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We're coming for you, near-Earth objects.

Domoic acid outbreak killing and sickening marine mammals and birds along Southern California coast.

The Tuolumne County Public Health Department on Wednesday confirmed two cases of measles in the county. An adult and child under 18 were infected with the highly contagious disease after traveling internationally.

Honoring a patient's death can be life-affirming. That's the ethos behind an UCLA initiative to support patients, their families and unit staff during the dying process.

A new strain of bird flu -- H7N9 -- is detected in at a poultry farm; scientists learn past human flu exposure may provide some immunity to H5N1.

The EPA administrator says he is rolling back dozens of environmental rules, including those crucial to California programs on climate change and electric vehicles, and closing offices that worked to lower pollution in poor communities.

New research shows the H5N1 bird flu virus is more widespread in cattle than had previously been reported.

Tense, public squabbles between SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and NASA have stirred the space industry, but behind the scenes, space science has continued business as (almost) normal.

A Los Angeles County resident who traveled through LAX was confirmed to have the measles. Here is a list of the places the person visited after the airport.

As part of the nationwide Stand Up for Science protest, scientists from USC and UCLA marched to oppose federal policies they say is damaging to science and medicine.