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A sign in the sand reminds beachgoers to wear a mask at Moonlight State Beach in Encinitas, Dec. 15, 2020.

San Diego County Officials Urge Caution Around Holidays As COVID-19 Cases Surge

San Diego County public health officials urged residents to avoid large holiday gatherings as they reported 2,598 new COVID-19 infections and 39 deaths from the virus.

A person walks through a terminal at LaGuardia Airport in New York on March 6. Wall Streeters are not only back at their offices, they are traveling again at a time when many other companies continue to keep their workers at home.

Only 'wimps' phone it in: Why Wall Street bankers are hitting the road again

The pandemic forced Wall Street dealmaking into the digital age, but many bankers want to get back to the way things were — and that includes traveling again.

Petco Park in Downtown San Diego, Calif. Feb. 18, 2021.

Woman, child who died in fall at Petco Park identified

Authorities Wednesday publicly identified a mother and child who died last weekend in a fall from a third-floor concourse at Petco Park.

A traveler adjusts her mask while waiting to check in for her flight at the Los Angeles International Airport on Nov. 23.

Epidemiologists Urge A Cautious Christmas, After Thanksgiving Surge in Some States

Some parts of the country are now grappling with a post-Thanksgiving surge of patients, while others dodged that fate. What lessons can we learn as we head into the Christmas season?

The first patient enrolled in Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore receives an injection in May.

Pfizer Booster Approval Leaves Questions For Those Not Yet Eligible For Additional Dose

As the flu season approaches, officials caution that high numbers of maskless, unvaccinated individuals could exacerbate healthcare resources.

Epidemiologists Urge A Cautious Christmas, After Thanksgiving Surge in Some States

Some parts of the country are now grappling with a post-Thanksgiving surge of patients, while others dodged that fate. What lessons can we learn as we head into the Christmas season?

Carlene Knight, who has a congenital eye disorder, volunteered to let doctors edit the genes in her retina using CRISPR.

A Gene-Editing Experiment Let These Patients With Vision Loss See Color Again

In a first, doctors injected the gene-editing tool CRISPR directly into cells in patients' eyes. The experiment helped these vision-impaired patients see shapes and colors again.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, left, and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell appear before a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Sept. 28. Yellen warned the government would run out of cash to pay its bills by Oct. 18 unless Congress raises the so-called debt ceiling.

Janet Yellen Says U.S. Could Run Out Of Cash To Pay Its Bills In Less Than 3 Weeks

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned lawmakers the government could run out of money by Oct. 18 unless Congress raises the debt ceiling.

The Cover of Scientific African's first issue.

African Researchers Say They Face Bias In The World Of Science. Here's One Solution

The new journal Scientific African was launched to provide a prejudice-free platform for research from African scientists. And it's already winning awards.

A COVID-19 testing site at San Diego State University. Jan. 15, 2021.

San Marcos COVID Tracking Problems Highlight Challenges Schools Face

A recent update from the San Marcos Unified superintendent about a small number of COVID-positive children attending class in person has underscored the many issues that schools face in keeping track of case numbers among enrolled students.

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