Advertisement
Recent Headlines
Who is to blame for the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic? That’s the question at the heart of MDL 2804, largest civil action in U.S. history.
-
A study suggests a potentially effective way to improve the cardiovascular health of poor and minority Americans: Give them a daily pill with low doses of several heart medicines.
-
An appeals court reinstates a lawsuit against Dignity Health for denying surgery to a transgender patient.
-
Scientists have developed a robot that can collect ocean samples, analyze microbes and then send data back to shore - bringing the lab to the ocean.
Abortion rate falls by 20% from 2011 to 2017 across nation as Republican-led states pursue antiabortion regulations
Black carbon particles have been found on the fetal side of the placenta of women exposed to air pollution during pregnancy, according to a study of 28 women.
An estimated 1 in 16 women in the U.S. said they were forced or coerced into having sex for the first time. That equates to 3.3 million women ages of 18 and 44.
Rats can learn to play hide and seek with humans, and they do it really well. Their success has scientists reconsidering the neurobiology of playful behavior.
Health
-
Speaking at the Breakthroughs in Medicine conference, Dr. Janet Woodcock of the FDA explains why the drug pipeline isn’t doing all it could for patients.
-
An analysis of suicide rates throughout the U.S. found that counties with more gun shops saw a steeper increase in suicides between 1999 and 2016.
-
The sooner firefighters arrived at the World Trade Center site after the 9/11 attacks, and the longer they stayed, the greater their risk of heart problems.
Most Read
-
Who is to blame for the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic? That’s the question at the heart of MDL 2804, largest civil action in U.S. history.
-
A study suggests a potentially effective way to improve the cardiovascular health of poor and minority Americans: Give them a daily pill with low doses of several heart medicines.
-
An analysis of suicide rates throughout the U.S. found that counties with more gun shops saw a steeper increase in suicides between 1999 and 2016.
-
Researchers have finally answered one of the most compelling questions in the field of medicine: What is a normal size for a penis?
-
A satirical book by a UC Davis researcher and his daughter ponders the ethics of CRISPR though a hypothetical “recipe” for creating a dragon.
Advertisement
Here are the fires larger than 500 acres burning in California, based on data collected by Cal Fire and InciWeb.
An internal report obtained by the Washington Post found that several archaeological sites at the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument “likely will be wholly or partially destroyed by forthcoming border fence construction.”
President Donald Trump says his administration is revoking California’s authority to set auto mileage standards stricter than those issued by federal regulators.
Trump’s EPA plans to revoke a waiver that has empowered California to set tougher auto pollution standards than those required by the U.S. government.
The city of South Gate is trying to mimic conditions before the explosive growth of L.A. after World War II that allowed certain rare native fish to thrive.
After more than seven decades of ownership, the Rouch family will sell their piece of the Sierra Nevada to Save the Redwoods League, a century-old conservation group that has long hankered after the property.
An “ordinary” man with solar panels, a hybrid electric car, a bike and native landscaping says if he can make changes to stop climate change, so can others.
Newsom plans to veto bill that would have imposed strict endangered species protections
The legislative clock runs out on two California bills seeking to phase out single-use plastic containers and ease the state’s recycling crisis.
Medicine
A Q&A With Dr. Janet Woodcock, director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.
-
A spate of large-scale clinical trials has scientists hopeful about a vaccine to prevent HIV.
-
U.S. and Canadian patients were more likely than Swedes to fill prescriptions for opioids after a surgery. They also received higher doses of the painkillers.
-
Dr. Bob Sears caters to parents who delay — or refuse — vaccines for their children. His views have made him one of California’s most controversial doctors, loved by some and criticized by others.
-
The connection between vaping and lung disease was spotted in a 31-year-old patient in 2015. In this Q&A, Dr. John E. Parker describes what happened.
-
New recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force explain which women should -- and shouldn’t -- have their risk assessed for BRCA mutations.
More headlines
-
President Trump’s falsehoods about whether Hurricane Dorian would hit Alabama have raised deeper questions about how he’s politicized government institutions.
-
Scientists and environmentalists agree on the need to protect tropical rainforests, but they couldn’t disagree more about California’s plan for saving them.
-
A La Jolla clinic pitching $15,000 stem cell treatments files for bankruptcy, facing a lawsuit from former patients.
-
A nationwide survey finds widespread agreement among gun owners, non-gun owners, and across political parties for many gun violence prevention policies.
-
Five scientists have won prestigious medical awards for creating an innovative breast cancer treatment and discovering key players of the disease-fighting immune system.
-
President Trump’s trashing of NOAA’s reputation is part of his pattern of trashing scientific knowledge.
-
A scientist who collected DNA from Scotland’s Loch Ness suggests the lake’s fabled monster might be a giant eel.
-
Since June scientists have been monitoring a troubling mass of warm water off the Pacific Coast.
-
Physiologically, people are more triggered by negative news than positive news. Scientists see it in skin conductance levels and heart rate variability.
-
A crusading conservator is racing to solve an art-world mystery: how to reverse-engineer a formula for a Day-Glo yellow and save an important work by Frank Stella
-
Researchers say an earthquake fault along the L.A. coast long believed dormant is in fact active and could generate a devastating quake.
Advertisement
Advertisement