Category: Technology

The boat bobbed gently off Malibu’s Big Rock Beach as a trio of scientific divers wriggled into wetsuits and double-checked…

Before there was light, there was cosmic inflation. Before life, planet Earth, the first galaxies — and even before the…

The chances that an asteroid, known as 2024 YR4, could hit Earth in seven years have fluctuated recently, but experts…

As federal job eliminations struck the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service on Thursday, scientists and…

When the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus made its first appearance at a U.S. poultry farm in February 2022, roughly…

The gunk has turned up on shorelines from Malibu to Redondo Beach: ghostly lines of charred black bits and melted…

More than 900 Californians — including 15 children — have succumbed to the flu this season in what has turned…

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is keeping its recent restrictions on gender-affirming care in place as hospital officials review decisions by…

When Colleen Henderson’s 3-year-old daughter complained of pain while using the bathroom, doctors brushed it off as a urinary tract…

We are living in an epidemic of chronic disease, with a growing number of pesticides, chemicals and food additives implicated…

State Sen. Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) is frustrated by the lack of wastewater monitoring for H5N1 bird flu in the state’s…

A new study published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the H5N1 bird flu virus…

USC scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery about the nature of the Earth’s enigmatic inner core, revealing for the first…

A federal judge in Massachusetts on Monday blocked the Trump administration from making billions of dollars in NIH funding cuts…

The best and the worst thing about vaccination, pediatrician Dr. Adam Ratner says, is that it “makes nothing happen.” A…

Each year, the National Institutes of Health gives billions of dollars to the University of California to pay for research…

In the days leading up to a pivotal vote on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to become America’s top heath…

When the fires erupted Jan. 7, burn centers across the Los Angeles region braced for an influx of patients, updating…

San Mateo County public health officials announced Thursday that they’d discovered a pet cat in Half Moon Bay infected with…

A version of the H5N1 bird flu virus that killed a person in Louisiana and severely sickened a teenager in…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee to lead the sprawling federal bureaucracy responsible for the healthcare of millions of…

Finding microplastics in human body parts is not new: Scientists have uncovered the minuscule waste products in human blood, lungs,…

If scorching heat waves, destructive storms, prolonged droughts and rising seas aren’t enough to make some folks fear the consequences…

Websites on HPV vaccinations, data on high schoolers’ health habits, information on programs to end violence against women and girls:…

The Reuben Lasker was about four miles off the coast of Manhattan Beach when ash began to rain upon the…

Nearly two weeks after the Eaton fire forced Claire Robinson to flee her Altadena home, she returned, donning a white…

WASHINGTON —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has pledged to “make America healthy again” as President Trump’s secretary of Health and…

Southern California Edison is asking state regulators to make its customers cover more than $7 billion in damages it paid…

A new strain of bird flu — H5N9 — has been detected in California’s Merced County at a commercial duck…

The United States is ground zero for the H5N1 bird flu. Since March 2024, when the virus was first reported…

An electric line that was repaired after the deadly Eaton wildfire caught fire last week, although emergency crews positioned nearby…

President Trump signed executive orders Monday asserting that the U.S. government recognizes only two sexes that are “not changeable,” and…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called the Food and Drug Administration a “corrupt system” that is waging “war on public…

As experts continue monitoring and surveying the environment and the nation’s food supply for H5N1 bird flu, a rash of…

On Jan. 11, an airborne imaging spectrometer managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory flew over Los Angeles County to survey…

The California Public Utilities Commission approved Southern California Edison’s wildfire mitigation plan Thursday, rejecting calls to delay action until more…

The Los Angeles fires have forced thousands to evacuate indefinitely from their homes, often without necessary medications or medical devices.…

The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that the much-maligned red dye No. 3 will be banned in the United…

State regulators criticized Southern California Edison for falling behind in inspecting transmission lines in areas at high risk of wildfires…

As Santa Ana wind conditions continue to stoke fears of resurgent wildfires across Los Angeles, health officials are warning of…

Twenty years ago today, I watched TV coverage of a probe descending toward the surface of Titan, a moon of…

L.A. Metro has suspended fare collection on its trains and buses through Sunday as wildfires continue to ravage parts of…

Amid a week of horrifying wildfires in Los Angeles, government agencies in the U.S. and around the world confirmed Friday…

Even for those lucky enough to get out in time, or to live outside the evacuation zones, there has been…

You don’t have to live close to a wildfire to be affected by its smoke. With severe winds fanning the…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week set maximum levels for lead in baby foods such as jarred fruits…

Anyone hoping for a clear path forward this year for NASA’s imperiled Mars Sample Return mission will have to wait…

It’s Monday morning, the start of your work week. You’ve put the finishing touches on that big report, prepared for…

A new report linking fluoridated drinking water to lower IQ scores in children is sure to ratchet up the debate…

More than 100 women have filed a new lawsuit against obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. Barry J. Brock and the facilities where he…

Alcoholic drinks are a leading cause of cancer and should carry a warning about that risk on their label, the…

Shooting stars darting across the darkened Southern California skies from an annual meteor shower will appear strongest over the next…

SAN FRANCISCO —  After surging during the COVID pandemic into a crushing public health emergency, drug overdose deaths in San Francisco…

With the winter cold and flu season upon us, Americans should be on the lookout for another ultra-contagious virus: our…

The ads on podcasts and social media were tantalizing: over-the-counter probiotic supplements that could ward off the worst effects of…

A former Van Nuys physician who recently surrendered his medical license following sexual harassment accusations has agreed to a $15-million…

Just five months after giving birth to our third (and final) child in 2015, my wife experienced something odd: Her…

It’s that time of year, when families and friends come together to share their holiday cheer and a few circulating…

As the H5N1 bird flu virus steamrolls its way across the globe — killing wild animals, commercial livestock and even…

Book Review Sisters in Science: How Four Women Physicists Escaped Nazi Germany and Made Scientific History By Olivia CampbellPark Row…

Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Wednesday as the H5N1 bird flu virus moved from the Central Valley…

A longtime internist who founded a chain of Southern California clinics has surrendered his medical license after an accusation from…

In an effort to improve American diets, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Thursday released a new definition of what…

This summer an old high school friend of mine decided to quit drinking entirely. She didn’t want to, but she…

Groundbreaking weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have understandably generated a lot of excitement, bringing hope to the hundreds of…

Polio came for 5-year-old Lynn Lane when she was visiting her grandmother in rural Indiana. Suddenly, her arms and legs…

Three men sought help at clinics or emergency rooms in Los Angeles County over a three-month period this year, each…

The Biden administration said Tuesday it was offering Pacific Gas & Electric a record $15-billion loan guarantee to help the…

On a grassy hillside just east of downtown Los Angeles, a few dozen mourners gathered last week to pay respects…

What a difference a fraction of an inch can make. Having one of the 33 bones in his spine out…

Public health authorities are seeking to determine if a Marin County child stricken with flu could have potentially contracted the…

President Trump once celebrated the COVID-19 vaccines released at the end of his first term as “one of the greatest…

The apparent assassination of UnitedHealthcare Chief Executive Brian Thompson on a Midtown Manhattan sidewalk Wednesday has unleashed an extraordinary outpouring…

Griffith Park’s late celebrity mountain lion P-22 took the night shift to avoid hordes of hikers, bikers and dawdlers who…

Nearly a year after a wild bird infected with H5N1 avian flu presumably passed its viral baggage to a dairy…

The love story of musicians Ann Marie Simpson-Einziger and Mike Einziger was fortified in a lab. After meeting through a…

California researchers say the world may be just one genetic tweak away from human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 bird flu…

It’s a U.S. Food and Drug Administration rule that most Americans know little about, yet gives corporations the license to…

After two limited recalls, all raw milk and cream from a Fresno-based dairy farm must be removed from store shelves.…

WASHINGTON —  The Supreme Court on Monday did not sound ready to sharply limit the power of the Food and Drug…

He had written more than 20 books, drew healthy audiences speaking across America and attracted coverage from the country’s top…

The round batteries, small as buttons and shiny as coins, are prized for the energy they pack at their size.…

Less than a week after California health officers confirmed a finding of bird flu virus in store-bought raw milk, state…

California health officials announced Wednesday that another batch of raw milk from Fresno-based Raw Farm has tested positive for bird…

Your heart is racing, your arms are tingling and your breathing is shallow. You’re having an anxiety attack. And you’re…

TIPTON, Calif. —  It was a late fall morning and hundreds of cows — black and white splattered Holsteins and cappuccino-colored…

A cluster of workers at Ventura County berry farms have been diagnosed with a rare disease often transmitted through sick…

It’s been two weeks since Donald Trump won the presidential election, but Stacey Lamirand’s brain hasn’t stopped churning. “I still…

President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday he plans to nominate Mehmet Oz, a celebrity heart surgeon and former daytime television host,…

California health officials reported Tuesday that a child in Alameda County tested positive for H5 bird flu last week. The…

In the early days of the COVID lockdown, Hiroyuki Egami was desperate to get his hands on a Nintendo Switch.…

With California’s COVID surge at very high levels, doctors are urging people who are experiencing respiratory symptoms to test themselves…

When Erika Flores applied for an internship at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 2014, she wasn’t quite sure if her…

It was the year COVID-19 vaccines became widely available, and the pandemic’s startling death toll in California and elsewhere appeared…

The first case in the U.S. of a more severe mpox variant has been confirmed in a person who had…

With President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his nominee to lead the Department of Health and…

As H5N1 bird flu spreads among California dairy herds and southward-migrating birds, health officials announced Friday that six more human…

150 million years ago, Laurasia The massive neck dips, casting a curving shadow on the mossy ground. The dinosaur’s jaws…

A prominent neuroscientist at USC is on leave nearly a year after allegations of research misconduct cast doubt on his…

-One of healthcare’s most fundamental tools works less reliably for people with darker skin tones. – An Oakland clinic’s lawsuit…

Australian researchers, who spent years towing seal-shaped decoys through waters infested with great white sharks, have determined that wrapping the…

Canadian health officials announced Tuesday that a teenager infected with H5N1 bird flu from an unknown source is in critical…

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is preparing to lay off hundreds of employees this week, director Laurie Leshin said in a…

DeLoyce Alcorn is 92 years old — and pressing nearly four times that in weight at the gym. On a…

After his heartfelt reaction to his father’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention thrust him into the spotlight, 17-year-old…

SpaceX will bring home the two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station for the last two months because of…

SAN LUIS OBISPO —  Under two gargantuan domes of thick concrete and steel that rise along California’s rugged Central Coast, subatomic…

An 80-something patient came in for an annual visit recently and was worried that recent memory lapses might be symptoms…

Every time someone uses ChatGPT to write an essay, create an image or advise them on planning their day, the…

In April, a group of Orange County parents flew to Sacramento to attend a conference hosted by Disability Voices United,…

California air quality regulators late Friday approved tougher rules to encourage use of lower-carbon fuels, overriding objections that the action…

Donald Trump’s return to the White House stands to significantly shape the health of Californians — the foods they eat,…

Christine LyBurtus was aching and fearful of what might happen when her 13-year-old son returned home. Noah had been sent…

As more species are pushed to the brink of extinction, conservationists are responding to our biodiversity crisis in new and…

With the new COVID-19 vaccinations for the 2024–25 season arriving in California and across the nation, an important question arises:…

More than half of Californians and nearly 75% of U.S. residents live in communities where fluoride has been added to…

Shauna Bookless never imagined she’d become her own pharmacist. But after gaining more than 20 pounds during undergraduate and graduate…

Their deaths have fueled the notion that 27 is a lethal age for musicians and other notable artists. Amy Winehouse,…

Federal officials have confirmed that three California dairy herds have suffered outbreaks of H5N1 bird flu, due most likely to…

Thomas VanCott compares his son Jake’s experience with autism to life on a tightrope. Upset the delicate balance and Jake,…

Two Los Angeles police officers were injured early Sunday when their patrol car flipped over after being struck by another…

A resident of a Thousand Oaks nursing home has been arrested on suspicion of killing his roommate, the Ventura County…

Wave and licensees also highlight a 2022 paper by a technician at a licensee clinic in Australia who is also…

Dr. Mark Ghaly is stepping down as head of the California Health and Human Services Agency after an eventful tenure…

Los Angeles County health officials said they have detected H5N1 bird flu virus in wastewater collected from the A.K. Warren…

These days, there’s no surer way to start a fight than to talk politics with someone who disagrees with you.…

Aru Shiney-Ajay’s awakening to the climate crisis began in her late teens. On visits to family in India, she watched…

Whether its lead from old buildings, arsenic from contaminated food or strontium fallout from a nuclear explosion, heavy metals that…

Oregon state and federal officials confirmed Wednesday that H5N1 bird flu was found in a pig living in Crook County…

Jade S. Sasser is an associate professor in the Department of Gender & Sexuality Studies at UC Riverside. Her research…

Dozens of maternal health organizations and advocates are urging the California surgeon general to suspend the rollout of a plan…

More than 100 space researchers signed a letter urging the federal government to perform an environmental review before allowing SpaceX…

California officials have identified three new outbreaks of H5N1 bird flu in Central Valley dairy herds, bringing the total number…

As a diabetes specialist, I’ve treated thousands of patients, some in Beverly Hills and some in East Los Angeles. My…

Aging infrastructure, short-term thinking, and ambitions that far outstrip its funding are just a few of the problems threatening the…

Peter Neff understands the allure of the world’s fifth-largest continent. The camera roll on his phone is brimming with videos…

If you feel certain your preferred candidate will lose the presidential election, that AI is coming for your job or…

Roughly half of Americans subscribe to some sort of conspiracy theory, and their fellow humans haven’t had much success coaxing…

Hidden beneath concrete at San Pedro High School, construction workers found a buried secret — thousands of marine fossils echoing…

The number of California dairy herds reported to have outbreaks of H5N1 bird flu has grown to eight. Officials have…

Deli meats, grab-and-go salads and frozen meals are staples of the modern American diet — convenient and inexpensive options that…

While many clinics feature glowing testimonials from satisfied customers, patient experiences with MERT run a broad gamut. The Times spoke…

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has barred a Beverly Hills obstetrician-gynecologist from practicing at its facilities after an investigation into “concerning complaints…

A typical large tree can suck as much as 40 kilograms of carbon dioxide out of the air over the…

When Camp Hess Kramer burned down in 2018, I cried. My family had gone to the summer camp for generations.…

Growing up, I realized that children are a product of their environment, so let me tell you a little bit…

When Pam McClure learned she’d save nearly $4,000 on her prescription drugs next year, she said, “it sounded too good…

Infant deaths have increased in the United States since the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe vs. Wade and allowed…

Approximately 600 times a day, the esophagus ferries whatever is in your mouth down to your stomach. It’s usually a…

TIPTON, Calif.  —  There’s a sickness hovering over Tulare County‘s dairy industry. On a recent 98-degree afternoon, dead cows and…

An industrial chemical used in plastic products has been cropping up in illegal drugs from California to Maine, a sudden…

For entrepreneur and philanthropist Emmet Stephenson Jr., seeing his wife and friends die from pancreatic cancer served as a wake-up…

Meat producer BrucePac is recalling nearly 12 million pounds of meat and poultry products sold at Trader Joe’s, Target, Walmart,…

A mind-bending hypothesis is gaining traction among scientists: The universe may be teeming with microscopic black holes the size of…

Every week, Caitlin Scuttio stops by Target and piles her cart with pureed food pouches for her 4-year-old and twin…

Perhaps you’ve heard: Menopause is having a moment. Celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey and Drew Barrymore have begun speaking out…

Eight years after an independent state watchdog agency harshly criticized the state for failing to provide dental care to low-income…

California’s surgeon general has unveiled an initiative to reduce maternal mortality and set a goal of halving the rate of…

We all have regrets. And they come in myriad shapes and sizes. Some people stew over a minor bad decision,…

Since the dawn of the antibiotic age, opportunistic pathogens have evolved defenses faster than humans can develop drugs to combat…

The nation’s COVID-19 vaccination effort is failing. Last year, only 22% of adults received the latest COVID booster, which is…

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Monday morning carrying a NASA probe designed to…

The object is part of the Arjuna asteroid belt. Speaking to Space.com, Universidad Complutense de Madrid professor Carlos de la…

For the Green family, the memory of Oct. 1, 1994 is many things at once: the date of their greatest…

California officials have ordered bulk milk testing for dairy farms within six miles of herds infected with H5N1 bird flu,…

A new analysis of genetic material gathered from a live-animal market in Wuhan in the early weeks of the COVID-19…

The first full weekend of September, with the Line fire 20,000 acres in size and only 3% contained, a resident…

Joshua Meyrowitz stepped up to the stage at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood and announced himself to the crowd as…

More than half of the 410 hospitals in California have at least one building that probably wouldn’t be able to…

People hospitalized for COVID-19 early in the pandemic suffered an increased risk of serious “cardiac events” such as heart attacks…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a severe geomagnetic storm watch that could disrupt communications, the power grid,…

In 2015, Bill Nye was on Marine One with President Obama. The television personality and science advocate was officially there…

On Tuesday morning, Princeton University professor John Hopfield and University of Toronto professor Geoffrey Hinton won the Nobel Prize in…

Thirty-five women are suing a Beverly Hills obstetrician-gynecologist, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and other medical practices where the doctor worked, alleging…

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced a new campaign Monday at Climate Week NYC to encourage 1 million Californians to take…

PARLIER, Calif. —  In a windowless shack on the far outskirts of Fresno, an ominious red glow illuminates a lab filled…