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San Diego Padres manager Jayce Tingler walks to the dugout after making a pitching change during the sixth inning of the team's baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021.

Padres fire manager Jayce Tingler after second-half collapse

The San Diego Padres have fired Jayce Tingler, who presided over the biggest collapse in franchise history just a season after finishing second in voting for NL Manager of the Year.

President Biden speaks during a Sept. 24 summit at the White House that included (clockwise from left) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Yoshihide Suga, Japan's prime minister at the time.

Long promised and often delayed, the 'pivot to Asia' takes shape under Biden

President Obama called for a greater focus on Asia to prepare for the challenges of the 21st century. A decade later, Obama's vice president, now President Biden, seems intent on making it happen.

Dr. Scott Gottlieb led the Food and Drug Administration from 2017 to 2019. His new book discusses successes and failures of the U.S. response and how to plan ahead for future pandemics.

Why the U.S. pandemic playbook was no match for COVID

In his new book, former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb lays out what it will take for the U.S. to be ready to face future health crises.

4-year-old Max Martinez getting tested at the school district COVID-19 Testing Center in Chula Vista, Sept. 20, 2021.

San Diego County reports 658 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths

San Diego County reported 658 new cases of COVID-19 and two new virus-related deaths Tuesday.

Dr. Saleema Rehman stands outside Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The Afghan refugee of Turkmen origin has won UNHCR's Nansen Award for her work helping refugee moms and babies in Pakistan.

An Afghan refugee girl grew up to be a prize-winning doc — with a little help from dad

From the moment Saleema Rehman was born, her father believed she was destined to be a doctor. Now she is the winner of a top U.N. award for her work helping displaced women in Pakistan.

In this March 3, 2021, file photo, U.S. Army medic Kristen Rogers, of Waxhaw, N.C., holds a vial of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in North Miami, Fla.

J&J seeks US clearance for COVID-19 vaccine booster doses

Johnson & Johnson has asked U.S. regulators to allow booster shots of its COVID-19 vaccine as the U.S. government moves toward shoring up protection in more vaccinated Americans.

National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins is stepping down by the end of the year.

As he steps down as the head of NIH, he has a warning about future pandemics

Francis Collins has served longer than any other director of the National Institutes of Health since 1971. He tells NPR he did not anticipate the culture wars taking over scientific fact.

A lab worker prepares samples to be tested for COVID-19 in San Diego, Feb. 28, 2020.

San Diego County reports 390 new COVID-19 cases, 9 deaths

San Diego County reported 390 new cases of COVID-19 and nine new virus-related deaths Monday.

A sign reads "Proof of negative COVID test or full vaccination record are required for entry" outside of the Observatory North Park in San Diego, Calif. Oct. 3, 2021.

San Diego County reports 343 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths

San Diego County reported 343 new cases of COVID-19 today, but no new virus-related deaths in its most recent data.

CVS Pharmacist Raphael Lynne (left), D., MBA, and Stephanie Garcia, a Pharmacy tech., check the medication disposal box where people can drop off their expired, unused or unwanted medications for safe disposal.

A landmark opioid trial puts spotlight on pharmacy chains CVS, Walmart and Walgreens

The country's biggest name-brand pharmacy chains face a high-profile civil trial beginning Monday in Cleveland, Ohio over their role in the nation's deadly opioid epidemic.

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