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Outside the Southwestern Women's Options clinic in Albuquerque, N.M.

A New Mexico clinic that offers abortions later in pregnancy braces for more patients

There are only a few clinics in the country that provide abortions later in pregnancy. One in New Mexico has recently seen a significant increase in patients and is bracing for more.

A new study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ties the COVID-19 pandemic to an "alarming" increase in obesity in U.S. children and teenagers.

Children And Teens Gained Weight At An Alarming Rate During The Pandemic, The CDC Says

A new CDC study found that the percentage of obese children and teens increased to 22%, compared to 19% before the pandemic. It also found that expected annual weight gain ranged from 5 to 15 pounds.

Southwest Airlines planes sit at the gate at San Diego International Airport on June 3, 2021.

Woman Charged For Allegedly Striking Flight Attendant On San Diego-Bound Plane

Vyvianna Quinonez, who was arrested May 23 at the culmination of the flight from Sacramento to San Diego International Airport, faces felony charges of assault resulting in serious bodily injury and interference with flight crew members and attendants.

A Hospital Gives Its Staff Panic Buttons After Assaults By Patients Triple

From 2019 to 2020, assaults on hospital staff by patients tripled at Cox Medical Center in Branson, Mo. Now personal panic buttons are being implemented to alert hospital security more easily.

Navy corpsman Maria Potts-Szoke performs a COVID-19 test on Camp Foster in Okinawa, Japan Jan. 24. The test was part of a Marine Corps study that's monitoring the long term health of service members who had earlier tested positive for COVID-19.

The military is trying to learn more about long COVID. Troops who have it worry about their careers.

Little is known about COVID-19 cases in which symptoms persist for months. Affected service members may have trouble performing their duties or getting treatment.

The outside of the Board of Education building for the San Diego Unified School District is shown in this photo, March 24, 2016.

San Diego County School Officials Expect Full Return To In-Person Learning In Fall

The California Legislature is unlikely to require vaccines and state officials have yet to say whether masking and physical distancing rules will remain in place.

A line of people wait for drinks from a street vendor at Mission Beach, June 22, 2022.

Sidewalk vendors required to get permits under ordinance taking effect Wednesday

The San Diego City Council voted to approve the ordinance earlier this year, bringing San Diego into compliance with SB 946.

Airlines Turn To Testing To Encourage Travel

Airlines say this testing is an added layer of protection, in addition to deep cleaning airplanes, wearing masks and staying physically distanced from others. But the CDC says that people who take a test before traveling are still taking a risk.

Protesters take part in the Women's March and Rally for Abortion Justice in Austin, Texas, on Oct. 2. The demonstration targeted Senate Bill 8, a state law that bans nearly all abortions as early as six weeks in a pregnancy, making no exceptions for survivors of rape or incest.

How the Texas ban on most abortions is harming survivors of rape and incest

The Texas law has no exceptions for survivors of rape or incest. Social workers say that's hurting some survivors financially, psychologically and physically.

Blacktail Deer Creek in Yellowstone National Park, seen here in a 2019 photo from the ecological study known as NEON, is one site where researchers have bubbled sulfur hexafluoride into the water.

Why scientists have pumped a potent greenhouse gas into streams on public lands

A 30-year, nationwide study of ecological changes — including the effects of climate warming — has been releasing a powerful greenhouse gas, and critics want it to stop.

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