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At least 32 people attending a union conference at the Westin Bonaventure in downtown Los Angeles last month were sickened from an outbreak of Shigella bacteria, according to California health officials. Six of those people were hospitalized, officials said. The outbreak was first reported through an alert by the Alameda County Public Health Department, which …
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Although shipments of the newest COVID-19 vaccines started arriving in Southern California pharmacies and clinics last week, Kaiser Permanente members will need to wait just a little longer to get their shot from the healthcare provider. Kaiser Permanente, which serves more than 9 million Californians, is not yet offering its members the newest booster — …
Where Southern Californians can find the new COVID-19 vaccine Read More »
The latest government advisories on the new monovalent COVID-19 vaccines were not much of a surprise. On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration approved the vaccines as safe and effective, and a day later the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the shots for all Americans over the age of six months. Even less …
Column: Does Ron DeSantis even believe his dangerous B.S. about COVID vaccines? Read More »
If you thought you saw a rocket fly through the Southern California sky Thursday night, chances are you witnessed the latest launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The rocket, belonging to Texas-based rocket launch company Firefly Aerospace, took off at 7:27 p.m. as part of the latest mission for the United States Space Force. Dubbed …
Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers have voted to authorize a strike if no agreement is reached with their unions by the end of September, union officials announced Thursday. SEIU United Healthcare Workers West said nearly 60,000 workers in California had approved a possible strike, teeing up what could be the biggest strike by …
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NASA’s new official instruction to the U.S. public regarding unidentified anomalous phenomena — the odd things in the sky that used to be called UFOs — boils down to a version of the popular security poster. “If you see something, say something,” David Spergel, the head of the agency’s UAP study team, said Thursday. And …
NASA says the truth is out there on UFOs. It hired a UAP research chief to find it Read More »
A new coronavirus shot will be available starting this week, but the big question is how many people will get one. Attitudes about COVID-19 are clearly shifting, as is to be expected since it long ceased to be the sort of suffocating public health threat that ground the globe to a halt. But health officials …
More COVID shots are coming. Will a weary public be more interested this year? Read More »
With a little work, you may be able to see a rare celestial sight in the next few days just as the sun is setting over Southern California: an emerald dot gliding across the sky. Comet Nishimura, discovered by Japanese amateur astronomer Hideo Nishimura in early August, is expected to reach peak brightness on Saturday, …
A newly discovered green comet: When's the best time to see it in Southern California? Read More »
Inside the glassy waiting room of a Hollywood clinic, a 33-year-old man sat and listened for his number to be called over the beats of a Mariah Carey song. “It’s just really easy. You don’t have to make an appointment,” said the man, who comes to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation clinic every two or three …
STDs have been on the rise. Who should pick up the tab for testing? Read More »
We are all familiar by now with the movement to eradicate the names of racists and other villains from the buildings, institutions and public spaces where they were once honored. Caltech excised the name of Robert A. Millikan, its longest-serving president and a known eugenicist, from its campus; Princeton removed Woodrow Wilson’s name from its …
