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Can $1,000 a month help more students land nursing careers? An L.A. pilot effort says yes

5 days ago from LA Times - Science

L.A. Community College District is giving hundreds of low-income students $1,000 a month in unrestricted income in hopes of keeping them enrolled and helping deliver a more diverse and multilingual...

RFK Jr. said his agency will find the cause of autism. These researchers have actually been looking

5 days ago from LA Times - Science

Autism researchers are facing massive cuts to federal funding, misinformation about the condition they study and worrisome policy announcements.

Indigenous tribes pitted against each other over a state bill to redefine land protection in California

5 days ago from LA Times - Science

Indigenous tribes without federal recognition fiercely opposed a bill that would treat tribes with and without federal recognition differently during land development disputes, prompting the author to pull it.

Facing self-imposed budget cuts, Republicans in Congress mull the future of Medicaid

5 days ago from LA Times - Science

Republicans are scrambling to find creative ways to fulfill budget cuts they voted on without gutting Medicaid.

Antelope Valley residents say they are fed up with rampant dumping, official inaction

5 days ago from LA Times - Science

Thousands of tons of trash are being dumped at unauthorized waste sites across the Antelope Valley, lawsuits claim. Authorities say they are aware but have done little to stop it.

Firefighters make significant progress on Mono County blaze that prompted evacuations

5 days ago from LA Times - Science

Fire crews started making progress on containment Sunday after the Inn fire grew to more than 500 acres Thursday night, prompting evacuations.

Contributor: Slashing NIH research guarantees a less healthy, less wealthy America

5 days ago from LA Times - Science

The administration's cuts at the National Institutes of Health will obliterate billions in economic gains, America's scientific predominance and untold human lives.

State rescinds suspension efforts for troubled nursing home in Hollywood

5 days ago from LA Times - Science

It is still pursuing license suspensions for six other L.A. nursing homes.

'We are still here, yet invisible.' Study finds that U.S. government has overestimated Native American life expectancy

5 days ago from LA Times - Science

A new study found that the gap in life expectancy between American Indians and Alaska Natives and the national average was 2.9 times greater than official U.S. statistics.

Contributor: Those cuts to 'overhead' costs in research? They do real damage

5 days ago from LA Times - Science

Indirect costs are fat targets for budget slashers, but beware: They make science possible. They don't pay for the chromatograph I use in my experiments, but they do pay for...

Disability tax credits are critical for some Canadians. But applying for them can cost thousands

5 days ago from CBC: Health

As Canada launches its new disability benefit payments in July, medical and disability experts are raising alarms over barriers to obtaining the main eligibility requirement, the disability tax credit. Former...

Indigenous people's health tightly tied to speaking their own languages, review finds

5 days ago from CBC: Health

Researchers analyzed 262 academic and community-based studies from Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand, and determined 78 per cent of them connected Indigenous language vitality with improved health. 

Origins of COVID-19 still unclear, according to final report from WHO expert group

5 days ago from CBC: Health

An expert group charged by the World Health Organization to investigate how the COVID-19 pandemic started released its final report on Friday, reaching an unsatisfying conclusion: Scientists still aren't sure...

Bankers, athletes, students are using drugs. This hotline tries to keep them safe

5 days ago from CBC: Health

Since the National Overdose Response Service (NORS) launched nearly five years ago, it's been reaching drug users who wouldn't typically use consumption and treatment sites. 

Accessibility minister's comments about ASL interpreter a 'knife right in the back' for deaf graduate

5 days ago from CBC: Health

A woman who was excited to celebrate with her family at a graduation event for Indigenous women on Thursday says it's hard to look at her college certificate after the...

News got you down? Counsellors explain why doom scrolling is so easy — and how to limit it

5 days ago from CBC: Health

Two B.C.-based counsellors say access to information — through our phones — can be overwhelming if we aren't setting boundaries.

Nutrition warning labels are hitting shelves near you — earlier than expected

5 days ago from CBC: Health

The food industry has until Jan. 1, 2026, to comply with Health Canada's new labels that warn people if a food is high in sugar, sodium or saturated fat. Some...

Mexico threatens lawsuit against SpaceX over Starship explosion 'contamination'

5 days ago from Space.com

The Mexican president said there is a "general review underway of the international laws that are being violated."

'War of the Worlds' at 20: Steven Spielberg made three-quarters of an apocalyptic classic

5 days ago from Space.com

Spielberg's contemporary spin on H. G. Wells would be up there with his best if only he could have nailed the ending.

World Asteroid Day 2025: Watch live views of near-Earth asteroids for free online on June 30

5 days ago from Space.com

World Asteroid Day 2025: Watch live views of near-Earth asteroids for free online on June 30

US set new record with 21 commercial launches in June, FAA says

5 days ago from Space.com

American companies launched 21 commercial space missions in June 2025, which was a new record for a single month, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

Red Sox's Jarren Duran reveals suicide attempt in Netflix doc: 'I'm still here and I'm still fighting'

5 days ago from LA Times - Health

Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran was the 2024 All-Star Game MVP. Yet the ex-Cal State Long Beach and Cypress High player says that in 2022 he tried to take his...

Fight or flight? Some California nonprofits won't remain silent in face of Trump budget slashing

5 days ago from LA Times - Health

Some nonprofits are fighting back, including an L.A. provider that's leading a campaign to try to stop potential GOP cuts to healthcare for low-income Americans.

Covered California pushes for better healthcare as federal spending cuts loom

5 days ago from LA Times - Health

Monica Soni, Covered California's chief medical officer, worries federal spending cuts could soon bring turbulence to the state's Affordable Care Act marketplace.

Barabak: She was wrongly snagged by Trump's word police. Now her medical research is down the drain

5 days ago from LA Times - Health

A UC San Francisco eye doctor mentioned "hesitancy" and "uptake" in her grant application. That cost her $3 million in funding for shingles vaccine research.

Overwhelmed by the world? Glennon Doyle says focus on staying human at heart

5 days ago from LA Times - Health

In 'We Can Do Hard Things,' Glennon Doyle and her co-authors chart a road map to navigate the many difficulties of life.

A 'floating' tennis club with good vibes and a pinch of country club swagger? These Angelenos created it

5 days ago from LA Times - Health

Sunset Tennis Club is a a "floating tennis club" popular with millennials and zoomers that operates on private courts in upscale neighborhoods of Los Angeles.

You need more than Ozempic to fight food addiction. Here's how

5 days ago from LA Times - Health

In 'Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine,' former FDA Commissioner David A. Kessler offers a comprehensive guide to weight loss.