Health

MMR — the modern combination vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella — provides stronger, longer-lasting protection against measles than the stand-alone measles vaccine typically given in the U.S. in the early 1960s.

Eric Risberg

Health

County health officials confirm first case of measles in San Diego this year

City News Service

Last year, four measles cases were confirmed in the county, all associated with international travel.

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UCSD School of Medicine awarded $9.5M to develop cybersecurity measures

City News Service

UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers have been awarded $9.5 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to develop better cybersecurity for health care systems.
Health

'Eve' author says medicine often ignores female bodies. 'We've been guinea pigs'

Tonya Mosley

Author Cat Bohannon says there's a "male norm" in science that prioritizes male bodies. Female bodies have been left out of countless clinical studies, and research is only just starting to catch up.
Health

PrEP prevents HIV infections, but it's not reaching Black women

Sam Whitehead

A significant number of new HIV infections happen among Black women, and a health education effort in Atlanta wants to make sure Black women can access the HIV-prevention medicines known as PrEP.
Local

Kaiser, health care workers keep talking as possible strike looms

City News Service

Health care employees for Kaiser Permanente are poised to launch a three-day strike that their union says will be the largest of its type in U.S. history.
Local

California's new mental health court rolls out to high expectations and uncertainty

Janie Har

An alternative mental health court program designed to fast-track people with untreated schizophrenia into housing and medical care is starting in San Francisco and six other California counties.
Health

As the 'water tower of Asia' dries out, villagers learn to recharge their springs

Namrata Kolachalam

In the Himalayan foothills, water is getting harder to come by. Villagers in one region of northern India are learning how to recharge the groundwater-fed springs they depend on.
Health

Nobel Prize goes to scientists who made mRNA COVID vaccines possible

Scott Hensley

Rob Stein

Hungarian-born biochemist Katalin Karikó and American immunologist Drew Weissman found that a chemical change to genetic code called mRNA eliminated a problematic side effect when used in vaccines.
Health

Health care has a massive carbon footprint. These doctors are trying to change that

Reid Frazier

Around the country, health care workers continue to grapple with their industry's massive carbon footprint. In Pittsburgh, doctors formed Clinicians for Climate Action to address the problem.
Science & Technology

Brain cells, interrupted: How some genes may cause autism, epilepsy and schizophrenia

Jon Hamilton

Researchers have identified 46 genes that can disrupt a process that is critical to early brain development. The finding could help scientists find new treatments for disorders including autism.
Health

It's one of the world's toughest anti-smoking laws. The Māori see a major flaw

Simar Bajaj

New Zealand has declared war on tobacco with a remarkable new law. The indigenous Māori population, with the country's highest smoking rate, has a lot to gain. But they have a bone of contention.