Tag: child

Gov. Newsom declares emergency in California after CDC confirms severe case of bird flu in Louisiana

Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Wednesday as the H5N1 bird flu virus moved from the Central Valley to Southern...

Abcarian: The latest evidence that putting RFK Jr. in charge of public health would be a disaster

Polio came for 5-year-old Lynn Lane when she was visiting her grandmother in rural Indiana. Suddenly, her arms and legs became weak,...

Requiem for the unclaimed dead

On a grassy hillside just east of downtown Los Angeles, a few dozen mourners gathered last week to pay respects to 1,865...

Trump's first term brought world-changing vaccine. His second could bring retreat

President Trump once celebrated the COVID-19 vaccines released at the end of his first term as “one of the greatest achievements of...

How Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went from outsider to Cabinet pick

He had written more than 20 books, drew healthy audiences speaking across America and attracted coverage from the country’s top newspapers and...

Button batteries pose deadly risks to children. Doctors want them to be made safer

The round batteries, small as buttons and shiny as coins, are prized for the energy they pack at their size. In households,...