April 5, 2026 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• C.D.C. Pauses Testing for Rabies and Pox Viruses (New York Times)
• Supreme Court ruling imperils California’s ban on conversion therapy (Sacramento Bee)
• What is hydroxyapatite toothpaste and is it safe to use? We asked dentists about the oral care ingredient (CNN)

SCIENCE AND TECH

• Your data is everywhere. The government is buying it up without a warrant (NPR)
• New Mexico jury says Meta harms children's mental health and safety, violating state law (AP)
• Iran-linked hackers breach FBI director's personal email, publish photos and documents (Reuters)

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March 4, 2026 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• CDC Issues Travel Advisory for 32 Countries, Including Several in Europe, Over Spread of Paralyzing Disease (People)
• "One year of failure." The Lancet slams RFK Jr.'s first year as health chief (KPBS)
• Pockets of unvaccinated communities are driving measles outbreaks in California  (Cal Matters)
• Cancer blood tests are everywhere. Do they really work? (Nature)
• Trump’s Medicaid work mandate could kick thousands of homeless Californians off coverage (Cal Matters)
• Newsom threatens California counties for failing to use his new mental health court  (Cal Matters)

SCIENCE AND TECH

• A Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit Is Now in the Hands of Foreign Spies and Criminals (Wired)
• What’s behind your eye-popping power bill? We broke it down, region by region. (Grist)
• Reddit, Meta, and Google Voluntarily Gave DHS Info of Anti-ICE Users, Report Says (Gizmodo)
• What one company’s shift towards data centers says about Imperial County’s lithium industry (KPBS)
• Washington state cities turn off license plate reader cameras amid ruling on data access (GeekWire)

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January 22, 2026 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• Pediatricians group sues federal government over cuts to child health funding (10 News)
• Health insurance CEOs to appear before House committees as premiums soar (NBC)
• County Public Health Lab Starts Testing Local Wastewater for Diseases (County News Center)

SCIENCE AND TECH

• In a warming world, freshwater production is moving deep beneath the sea (AP)
• How Trump Spun a Social Network Into a Nuclear-Fusion Company (Wall Street Journal)
• Apple, Google tell workers on visas to avoid leaving the U.S.  (NPR)
• Report: The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits  (NPR)
• Grok blocked from undressing images in places where it's illegal, X says (AP)

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October 20, 2025 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• California company recalls nearly 245,000 pounds of pasta tied to listeria outbreak (AP)
• Officials confirm first US cases of more severe mpox strain with no travel history
• The CDC says people must consult a health professional before COVID shot (NPR)
• GOP senators urge RFK Jr. to crack down on medication abortion (The Hill)
• Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary (NPR)
• RFK Jr. fires NIH vaccine whistleblower Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo (CBS)

SCIENCE AND TECH

• Coral reefs become first environmental system on Earth to pass climate "tipping point," report says (CBS)
• Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity (BBC)
• California just passed new AI and social media laws. Here's what they mean for Big Tech  (CNBC)
• Amazon's AWS struggles to recover after major outage disrupts apps, services worldwide (Reuters)

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September 18, 2025 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• West Coast states issue joint vaccine guidelines in shift away from CDC (ABC)
• CDC panel votes to push back MMRV vaccine recommendation to 4 years old  (The Hill)
• A common nasal spray may block Covid infection, trial results indicate (CBS)
• RFK. Jr's family members say he is a 'threat' to Americans' health and call for his resignation
• Ghost viruses in our DNA can come back to haunt us (KPBS)
• Poll: Amid multi-state measles outbreak, 79% of Americans support routine childhood vaccine requirements (Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health)
• Rural hospitals band together instead of selling to big networks  (NPR)
• Whatever happened to mpox? Is it still a threat? (NPR)
• What causes stuttering? It might be in your DNA
• TB deaths projected to rise due to aid cuts, study says  (NPR)

SCIENCE AND TECH

• Trump Is Targeting Broadcast Networks. The FCC Is Poised to Help Him. (NOTUS)
• Anthropic to pay authors $1.5 billion in settlement over chatbot training material  (NPR)
• After 10 years of black hole science, Stephen Hawking is proven right (NPR )
• In a major antitrust ruling, a judge lets Google keep Chrome but levies other penalties (NPR)

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August 14, 2025 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH 

• RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development (AP)
• Rabbits with horns in Colorado are being called “Frankenstein bunnies.” Here’s why.
• What to know about chikungunya virus amid new outbreak in China (Good Morning America)

SCIENCE & TECH

• Scientists slam Trump administration climate report as a ‘farce’ full of misinformation  (MSN)
• The iPhone Update That Could Wreck Political Fundraising (Free Press)
• In reversal, Defense Department will continue providing crucial satellite weather data( NPR)
• Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose (NPR)
• A New List Reveals Top Websites Meta Is Scraping of Copyrighted Content to Train Its AI (DropSite)
• Amazon Agrees to a $1 Billion Discount as Tech Titans Rush to Cut Deals With Trump (NOTUS)

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July 14, 2025 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• Major medical associations sue Kennedy, Trump administration health leaders for Covid-19 vaccine changes (CNN)
• Supreme Court preserves Obamacare coverage of preventive healthcare (Politico)
• Gates Foundation commits $1.6B for global vaccine effort after US cuts funding (10 News)
• Trump administration restores funds for HIV prevention following outcry (LA Times)
• Measles on the rise in California: More cases so far this year than all of 2024 
• 'Where's our money?' CDC grant funding is moving so slowly layoffs are happening (NPR)
• Many forget the damage done by diseases like whooping cough, measles and rubella. Not these families (AP)
• RFK Jr. singled out one study to cut funds for global vaccines. Is that study valid?  (NPR)
• US has reclosed its southern border after a flesh-eating parasite is seen further north in Mexico (AP)
• Northern Arizona resident dies from plague  (AP)

SCIENCE AND TECH

• Defense Department will stop providing crucial satellite weather data (NPR)
• Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, started calling itself 'MechaHitler'  (NPR)
• Trump says he has a TikTok buyer. Here are the players who have been vying to buy the app (CNN)

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June 1, 2025 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• COVID variant NB.1.8.1 hits U.S. What to know about symptoms, new booster vaccine restrictions (CBS)
• C.D.C. Contradicts Kennedy and Keeps Advice That Children May Get Covid Shots
• Deep cuts erode the foundations of US public health system, end progress, threaten worse to come  (AP)
• New blood test screens for thousands of rare inherited diseases at once (UPI)
• A dystopian surveillance fear has become reality in Texas (The Guardian)

SCIENCE AND TECH

• AI revolt:  New ChatGPT model refuses to shut down when instructed (The Independent)
• iPhone could triple in price to $3,500 if they’re made in the US, analyst warns (CNN)
• Tropical forests destroyed at fastest recorded rate last year  (BBC)

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May 6, 2025 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• This Infectious Disease Has Increased 1,500% Nationwide: See CA Data (Patch.com)
• The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago, but the battle with Agent Orange continues (AP)
• US Justice Department unit for drug and food safety cases being disbanded (Reuters)
• USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry (AP)

SCIENCE AND TECH

• Amazon launches Project Kuiper satellites designed to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX (CNN)
• New proposed law would require Apple and Google to verify your age before letting you into their app stores (CNN)  
• Where EV batteries go to die—and be reborn (BBC)
• After CalMatters investigation, LinkedIn and Google face lawsuit alleging improper access to health data (Cal Matters)

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April 4, 2025 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• Tuberculosis cases in the US rose to their highest levels in more than a dozen years (AP)
• The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations(ProPublica)
• Vaccine critic’s apparent selection to head HHS autism study shocks experts (Stat)
• Utah becomes the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water (ABC)
•  CDC advisory committees not mandated by law at risk of being terminated (Politico)

SCIENCE AND TECH

• Exclusive: Secretive Chinese network tries to lure fired federal workers, research shows (Reuters)
• Trump shifts cyberattack readiness to state and local governments in wake of info-sharing cuts (CSO)
• Encrypted messaging apps promise privacy. Government transparency is often the price (AP)
•  Humming along in an old church, the Internet Archive is more relevant than ever (NPR)

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March 4, 2025 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• Trump administration firings hit key office handling bird flu response (Politico)
• As measles cases rise in the U.S., some adults may need a vaccine booster   (NPR)
•  FDA links deadly listeria outbreak to frozen nutritional shakes(KPBS)
• Emulsifiers Make Food More Appealing. Do They Also Make You Sick? (Wall St.Journal)
• To solve for doctor shortages, states ease licensing for foreign-trained physicians  (NPR)
• Exercise may help patients with colon cancer live as long as those who never had it, study suggests (CNN)
• RFK Jr. Just Kneecapped the CDC on His First Day (New Republic)
• It's like 'dead birds flying': How bird flu is spreading in the wild (NPR)

SCIENCE AND TECH

• Exclusive: FDA staff reviewing Musk’s Neuralink were included in DOGE employee firings, sources say (Reuters)
• Cryptocurrency exchange says it was victim of $1.5 billion hack (AP)
• Predatory app downloaded 100,000 times from Google Play Store steals data, uses it for blackmail (Malwarebytes)
• Plane that flipped over in Canada highlights some of the dangers of holding kids on your lap  (AP)
• Musk has inside track to take over contract to fix air traffic communications system (AP)
• Elon Musk's DOGE Website Being 'Hacked' Sparks Mockery (Newsweek)

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January 28, 2025 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• Trump funding freeze could disrupt education, housing, disaster aid (Reuters)
• Nonprofits Sue Trump Administration Over Federal Grants Freeze (Democracy Docket)
• How are H5N9 and H5N1 different? What to know after California bird flu outbreak (CBS News)
• FDA recommends pet food companies revisit safety plans amid bird flu outbreak (NBC)  
• CDC staff ordered to cut off communication with WHO  (CBS News)
• Travel, grant and funding cuts ‘stifling’ US health agencies in new Trump era (Guardian)
• Norovirus cases are surging. A doctor explains what to look for (CNN)
• Wall Street Journal labels RFK Jr. ‘dangerous to public health’ ahead of hearings (The Hill)

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Meta and Amazon axe diversity initiatives joining US corporate rollback   (BBC)

U.S. probes hacking campaign that targeted climate activists  (NPR)

The internet is forever. Or is it?  (NPR)

Trump says Microsoft in talks to buy TikTok  (BBC)

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December 16, 2024 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• A twice-yearly shot could help end AIDS. But will it get to everyone who needs it? (AP)
• Hospitals gave patients meds during childbirth, then reported them for illicit drug use (USA Today)
• Brian Thompson’s killing inspired rage – against the healthcare industry (Guardian)
• Wildfire retardant is laden with toxic metals, USC study finds (Los Angeles Times)
• Words Reportedly Written on Bullet Casings Tied to CEO's Killing Echo Scathing Phrase About Insurance Industry (People)
• Anthem BCBS reverses plan to cap anesthesia coverage after time limits  (NPR)
• Record outbreak of dengue fever in Central and South America  (BBC)
• Why these doctors started writing medical 'prescriptions' for solar power  (NPR)

SCIENCE AND TECH

• Arctic Tundra Shifts to Source of Climate Pollution, According to New Report Card (Inside Climate News)
• Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic' (NBC)
• Australia passes social media minimum age law, cracking down on app use by kids under 16 (USA Today)
• What is Bluesky, the ‘up-and-coming’ social platform seen as X alternative (The Hill)

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September 29, 2024 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future

HEALTH

• New COVID variant XEC now in half the states. Here’s what to know. (CBS)
• Utilities must comply with limits on PFAS chemicals by 2029 (NPR)
• A dramatic rise in pregnant women dying in Texas after abortion ban (NBC)
• FDA has new mammography rules regarding breast-tissue density   (NPR)

SCIENCE AND TECH

• It's A good time to revisit what Project 2025 would mean for hurricane forecasts (Huffington Post)
• Death toll from Hurricane Helene mounts as aftermath assessment begins (NPR)
• 'What a perfect world': First private spacewalk a success (BBC)
• Doritos dye makes mice transparent, Invisible humans next? (MSN)

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August 5, 2024 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future

HEALTH

• Shingles vaccines may reduce dementia risk, two large new studies suggest (CNN)
• Texas woman sues prosecutors who charged her with murder after she self-managed an abortion_ (AP)
• Scientists make DNA discovery that could help find pancreatic cancer cure (Guardian)
• Rabies could become a disease of the past. Here's what it would take( NPR)
• A protein called Reelin may help protect brains against aging and Alzheimer’s  (NPR)
• Scientists make DNA discovery that could help find pancreatic cancer cure  (Guardian)
• Rabies could become a disease of the past. Here's what it would take (NPR)

SCIENCE AND TECH

• ‘Astonishing’ Antarctica heat wave sends temperatures 50 degrees above normal (CNN)
• Without backup plans, global IT outages will happen again  (Reuters)
• A manipulated video shared by Musk mimics Harris' voice, raising concerns about AI in politics (AP)
• As Great Salt Lake dries up, it emits millions of tons of CO2   (NPR)

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