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FILE - A woman holds two boxes of at-home Covid-19 test kits in Washington, Dec. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Free COVID tests are coming back. Here’s how to get yours

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said it will again make four free COVID tests available through the mail for households.

Sept. 23, 2024
Los Angeles, California September 14, 2024-Michele Wood searches for her daughter along Wilshire Blvd. in the MacArthur Park area of Los Angeles. Jackie Arancibia is addicted to fentanyl as her mother and grandmother try to convince her to get help. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

They keep finding — and losing — a granddaughter in the grip of addiction

Sept. 21, 2024
Three adults playing dodgeball in a gym

Recess for grown-ups: Join these L.A. groups for double Dutch, dodgeball and more

Sept. 20, 2024
Emile Miango, 2, who has mpox, lies in the hospital, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Kamituga, South Kivu province, which is the epicenter of the world’s latest outbreak of the disease in eastern Congo. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

A gold mining town in Congo has become an mpox hot spot as a new strain spreads

Sept. 19, 2024
How my mid-life crisis became a mid-life renaissance Illustration by Gwen Huerta For The Times

Lonely and depressed at 50, I launched my own midlife reboot

Sept. 19, 2024

Tortured by regret? Here’s a trick to make peace with the past

Sept. 18, 2024

Tooth decay still plagues California kids nearly a decade after Medi-Cal promised change

Sept. 17, 2024

‘Grief into action.’ Philanthropists give historic $150 million donation to City of Hope for pancreatic cancer research

Sept. 17, 2024

How to rediscover hope during election season

Sept. 12, 2024
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Newport Beach, CA - November 27: The Magventure TMS device, with the B65 coil, is used by the Brain Treatment Center, in Newport Beach, CA, to administer magnetic resonance therapy, or MeRT, photographed Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. The placement of the coil and depends on where in the brain the neurons are misfiring. The MeRT therapy is finding greater application in treating autism and patience come to the Brain Treatment Center to receive it. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Science & Medicine

How parents and caregivers can evaluate the research on MERT and other potential treatments

For parents considering autism interventions for their children, evaluating treatments can be daunting. Experts talked to The Times about what to watch for.

Sept. 5, 2024

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