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Leon and Mercedes Wells hold their newborn daughter Alena at their home in the Chicago suburb of Dolton, Ill. on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)

Delayed care to two pregnant Black women highlights maternal health disparities

Two pregnant Black women recently faced alarming neglect at hospitals in Indiana and Texas, highlighting racial disparities in maternal care.

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COVID-19 Pandemic: News, Links & Resources

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COVID-19 and the Coronavirus

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

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

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 California’s coming flu season

Culver City, CA - September 23: Detail of vials and syringe containing a COVID-19 vaccination by Pfizer at Kaiser Permanente Venice Medical Office Building in Culver City Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. Details of vials, syringes as well as vaccinations. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

CDC announces change in COVID-19 and chickenpox vaccine recommendations

CHAMBLEE, GEORGIA - SEPTEMBER 18: Vicky Pebsworth raises her hand to speak during a meeting of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on September 18, 2025 in Chamblee, Georgia. The federal vaccine advisory group, recently appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is to make recommendations on who should get COVID shots and whether all babies should get vaccinated against hepatitis B at birth. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)

RFK Jr.’s handpicked committee changed its recommendations for key childhood shots

ARCHIVO – Un farmacéutico sostiene una vacuna de Pfizer y BioNTech contra el COVID-19 el jueves 24 de abril de 2025, en Portland, Oregon. (AP Foto/Jenny Kane, Archivo)

California’s summer COVID wave shows signs of waning. What are the numbers in your community?

Los Angeles, CA - September 06: Bill Engels receives his Covid-19 vaccination from Breiona Lang LVN at the Kaiser Permanente Venice Clinic on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA. (Carlin Stiehl / For the Times)

California says it can no longer trust Washington on COVID vaccines. A major battle is looming

Los Angeles, CA - September 06: Breiona Lang LVN prepares a Covid-19 vaccination at the Kaiser Permanente Venice Clinic on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA. (Carlin Stiehl / For the Times)
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Lopez: When I got COVID, readers said it proved vaccines don’t work. What has RFK Jr. wrought?

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Vaccine chaos: Even some vulnerable seniors can’t get COVID shots amid spiking cases

Members of the immigrant community wear N95 face masks as they join a community vigil to defend immigrant rights outside the Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

COVID wave washes over California. Some officials urge residents to mask up

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