Health

Matthew Bowler

KPBS

Health

San Diegans face hurdles getting new COVID-19 vaccine

Heidi de Marco

Delayed federal guidance is limiting access to the updated COVID-19 vaccine in San Diego County.

Health

They want COVID shots to protect their health or family. They can't get them
Environment

Newsom strikes climate deal extending California cap and trade, boosting oil production
Health

TB is the #1 killer among infectious diseases. A new study says its toll could mount

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Health

Why tortillas sold in California may be forced to add a new ingredient

Ana B. Ibarra

Folic acid reduces the risk of birth defects and the FDA requires that bakers include it in enriched bread. California could extend the mandate to tortillas and foods made with corn masa flour.
Health

11 norovirus cases linked to frozen South Korean oysters, county finds

City News Service

Restaurants and stores are being cautioned to check their freezers for the origin of their oysters.
Health

Death doula says life is more meaningful if you 'get real' about the end

Tonya Mosley

Alua Arthur helps people plan for death. A big part of her work is helping them reconcile the lives they lived with the lives they might have wanted. Her memoir is called Briefly Perfectly Human.
Health

Persistent shortage of growth hormone frustrates parents and clinicians

Sydney Lupkin

As a shortage of growth hormone used to treat rare diseases in children drags on, families and doctors are struggling with insurers' requirements to get prescriptions filled.
Politics

Paris Hilton is the latest celebrity with a bill

Lynn La

The media personality and socialite is crusading against abuse of teens at treatment facilities and wants California legislators to pass a bill.
Health

New federal safety rules on silica dust aim to protect miners' lungs

Howard Berkes

Justin Hicks

Addressing a problem first identified 50 years ago, federal regulators say stricter new rules to limit miners' exposure to silica dust are expected to finally go on the books on Tuesday.
Health

Could the U.S. force treatment on mentally ill people (again)?

Greg Rosalsky

Sixty years ago, America began closing mental hospitals. A growing chorus is blaming that for the crisis of mentally ill folks living on our streets.
National

Florida voters will decide on abortion rights this fall. Here's what some are saying

Danielle Prieur

The campaign to amend Florida's constitution to protect abortion rights kicked off in Orlando, attracting voters on both sides of the issue. The ballot question needs 60% approval to pass.
Science & Technology

Gay people often have older brothers. Why? And does it matter?

Selena Simmons-Duffin

Studies worldwide show that queer people tend to have more older brothers than other kinds of siblings. Justin Torres, a queer novelist and the youngest of three brothers, asks: Should it matter?
Health

Got tinnitus? A device that tickles the tongue helps this musician find relief

Allison Aubrey

More than 25 million adults in the U.S. have tinnitus, a condition that causes ringing or buzzing in the ears. An FDA approved device that stimulates the tongue, helped 84% of people who tried it.