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Hollywood Beach Neighbors Oppose Impacts from Army Corps of Engineers Proposal

August 10, 2025 9:36 pm Tracy Lehr, Mina Wahab

VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. – Hollywood Beach homeowners have plastered their Ventura County neighborhood near Oxnard with signs opposing an Army Corps of… Continue Reading

Police officer David Rose who was shot and killed during a shooting on Emory University's campus.

Gunman in CDC shooting tried to leave building before taking his own life, source says

August 10, 2025 4:12 am CNN

CNN, WANF, WXIA, WSB, DEVON SAYERS, MAKIA JONES, GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, BIODIGITAL , NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, BIODIGITAL / NATIONAL… Continue Reading

Gunman in CDC shooting tried to leave building before taking his own life, source says

August 10, 2025 2:18 am CNN Newsource

By Dalia Faheid, Ryan Young, Brenda Goodman, Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The gunman in the fatal attack on the US Centers for Disease Control… Continue Reading

Fish Consumption Advisory issued for species of black bass in Lake Cachuma

August 8, 2025 2:21 pm Andrew Gillies

LAKE CACHUMA, Calif. – A fish consumption advisory was issued for Lake Cachuma after unsafe levels of mercury were detected in species of black bass… Continue Reading

Direct Relief details free N95 mask distribution locations across Santa Barbara County as area fires continue to send up plumes of smoke and ash

August 8, 2025 1:47 pm News Channel 3-12

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – The press release below, in English and Spanish, from Direct Relief details free N95 mask distribution sites as the… Continue Reading

Your orange juice may soon have a little less sugar, if FDA rule is enacted

August 8, 2025 12:17 pm CNN Newsource

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — The orange juice at grocery stores could have a little bit less sugar if a proposed regulation goes into… Continue Reading

Air Quality Alert issued for Ventura County Following Canyon Fire

August 8, 2025 10:56 am News Channel 3-12

Below is a press release from the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District regarding a Air Quality Alert. VENTURA, Calif. – The Ventura… Continue Reading

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. takes the stage during a campaign rally in Warren

Cutting federal funds for mRNA vaccine leaves the US vulnerable, experts say

August 8, 2025 4:57 am CNN Newsource

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — This week, President Donald Trump called Operation Warp Speed, a public-private federal program that helped… Continue Reading

Here are good and bad ultraprocessed foods, according to the American Heart Association

August 8, 2025 2:00 am CNN Newsource

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Step aside, MAHA. The country’s largest heart-health organization has just released its long-awaited… Continue Reading

A former FDA chief’s ‘brilliant’ move to test the agency’s commitment to making America healthy

August 7, 2025 6:41 pm CNN Newsource

By Sarah Owermohle, Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — The former head of the US Food and Drug Administration is testing the Trump administration’s… Continue Reading

How to spot greenwashing and buy actual green products

August 7, 2025 8:13 am CNN Newsource

By Riane Lumer, CNN (CNN) — Is water in a box really better for the environment? What about sneakers labeled eco-friendly? How about… Continue Reading

80-year-old ‘SuperAger’ brain operates like that of a 50-year-old. Here’s why

August 7, 2025 5:49 am CNN Newsource

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — The human brain shrinks as it ages, affecting the ability to remember — it’s part of life. Yet there are a… Continue Reading

Experimental GLP-1 pill helped people with obesity lose weight, Eli Lilly says

August 7, 2025 3:30 am CNN Newsource

By Amanda Sealy, CNN (CNN) — In the first Phase 3 trial of its once-daily oral GLP-1 pill in people with obesity, drugmaker Eli Lilly said… Continue Reading

More than half of the calories US kids and adults consume are from ultraprocessed foods

August 6, 2025 9:01 pm CNN Newsource

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Most of the American diet is comprised of calories from ultraprocessed foods, which have been linked to a… Continue Reading

Scientists say it may be possible to protect aging brains from Alzheimer’s with an old remedy — lithium

August 6, 2025 7:58 pm CNN Newsource

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — In a major new finding almost a decade in the making, researchers at Harvard Medical School say they’ve found… Continue Reading

UCSB Scientists Use Light to Discover Promising New Antivirals

August 6, 2025 11:13 am Patricia Martellotti

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Scientists at UC Santa Barbara are using light in a new way to fight viruses. Through a method known as optogenetics,… Continue Reading

What you should know about metabolism, according to a nutrition scientist

August 6, 2025 11:32 am CNN Newsource

By Lauren Kim (CNN)— Think speeding up your metabolism is key to losing weight? Metabolism has grown into one of the biggest buzzwords in the… Continue Reading

A massive US measles outbreak has slowed but the start of the school year brings renewed risk of spread

August 6, 2025 10:33 am CNN Newsource

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Texas hasn’t reported a new outbreak-related measles case in nearly a month — a hopeful sign that one of… Continue Reading

Medical staff prepare a syringe with the Pfizer-BioNTech biologic in Mexico City. The US Health and Human Services is “winding down” its mRNA vaccine development.

HHS slashes funding for mRNA vaccine development

August 6, 2025 8:04 am CNN

CNN By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — US Health and Human Services is “winding down” its mRNA vaccine development and will instead fund other… Continue Reading

Do you need to cleanse your body of parasites? A doctor explains the social media fad

August 6, 2025 3:48 am CNN Newsource

By Faye Chiu, CNN (CNN) — Lately, social media feeds have been crawling with testimonials about “parasite cleanses” and DIY worm detoxes.… Continue Reading

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