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On Wednesday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. goes to Capitol Hill to promote and defend his massive overhaul of HHS, and President Trump's plans to change it even more.

The National Institutes of Health is terminating dozens of studies examining why people are hesitant about vaccines and how to increase uptake. mRNA vaccine research may be on the chopping block, too.

Conner Gray Covington, conductor San Diego Symphony Orchestra Beethoven Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 Britten: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 Mason Bates: Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the Orchestra Meet the instruments! The concert begins with a classic introduction to the instruments in Benjamin Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. Then, dynamic concerto meets animated film in Mason Bates’ Philharmonia Fantastique. Guided by a magical Sprite, you’ll explore the fundamental connections between music, sound, performance, creativity and technology. This concert is designed for families with children ages 6 – 12. Please join us one hour before the performance for pre-concert activities in the lobby. Visit: https://www.sandiegosymphony.org/performances/philharmonia-fantastique/ San Diego Symphony on Instagram and Facebook

My Name Is Emilia Del Valle is the newest novel from the prodigious Chilean expat, now in her 80s. Plus, a personal history of the orange, a Josephine Baker history and having kids in the digital age.

Memorial Day, observed on the last Monday in May, is a day to honor and mourn fallen military service members. NPR readers share stories of the loved ones they've lost.

California has ambitious goals for reducing greenhouse emissions. The state must ask whether it has a charging infrastructure to handle growing numbers of electric cars.

South Bay Union serves about 5,500 students in preschool through eighth grade from communities in Imperial Beach, San Ysidro and southern San Diego, many of whom are considered low-income and identify as Hispanic or Latino. Any approved consolidation option would impact hundreds of the district’s students.

Keep these science-backed stress busters in your back pocket this holiday season. Whip 'em out the next time you're at a table full of bickering in-laws or your flight gets canceled!

About a quarter — 25.3% — of all new cars registered in California in 2024 were electric cars, compared with 25% in 2023. The flat sales follow several years of rapid growth, and sales are still far below the state’s 35% target.

Traditional farmers around the world are walking away from millions of acres of land where they once grew crops or grazed animals. It's provoking mixed reactions.