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A gorilla family is observed by people visiting the Fort Worth Zoo in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. Researchers will be standing by to observe how animals’ routines at the zoo are disrupted when skies dim on April 8. They previously detected other strange animal behaviors in 2017 at a South Carolina zoo that was in the path of total darkness. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

How do animals react during a total solar eclipse? Scientists plan to find out in April

Researchers and citizen scientists will observe how animals’ routines at several zoos are disrupted during the April 8 total solar eclipse.

March 13, 2024

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The coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2, shown in purple, infects a cell, colored in green.

COVID-19 Pandemic: News, Links & Resources

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Covid-19 and the Coronavirus

FILE - McKenna Shuster works on a linocut art print which she does as a hobby in her home on the last night of a two-week self-isolation while recovering from symptoms of COVID-19 in Somerville, Mass., on March 26, 2020. On Friday, March 1, 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said people who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to stay in isolation for five days. The CDC changed its longstanding guidance, saying that people can return to work or regular activities if their symptoms are mild and improving and it's been a day since they've had a fever. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

U.S. health officials drop 5-day isolation time for COVID-19

March 1, 2024

FILE - Comirnaty, a new Pfizer/BioNTech vaccination booster for COVID-19, is displayed at a pharmacy in Orlando, Fla., on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. Older U.S. adults should roll up their sleeves for another COVID-19 shot, even if they received a booster in the fall, an influential government advisory panel said Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

Older U.S. adults should get another COVID-19 shot, CDC recommends

Feb. 28, 2024

Nancy Rose, right, who contracted COVID-19 in 2021 and continues to exhibit long-haul symptoms including brain fog and memory difficulties, cooks for her mother, Amy Russell, left, at their home, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, in Port Jefferson, N.Y. Rose, 67, said many of her symptoms waned after she got vaccinated, though she still has bouts of fatigue and memory loss. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Risk for chronic fatigue soars among those who had COVID-19, study says

Feb. 16, 2024

Pet of the week is American Pit Bull Terrier named Cookie Monster.

A record number of Californians are visiting emergency rooms for dog bites

Jan. 26, 2024

A person holds the drug Paxlovid from the U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer against Covid-19.

Here’s why some high-risk patients aren’t getting drugs to combat COVID

Jan. 25, 2024

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 10: Passengers stand in Clear Plus line that gets them to their gate faster, using their eyes or fingerprints to verification, at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Opinion: California’s new rules allow COVID-positive kids in school. Here’s the problem

Jan. 22, 2024

FILE - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks to journalists during a press conference at the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday April 6, 2023. The head of the U.N. health agency says holiday gatherings and the spread of the most prominent variant globally led to increased transmission of COVID-19 last month. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP, File)

Nearly 10,000 COVID deaths reported globally last month, fueled by holiday gatherings and new variant

Jan. 11, 2024

FILE - Florida Surgeon Gen. Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo, left, speaks at a news conference with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, right, Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, at Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Ladapo says the state will formally recommend against COVID-19 vaccinations for healthy children. Ladapo made the announcement at a roundtable event organized by DeSantis that featured a group of doctors who criticized coronavirus lockdowns and mandate policies. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Column: Meet the most dangerous quack in America

Jan. 9, 2024

Pasadena, CA - October 12: Justine Castillo Martinez, LVN, right, takes a moment to show her patient Phillip Soon, 38, the syringe during a flu and COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Kaiser Permanente Pasadena on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, in Pasadena, CA. Soon was getting both the flu and COVID-19 vaccination. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Opinion: The U.S. is facing the biggest COVID wave since Omicron. Why are we still playing make-believe?

Jan. 4, 2024

LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 21: Holiday travelers rush at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023 in Los Angeles, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

A new coronavirus variant may be behind California’s COVID rise

Dec. 23, 2023

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