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A doctor discusses treatment for mpox with the mother of an infected infant at the Kavumu hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo. For 18 months, the Congolese have struggled to control an epidemic of the disease without the benefit of vaccines. The majority of cases and deaths have been in children.

First doses of mpox vaccines arrive at the heart of Africa's outbreak. What took so long?

Congo has over 20,000 cases of mpox and hundreds of deaths, mostly in children, but zero vaccines until now. A planeload of doses donated from the EU landed in Kinshasa on Thursday.

Primary Election 2024: San Diego City Council races

Meet the candidates and learn what's at stake with KPBS' primary election guide for San Diego City Council races.

Kamala Harris y Donald Trump tienen plataformas muy diferentes sobre el aborto. También tienen ideas diferentes sobre cómo reducir los costos de la atención médica que podrían afectar directamente a los californianos. Ilustración de Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters; iStock

¿Qué está en juego para los residentes de California en la elección presidencial Trump-Harris en materia de atención médica?

Kamala Harris investigó el poder de mercado de las grandes empresas de atención médica de California. Donald Trump obligó a los hospitales a revelar sus precios. A continuación, un vistazo a sus prioridades para 2024 en materia de salud.

Primary Election 2024: San Diego City Council races

Meet the candidates and learn what's at stake with KPBS' primary election guide for San Diego City Council races.

Indiana’s state fair will bring animals from across the state together. Experts say it poses a risk for the spread of bird flu

Could bird flu spread at state fairs? Here’s why health experts advise caution

Corn dogs, deep-fried Twinkies, butter sculptures and influenza virus? Here’s why state fairs could be potential breeding grounds for viral mutation.

El candidato republicano a la Casa Blanca, el expresidente Donald Trump, habla con la cofundadora de Moms for Liberty Tiffany Justice durante un acto en la convención anual del grupo en Washington, el 30 de agosto de 2024. (AP Foto/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump cuestiona aceptación de personas trans y corteja a sus bases en acto de Moms for Liberty

Trump dijo que las mujeres trans no deberían poder competir en deportes femeninos y apuntó que el acceso a la atención sanitaria de afirmación de género debería restringirse.

Prospective employers and job seekers interact during during a job fair in the West Hollywood section of Los Angeles on Sept. 22, 2021. Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP Photo

La economía de California está por detrás de la de otros estados y esta es la razón por la qué está tan lenta

La recuperación económica de California de la pandemia de COVID-19 ha sido lenta y un nuevo análisis atribuye la culpa a las malas decisiones políticas estatales.

China is pushing divisive political messages online using fake U.S. voters

The campaign known as “Spamouflage” includes accounts claiming to be American voters and U.S. soldiers posting about hot-button topics including abortion, Israel and Ukraine.

More than 100 people live aboard sailboats and other vessels anchored just off Miami Beach. For years, some in the posh seaside community have not been happy about people just offshore.

In Miami Beach, you can live on your boat, but getting to land is not so easy

Miami Beach is tired of a community of live-aboard boaters anchored just offshore. It's adopted policies limiting their access, including making it illegal to tie up dinghies at a city boat launch.

Hear what the nation's top student podcasters have to say

In its sixth year, our contest handed over the mic to fourth graders for the very first time. We received nearly 2,000 entries from all around the country — and we've narrowed it down to 10 middle school and 10 high school finalists.

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