L.A. Times - Science

California has set aside about $165 million in vouchers to subsidize the purchase of the Tesla Semi — an electric vehicle that critics say is still not road-worthy.

Recent news of more than 30 cases of mushroom-related illness and death has prompted some Southern Californians to seek a mushroom education.

U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters reintroduces a bill that would require refiners to find alternatives to MHF within five years, or be fined per infraction.

Experts say the jury is still out on whether TrumpRx will lead to significant savings on drug prices, though it will likely help people who need medications not commonly covered by insurance.

Tens of thousands of middle-class Californians now face higher health insurance premiums after Congress let enhanced federal subsidies expire Dec. 31.

San Francisco public health officials issued a health advisory after identifying a tuberculosis outbreak in a private Catholic high school.

Tech advances already show a future of testing in which we might not have to suffer and die while waiting for systems that don't work.

The Department of Education warned that San José State risks "imminent enforcement action" if it doesn't voluntarily resolve the Title IX violations by taking action five ways.

A new study found that by 2035, almost 50% of Americans will be medically obese. In 1990, that number was just 20%. Nonwhite Americans are much more likely to suffer.

Thousands in California who rely on the state-run health insurance marketplace face premiums that are thousands of dollars higher as federal subsidies expire.

Assemblymember John Harabedian is introducing new legislation that would create statewide science-based standards for the testing and removal of contamination left by wildfires.

America's pediatricians and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were once in lockstep on how vaccines impact child health. Not anymore.

Rob Caughlan, an early leader of the coastal advocacy group Surfrider and a longtime California political activist, dies at the age of 82.

The students of Palisades Charter High School are set to return to classes after the school district said its tests have cleared the grounds of contamination. But there are concerns about the efficacy of the testing protocols.

Under Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Trump administration's health agencies have muddled vaccine messaging. The result is that vaccine-preventable diseases like measles are surging in the U.S.