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The 78th World Health Assembly is taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, from May 19-27, 2025. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images

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WHO is finalizing a new treaty that prepares for the next pandemic − but the US isn’t signing

Staff Writer - May 22, 2025

The Aedes mosquito is a vector of several viral diseases, including eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, and West Nile fever. Lee Haines, CC BY-ND

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Some viruses prefer mosquitoes to humans, but people get sick anyway − a virologist and entomologist explain why

Assistant professor Frank Cackowski, left, and researcher Steven Zielske at Wayne State University in Detroit became suspicious of a paper on cancer research that was eventually retracted. Amy Sacka, CC BY-ND

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Bogus scientific papers are enriching fraudsters and slowing lifesaving medical research

Water runs from a pipe where a home once stood in the Pacific Palisades community of Los Angeles in January 2025. Jay L. Clendenin/Getty Images

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Wildfires can contaminate drinking water systems with harmful chemicals − here’s what Los Angeles needs to know

Colorado voted in 2024 to protect abortion in the state constitution. Jason Connolly/GettyImages

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Colorado now has one of the nation’s most liberal abortion access laws, but ballot measures to restrict abortion have a long history in the state

The killing of a UnitedHealthcare executive has prompted a closer look at the health insurance industry. AP Photo/Jim Mone

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Response to CEO killing reveals antipathy toward health insurers − but...

Staff Writer - December 13, 2024

Protein molecules can have complicated structures that dictate their functions. Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

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Machine learning cracked the protein-folding problem and won the 2024 Nobel...

Staff Writer - October 9, 2024

RNA is more than just a transitional state between DNA and protein. Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

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MicroRNA is the Nobel-winning master regulator of the genome – researchers...

Staff Writer - October 7, 2024

EXPLORING NATURE

Skiers and snowboarders walk across dry ground to reach a slope at Bear Mountain ski resort on Dec. 21, 2025, in California. Eric Thayer/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

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The western US is in a snow drought, and storms have...

Staff Writer - January 8, 2026

Alejandro N. Flores, Boise State University Much of the western U.S. has started 2026 in the midst of a...

Solar power has been expanding quickly, but natural gas is also booming. Gerard Julien/AFP via Getty Images

The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states...

January 6, 2026

Why did this community burn one woman’s remains in such a visible, spectacular way? Patrick Fahey

Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age...

January 3, 2026

Eaton fire survivors gather in Altadena, Calif., to talk about recovery six months after the LA fires. Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images

LA fires showed how much neighborliness matters for wildfire safety –...

December 31, 2025

U.S. researchers are seeking the light at the end of a rough year for science. Westend61/Getty Images

‘This year nearly broke me as a scientist’ – US researchers...

December 31, 2025