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Students and faculty walk on a pathway at the UC San Diego campus, Sept. 28, 2020.

UC San Diego temporarily returning to online instruction as omicron surges

In anticipation of a wave of COVID-19 cases, UCSD will move its instruction to remote-only from Jan. 3-17.

The Beatles on Mount Doom (or a still from Peter Jackson's <em>Get Back</em>, a documentary constructed from footage shot during the making of the band's last studio albums and final performance).

The new documentary Get Back, cut from 50-year-old footage of Beatles recording sessions by director Peter Jackson, offers a chance to look at one moment when the myth of the "band guy" took shape.

Dr. Elaha Ibrahimi uses her phone as a flashlight during a power cut inside the hospital in Mirbacha Kot, Afghanistan, in October. Health care workers have continued to work without salaries, without medicine for patients and with frequent power cuts.

No pay for staff. No patient supplies. No heat. This is health care in Afghanistan

When the Taliban took over, predictions were made that the country's health care system would collapse. That's no longer just a forecast, says Dr. Paul Spiegel after his five-week mission there.

President Joe Biden speaks about the COVID-19 response and vaccinations on Tuesday in the State Dining Room of the White House.

Biden announces free COVID tests, aid for hospitals to deal with omicron

President Biden announced several new steps to address the risks posed by the highly contagious variant.

US Army Critical Care Nurse, Captain Edward Rauch Jr., writes on the door of a Covid-19 patient on a ventilator at Beaumont Hospital in Dearborn, Michigan on December, 17, 2021. Beaumont Hospital is assisted by 23 military medical personnel from the US Army, sent by the Department of Defense, to assist during the health system's fourth Covid-19 surge.

With omicron now dominant, depleted U.S. hospitals struggle to prepare for the worst

Understaffed hospitals are already coping with increased patient demand heading into the holidays. They have few options to expand if omicron creates a huge new wave of COVID patients.

Grief is tied to all sorts of different brain functions, says researcher and author Mary-Frances O'Connor. That can range from being able to recall memories to taking the perspective of another person, to even things like regulating our heart rate and the experience of pain and suffering.

How your brain copes with grief, and why it takes time to heal

Grieving is a form of learning, says a scientist who studies the brain's response to loss. When someone you love dies, you have to learn new rules for navigating the world and your brain has to adapt.

Scientists at UC San Diego collect wastewater to be tested for COVID-19 variants in this undated photo.

UCSD reports 'unprecedented' spike in wastewater COVID viral load

The amount of COVID-19 virus detected in wastewater has predicted the region's COVID-19 caseload up to three weeks ahead of clinical diagnostic reports.

A mourner prays in front of offerings near a building where a fire broke out, in Osaka, western Japan on Saturday. Japanese police on Sunday identified a 61-year-old man as a prime arson suspect.

Police identify suspect in deadly Osaka arson fire

Japanese police say a 61-year-old man is a prime arson suspect after a fire engulfed a mental clinic where he was a patient. The fire killed 24 people who were trapped inside the eight-story building.

People line up to receive a rapid COVID-19 test in an agricultural community in Immokalee, Fla., where the poverty rate is over 40%. Partners in Health is working with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to test, educate and vaccinate the community during the pandemic.

Rich nation, unequal health care: Why a charity that's helped Haiti is aiding the U.S.

The charity Partners in Health aims to improve health services in lower income places like Haiti and Rwanda. Now it's setting up a permanent presence in the U.S. with an $11 million federal grant.

A mourner offers a flower on Saturday near the building where a fire broke out the day before in Osaka, western Japan. The fire spread from a fourth-floor mental clinic in the eight-story building in downtown Osaka and killed more than 20 people in what police were investigating as a possible case of arson and murder.

Police search house of man linked to deadly Osaka fire

The possible suspect is believed to be among the three people who survived the fire and were in severe condition, police said.

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