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Vials of coronavirus test samples at the University of San Diego testing site on July 15, 2020.

San Diego County Reports 5 More COVID-19 Outbreaks At Local Bars, Restaurants

San Diego County public health officials reported 381 new COVID-19 cases and six deaths, raising the region's totals to 28,668 cases and 558 fatalities.

Lachlan Morton, pictured in 2014, is the latest person to set a record "Everesting" on a bicycle.

Lachlan Morton Sets A Bicycling 'Everesting' Record

More and more bicyclists are breaking records of "Everesting": climbing the height equal to Mount Everest by riding a single hill, up and down, over and over again.

A family photo shows Ernestine Mann. She moved into the Arbor Terrace at Cascade assisted living facility in 2019. Mann was one of the residents who died of COVID-19 earlier this year when there was an outbreak at the facility.

In Atlanta, A Wave Of Coronavirus Deaths And The Questions Left In Its Wake

At least 17 residents at an assisted living home in Atlanta died of COVID-19 this spring. It is the company's only home in Georgia in a black neighborhood and the only one to suffer a severe outbreak.

Lung-specific CD8 killer T cells, highlighted in blue, is shown within lung tissue, represented by the green in the image above, June 26, 2020.

Salk Scientists: 'Killer' Lung Immune Cells Could Be Potential Weapon Against Coronavirus

T cells are white blood cells that flare up when the body is infected with a virus. They attack the cells that are already infected and get rid of them, so the body can stay healthy.

Cruise Ship with 42 Sick Aboard Headed to Florida

A cruise ship with dozens of ill passengers heads to Florida. Officials aren't sure whether to allow the ship to dock in case the people are infected with the coronavirus.

What Formerly Poor Indians Think Of Netflix's 'The White Tiger' Movie

What Indians Who've Known Poverty Think Of Netflix's 'The White Tiger' Movie

The movie, based on an award-winning novel, traces the unlikely journey of a poor villager in search of wealth. Does it ring true to those who know what it's like to be poor in India?

Enjoy a celebration of the music of SESAME STREET with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Oct. 25–26, 2019 Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Jazz At Lincoln Center Presents: A Swingin' Sesame Street Celebration

Stream or tune in Friday, Oct. 30, 2020 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2

Demonstrators raise their arms and chant, "Hands up, don't shoot" on Aug. 17, 2014, as they protest the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo.

Fatal Police Shootings Of Unarmed Black People Reveal Troubling Patterns

Since 2015, police officers have fatally shot at least 135 unarmed Black people nationwide. The majority of officers were white and for at least 15 of them, the shootings were not their first or last.

Actor Irrfan Khan has died at age 54, after an acclaimed film career in India and on the international stage. He's seen here in 2018, during a visit to Park City, Utah.

Irrfan Khan Dies; Indian Actor Appeared In Crossover Hit 'Slumdog Millionaire'

The versatile actor vaulted to international stardom after playing a police inspector in the 2008 film. Khan, 54, was adored in India despite not being a Bollywood heartthrob.

Hospitals must now post on their websites, in a consumer-friendly format, the specific costs for 300 common and "shoppable" services, such as having a baby, getting a joint replacement, having a hernia repaired or undergoing a diagnostic brain scan.

Hospitals Forced To Be More Transparent About Pricing. Will That Save You Money?

Under a rule that kicked in Jan. 1, hospitals must now make public the prices they negotiate with health insurers. But health policy experts have divergent views on what that will mean for patients.

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