World & Nation
Two babies abandoned on Christmas Day--one after his mother gave birth and left a Baltimore hospital and the second in a parking garage at a Sarasota, Fla., hospital--were reported in good condition Tuesday.
Dec. 28, 1988
An elementary school was evacuated and dozens of people taken to hospitals Friday after a student dropped a jar containing a powdered dye in the school’s cafeteria, officials said.
May 14, 1994
Science & Medicine
Michel Mirowski, 65, principal developer of an implantable automatic heart defibrillator, a major advancement in cardiology.
April 7, 1990
One-week-old twin girls are doing “remarkably well” in Baltimore hospitals after doctors there performed experimental brain surgery on one infant before birth in a novel attempt to improve the survival chances of the other.
Aug. 21, 1986
UCLA Medical Center was rated the best hospital in the nation in the geriatrics field by U.S.
July 15, 1993
A tiny balloon of the type that is pushed through the clogged arteries of heart disease patients can also clear blocked Fallopian tubes, bringing hope to thousands of women who are now infertile, researchers said today.
Oct. 23, 1990
Business
Medical records and other data may have been compromised for at least 500 patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, the hospital said Friday, after an employee’s laptop computer was stolen.
Aug. 22, 2014
California
The 2014 Ebola outbreak killed thousands of people worldwide and set off international panic about the spread of the highly contagious disease.
June 14, 2016
Sports
Former major leaguer Paul Blair dies at 69
Dec. 26, 2013
Frances L.
Nov. 24, 2007