Tag: Science & Medicine

It’s a crisp night in the rugged mountains above Los Angeles following the first rains of fall. This is the night of the lustful tarantula — and it’s filled with ...

The first recorded death from West Nile virus this year in L.A. County was confirmed Friday by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. The individual, whose details have ...

It’s been two years since a Santa Cruz sea otter, known as 841, garnered international attention and celebrity by attacking surfers and their surfboards as the human wave-riders alley-ooped over ...

A Los Angeles County judge ordered the owners of a troubled metal recycling facility to pay $2 million in penalties and permanently cease operations next door to a Watts high ...

There’s been a long-standing belief that urinary tract infections are largely caused by poor personal hygiene. New research, however, suggests that many cases may actually be caused by infections of ...

Californians purchased a record number of zero-emission and plug-in hybrid vehicles in the third quarter of 2025, seizing their final opportunity to claim federal tax incentives before they were eliminated ...

An estimated 40,000 children avoided peanut allergy diagnoses after the guidelines for when to first expose kids to the food allergen changed, according to new research. The dramatic drop in ...

There are many stresses that come with being an LGBTQ+ youth: fear, isolation, bullying, feeling as if the world hates you, loved ones pressuring you to change. Those realities come ...

Last year’s flu season was the worst California had seen in years — and state health officials warn this year could potentially be just as bad. While forecasting disease isn’t ...

If you’re faced with a serious disease, you better hope it’s not a rare one. After an often tortuous path to diagnosis, people with rare diseases are likely to find ...