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Patients are getting prescriptions to socialize to fight an epidemic of loneliness

4:23am January 28, 2025

by Katia Riddle

Loneliness is at epidemic levels across the U.S. and is correlated with higher risks of many chronic diseases. Some doctors and therapists are writing their patients prescriptions for socializing.

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Pop-up health events in LA assist wildfire evacuees with medical needs

4:19am January 28, 2025

by Alejandra Borunda

People displaced by the LA wildfires found themselves needing help with basic health care — like getting medications lost in the fires. In El Monte, a pop-up health event provided some assistance.

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Trump administration puts senior USAID officials on leave

11:09pm January 27, 2025

On Monday, top officials at U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) were put on leave for allegedly not abiding by President Trump's executive order to freeze much of U.S. foreign aid.

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National Science Foundation freezes grant review in response to Trump executive orders

6:09pm January 27, 2025

The National Science Foundation has canceled all grant review panels this week. It's unclear how long the pause could last.

The last of the escaped South Carolina lab monkeys have been recovered

3:55pm January 27, 2025

The female rhesus macaques staged an escape from the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center in South Carolina last year.

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Teens use 'food substance' to get high

10:00am January 27, 2025

by Trey, Calli and Macy

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Giant iceberg is on a collision course with island home to seals and penguins

4:21am January 27, 2025

The world's biggest iceberg, known A23a, is on a collision course with a tiny island in the South Atlantic, which is home to millions of seals and nearly half the world's population of king penguins.

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'Prehabilitation' before surgery can cut complications risk, according to new study

4:18am January 27, 2025

by Allison Aubrey

If you're going to have surgery, "prehabilitation" focused on nutrition, exercise and social support in the month before can significantly cut the risk of complications, according to a new study.

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How did the newt cross the road? With the help of the Chileno Valley Newt Brigade!

10:38am January 26, 2025

In northern California, a group of volunteers spend every night from late fall through winter as crossing guards–escorting migrating salamanders across a rural road.

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Trump pauses funding for anti-HIV program that prevented 26 million AIDS deaths

3:39pm January 25, 2025

On Friday, a memorandum signed by Marco Rubio called for a 90-day cessation of foreign aid. That would likely put on hold the work of PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.