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Malaysia emerged as a major destination for U.S. waste after China banned U.S. waste imports in 2018.

California has already reported more measles cases this year than in all of 2024, a worrisome development that comes as the nation is suffering its largest outbreak of the super-infectious disease in decades.

Federal officials are reporting the lowest numbers of gray whales counted since the 1970s. More than 20 have died in S.F. Bay this year.

The Trump administration threatened to punish the hospital if it continued to serve these patients. That's no way to decide what medical services patients will receive.

A new study assessed some 40,000 foods and beverages, and found that nearly 20% had synthetic food dyes.

Indirect costs are fat targets for budget slashers, but beware: They make science possible. They don't pay for the chromatograph I use in my experiments, but they do pay for the electricity to run it.

Newsom has called for a future free of plastic waste, yet a single-use plastic bottle is usually by his side during his podcasts.

Many Southern California residents are skipping healthcare out of fear of ICE arrests and deportation, according to clinic workers in the state.

The union representing workers at a UC Davis lab key to California's efforts to test and track bird flu infections in livestock has sued the university,

A new study found that the gap in life expectancy between American Indians and Alaska Natives and the national average was 2.9 times greater than official U.S. statistics.