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Through smartphone push alerts, blog posts and regular briefings streamed live on YouTube, South Korean authorities are publicizing the whereabouts and movements of the more than 1,000 confirmed COVID-19 patients
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The vast majority of confirmed coronavirus cases — nearly 94% — have occurred in mainland China. But illnesses have been confirmed on all six continents.
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Once the coronavirus begins to spread, even those who aren’t infected will have to deal with school closures, telecommuting and other adjustments.
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More than 500 coronavirus cases have been confirmed across five prisons in three Chinese provinces. Families fear they don’t have the whole story.
What plants will fill your yard with happy bees and butterflies? These six species are musts.
Coronavirus testing under scrutiny after delays, questions over effectiveness
Lawmakers pressed federal health officials on what critics call a sluggish response and problems with testing kits.
Like other respiratory viruses, the new coronavirus from China may not survive readily in warm temperatures. But don’t count on it, scientists warn.
Health
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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force on Tuesday declined to endorse cognitive screening for older adults, fueling a debate that has simmered for years.
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Today, when a deadly virus explodes out of nowhere, geneticists are indispensable players in the international game of whodunit. Here’s how they help.
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California has the third-lowest rate of new lung cancer cases in the country. But nearly a quarter of patients diagnosed with the disease receive no treatment.
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Like other respiratory viruses, the new coronavirus from China may not survive readily in warm temperatures. But don’t count on it, scientists warn.
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About 1 in 1,000 black men and boys in America can expect to die at the hands of police. That risk is 2.5 times higher than for white men, new research shows.
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Once the coronavirus begins to spread, even those who aren’t infected will have to deal with school closures, telecommuting and other adjustments.
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The vast majority of confirmed coronavirus cases — nearly 94% — have occurred in mainland China. But illnesses have been confirmed on all six continents.
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Today, when a deadly virus explodes out of nowhere, geneticists are indispensable players in the international game of whodunit. Here’s how they help.
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The Interior Department on Friday awarded Westlands Water District, a former client of Secretary David Bernhardt, a permanent entitlement to roughly twice as much water as the city of Los Angeles uses in a year.
Federal agencies reject removing the Snake River dams to try and save endangered salmon, saying it would destabilize the power grid and raise emissions.
A six-acre fire was slowly burning Friday south of San Francisco in what should be the middle of the rainy season, officials said.
Use organic potting soil whenever possible, but for a really thriving, successful garden, start by building your soil.
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An annual is a plant that lives and dies in one growing season. A perennial regrows year after year. You should have both in your garden, and here’s why.
Different plants have different watering needs: California native plants, for example, need significantly less water than, say, roses and vegetables.
How to know if the tree in your yard is sick or dying, and how to deal with it.
The best pest control is keeping your plants well-fed and hydrated. Here’s how to treat and prevent pest outbreaks.
Medicine
Two Germans who appeared healthy when they left Wuhan, China, were infected with the new coronavirus and might have been able to spread it to others.
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The containment of the 2003 SARS outbreak is considered one of the biggest public health victories in recent years. Stopping the new coronavirus, known as COVID-19, will probably be much harder.
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As scientists hunt for an effective drug to treat thousands of patients sickened by a new respiratory virus, they are trying some surprising remedies.
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It’s the biggest medical mystery on the planet: Just how deadly is the new coronavirus from China?
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Two drugs failed to prevent or slow mental decline in a study of people with a genetic predisposition to develop Alzheimer’s disease at a relatively young age.
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With so much false information circulating about the coronavirus outbreak, health officials are trying to set the record straight. Here’s why that can backfire.
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President Trump insisted that ‘the risk to the American people remains very low.’More Coverage
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Over 3,000 medical workers on the coronavirus frontlines have been infected with the virus, and at least 18 have died. The government calls them martyrs.
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Mt. Disappointment is a perfectly lovely peak in the San Gabriel Mountains above Los Angeles. So why did it get such a terrible name?
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NASA’s Mars InSight lander has detected 174 marsquakes, a surprisingly strong local magnetic field and about 10,000 whirlwinds passing over Mars’ surface.
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China faces a conundrum: Call people back to work and risk a new explosion of infections, or keep them at home and watch businesses crash.
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More than 100 of the new infections were among those who attended services or were affiliated with a branch of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus in the city of Daegu.
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California is reopening applications for grants of up to $3,000 to fund seismic strengthening of some older homes that can slide off their foundations.
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Home quarantine cases grow as a second group of evacuees gets ready to leave base isolation.
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If L.A. has a tickle spot, it would be here at Griffith Observatory, east of the sun and west of the moon.
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Wuhan, where the new coronavirus emerged, is on the final day of a campaign to find anyone with symptoms who may have been missed.
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France’s health minister announces the first COVID-19 death in Europe, an 80-year-old Chinese tourist.
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