Highly mutated COVID variant BA.2.86 now spotted in 10 states
The variant, which has an unusually large number of mutations, has also been spotted in numerous countries, but remains rare for now.
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The variant, which has an unusually large number of mutations, has also been spotted in numerous countries, but remains rare for now.
Reformulated vaccine is already available at some pharmacies and will be more widely accessible starting next week.
A proposal by a Bay Area lawmaker that would cap the cost of insulin to $35 is heading to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk after being unanimously approved by state legislators.
Vice President Kamala Harris called the claims that Democrats support abortions up until birth "ridiculous" and a "mischaracterization of the point."
Rudabeh Shahbazi brings us the story of a retroactive stem cell transplant - a first-of-its-kind medical procedure, freeing kidney transplant patients from the bonds of medication following a transplant. She is then joined by Dr. Jeffrey Veale, UCLA professor and kidney transplant surgeon, who shares the success of a breakthrough medical procedure with a kidney transplant patient
The Inflation Reduction Act allows Medicare to negotiate drug prices. It's starting with insulin and other commonly used medications.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the Chino Valley Unified School District Monday over its recently adopted policy that requires schools to notify parents if their children change their gender identification or pronouns.
So far, the CDC doesn't think the highly mutated BA.2.86 variant is to blame.
Manufacturer Universal Meditech Inc. has recalled undistributed tests but not those that have already been distributed to consumers.
Los Angeles County health officials are advising that anyone who dined at Panda Express in Lancaster between July 21 and August 4 get a Hepatitis A vaccination after learning of a possible exposure.
The CDC recommends a new shot, targeting more a recent variant, for virtually all Americans to reduce the risk of severe illness, hospitalization or death.
Every year, the South Los Angeles community group Mothers In Action runs a program to give away a thousand backpacks filled with school supplies for kids in underserved neighborhoods.
Drugmakers Sage Therapeutics and Biogen hope to change how depression following childbirth is treated.
While cardiac arrest in athletes may not always make headlines, it occurs more often than many realize.
Respiratory syncytial virus is the leading cause of hospitalization in American infants.
