Los Angeles Times14 hours agoWhen it comes to preventing COVID-19 deaths, ‘how we feel about each other matters’verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Melissa HealyThe United States has the dubious distinction of suffering the highest COVID-19 mortality rate among the world’s high-income countries. But that national average — 372 deaths per 100,000 people as of last summer — hides the fact that pandemic outcomes differed greatly from state to state. In a …
Los Angeles Times1 day agoOpinion: My pregnancy caused crushing pain. Why didn’t my doctors think that was a problem?verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Tiphanie YaniqueWhen I was pregnant with my second child, the pain in my pelvis was extraordinary. “It’s normal,” my white obstetrician said. I told her I had never felt such pain. She instructed me to walk with small steps, “like a geisha.” When giving birth, I again said that something was wrong. My pubic bone …
Los Angeles Times3 days agoGordon E. Moore, Intel founder and creator of Moore’s Law, dies at 94verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Ashley DunnGordon E. Moore, co-founder of Intel Corp. and creator of Moore’s Law — the mantra of boundless technological development that came to define the digital age — has died at age 94. Moore died Friday at his home in Hawaii, according to the company and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. From humble …
Los Angeles Times3 days agoCOVID is still out there. Here’s what to do if you get it nowverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Jessica RoyThe government is ready to declare COVID-19 over: The nationwide state of emergency is set to end on May 11. In California, the state of emergency concluded in February. Johns Hopkins University shut down its nationwide COVID-19 data tracking this month. But COVID-19 isn’t gone. Though cases and …
Los Angeles Times3 days agoColumn: Biden says he wants to bring down drug prices. His actions tell a different storyverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Michael HiltzikYou might get the impression from the Biden administration’s insulin price cut and its initiative allowing Medicare to negotiate over other pharmaceuticals that the drug pricing issue is finally being taken seriously in Washington. Sadly, no. The evidence that nothing much has changed arrived just …
Los Angeles Times6 days agoPotentially deadly fungus spreading rapidly across California, CDC saysverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Noah GoldbergA potentially deadly, drug-resistant fungus is spreading rapidly across the United States, with California seeing the second-most cases of any state in the last year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC announced Monday that the fungus — called Candida auris or C. …
