an Atlanta hospital after a bout with pneumonia. He was 86.
Sencer was director of the...Tags: Epidemics and Plagues, Health and Safety at School, Swine Flu, Gerald Ford, Influenza Pandemic (1918)
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Trying to protect a rare bird on Santa Cruz Island
L.A. NOWThe island scrub jay is not officially endangered but could be in peril: Biologists working in Channel Islands National Park worry that it's easy pickings for the West Nile virus, which could swiftly wipe out the species once infected mosquitoes...... -
Southern California animal lovers' calendar: Weekend of Oct. 16-17 and beyond
L.A. UnleashedWhether you want to adopt a pet, party to help animals in need or just chow down on candy for a good cause, the coming days and weeks are full of fun opportunities to help animals. Think we're forgetting something?...... -
Baruch Blumberg dies at 85; Nobel Prize winner who discovered hepatitis B virus
Dr. Baruch Blumberg, who received the 1976 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for discovering the hepatitis B virus, which causes severe liver disease and cancer, and who later developed the vaccine that protects against it, has died. He was 85....Tags: Science, Nobel Prize Awards, NASA, Merck & Company Incorporated, Hepatitis
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