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LOS ANGELES — For the first time, Los Angeles County residents can see how many people are ending up in emergency rooms, their bodies pushed past the limit, during heat waves.

The county Department of Public Health says...Read more

Whether you’re playing chess, playing center field or performing on stage, your body draws energy from tiny organelles within each cell called mitochondria, the powerhouse of the cell. But until recently, scientists have...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- When Emma Walz learned she landed an internship at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, she ran to the bathroom, jumped up and down, and cried happy tears.

She had dreamed of working at CHOP since being ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: My wife and I have scheduled a long road trip with another couple. All four of us are retired with a zest to explore. We share common interests, enjoy each other's company and intend to share the driving. The ...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: I was in excellent health until December 2020, when I was admitted to the hospital with high-risk multiple myeloma (MM). I've been participating in a Phase 2 clinical trial since January 2021, and I was ...Read more

You know that stress is the No. 1 cause of premature aging, and you want it to go away! But you can't seem to find the time to do whatever it is that would make you feel calmer and more relaxed. Tai chi? Mindful meditation...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: The three biggest headlines about children center around mental health, screen time and instability. This is heartbreaking and reminiscent of when I grew up in the 1960s. I ...Read more

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pursuing federal government access to most Americans' medical records, in a quest to research a link between vaccines and autism — a connection the medical establishment ...Read more

The Trump administration’s rollout of a federal mandate that millions of Americans on Medicaid must work or risk losing health benefits will force states to scrap months of preparation, according to advocates for ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Google took internet searches to the next level. Could it do the same for mosquito control?

The Silicon Valley-based tech giant is seeking to release up to 64 million sterilized male mosquitoes in ...Read more

WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Except for the stained-glass windows, much of the inside of Temple Israel is now unrecognizable.

Flooring that was once inside the large West Bloomfield synagogue has been removed, ...Read more

Vaccine hesitancy fed by misinformation is causing new surges of measles and whooping cough, while COVID-19 hotspots persist in some states and a new threat looms from an Ebola outbreak in central Africa.

Nationally there...Read more

On April 10, 2025, several hours after finishing a hike in Sedona, Arizona, Jan Anderson started repeating herself.

"Did we hike this morning?" she asked.

"Yes, we hiked," said her husband, Steve Francks. "And you did ...Read more

When Christine Wood received a $12,000 bill from Bristol Hospital, she thought it must be a mistake. It was more than she and her husband made in a month combined.

“I’m freaking out,” said Wood, who lives in a 1,700...Read more

Pope Leo XIV’s apology for the Roman Catholic Church’s sins of slavery is long overdue. With that apology must come atonement.

Last week, Leo apologized for the Holy See’s role in legitimizing slavery and for having...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: A good friend was diagnosed with lupus. Can you tell me more about it, how it's treated and if there are new options that could make a difference in her quality of life?

ANSWER: Lupus is an autoimmune ...Read more

Q: I am a Jewish immigrant who came to America from Holland in 1948. My parents were in the Resistance during the Nazi occupation. During the war years my parents had a dog, Tyno, who quietly alerted them time and again ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: I recently saw on my daughter's phone that she's sending nude pictures to a "Jameson," whom she met online. She is 29 and has a learning disability. She still lives at home with me and her father. She's not able...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: I'm a 70 year old woman in good health, other than osteopenia and digestive problems that plague many seniors. I went through a sleep study and was found to have somewhat severe periodic limb movement. I ...Read more