LA Post: Top headlines on health and wellness

Health|Science|Sports

What it’s like to live with – and lose – a loved one with CTE

August 30, 2026

Arts|Health

Pakistan will award nurse for saving the sole newborn survivor of a hospital nursery fire

A Pakistani nurse who rescued the sole surviving newborn from a hospital fire that killed 14 other infants will receive one of the country’s top civil awards

August 30, 2026

Volunteers rescue climber stranded on small ledge in California's Sierra Nevada

Volunteers rescued a climber who was stranded on a ledge in the Sierra Nevada in an operation that spanned more than 15 hours

August 30, 2026

Arts|Asia|Environment|Health|World

Nepal-China flood survivors reach safe areas as families await news of nearly 3,000 missing

Poor weather temporarily hampered aerial rescue operations in Nepal as the search for thousands of missing people in areas devastated by catastrophic flash floods along the border with China entered its fourth day

August 29, 2026

Arts|Health|Travel

7-year-old boy and mother from Illinois, struck by lightning while camping in Wisconsin

August 30, 2026

Rival factions stand off in Niger capital after mutineers attack airport, presidency

Mutinous soldiers in Niger attacked the airport and the presidency in the capital, Niamey, early on Saturday, triggering hours of gunfire and explosions and briefly knocking

August 29, 2026

Health|MidEast|Political|World

Netanyahu condemns rioters after weeks of West Bank settler violence, and other Middle East news

Israel’s prime minister has spoken out after weeks of settler violence in the occupied West Bank and condemned the criminal actions of a “handful of rioters.”

August 29, 2026

Crime|Health

8 officials suspended after probe into Pakistan hospital fire that killed 14 newborns

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered the suspension of eight officials and criminal proceedings after a fire killed 14 newborns at an Islamabad hospital

August 29, 2026

Health

What college students really need in their first aid kits

August 29, 2026

Trump is staking out extreme positions on White House secrecy, legal experts say

August 29, 2026

Health|Science

Why it can take time and effort to find the right meds to help mental health

August 29, 2026

Crime|Health

As jurors deliberate in the Lindsay Clancy trial, here are key moments they may be considering

Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder case are trying to decide whether the former labor and delivery nurse is criminally responsible for killing her three children at her Massachusetts home in 2023

August 29, 2026

Trump says US is taking partial control of Venezuela's vast oil reserves

President Donald Trump on Friday announced an unprecedented U.S. push to take control of a fifth of Venezuela's vast oil reserves, betting that American companies

August 29, 2026

Health|Political|Technology

Mom who lost daughter to social media addiction says Meta settlement is a turning point

August 27, 2026

Health|Science

Measles deaths reported in Pennsylvania spark fight among politicians and health officials

The recent announcement of Pennsylvania’s first measles-related deaths in decades has ignited a public feud among politicians and health officials who disagree over the role of the contagious disease in the fatalities

August 29, 2026

Jury in Lindsay Clancy trial ends second day of deliberations without a verdict

Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial have ended a second day of deliberations without a verdict

August 28, 2026

Environment|Health|Science

Surge in sick sea lions prompts investigation

August 29, 2026

Environment|Health|Science

Orphaned bear cub treated for beanbag round wound

August 29, 2026

Trump asks Supreme Court to uphold military’s ban on transgender service members

August 29, 2026

US diplomats and family members slowly begin to return to the Mideast embassies

American diplomats and at least some of their family members are beginning to return to U.S. embassies in the Middle East

August 29, 2026

Arts|Crime|Health

Jurors are excused without reaching a verdict in Lindsay Clancy murder trial

Jurors have been excused for the day after not yet reaching a verdict in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial

August 28, 2026

Health|Science

RFK Jr. and Josh Shapiro feud over measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania

August 28, 2026

Woman dies after tree falls on camper during severe storms

August 29, 2026

Business|Economy|Health|Science|Technology

Juul gets OK to sell updated vaping device with age-gating technology

E-cigarette maker Juul Labs has received U.S. permission to sell an updated version of its vaping device

August 29, 2026

Environment|Health|Science

A family's weekend at lake turns into carbon monoxide nightmare

August 29, 2026

US judge questions but won't yet block Trump's new birthright citizenship order

A federal judge on Friday declined to immediately block U.S.

August 28, 2026

Environment|Health|Science

There could be toxins in your baby’s diaper — and it’s not poop

August 29, 2026

Economy|Environment|Health

In Puerto Rico, even when it doesn’t rain, it pours

August 28, 2026

Business|Health

Walmart settles US government's opioid lawsuit, which sought billions, for $50 million

Walmart will pay $50 million to settle a U.S. government lawsuit accusing the nation's largest retailer of fueling a nationwide opioid epidemic by unlawfully

August 28, 2026

Even Cuba's stray cats are feeling the heat as crisis deepens

Cuban Gabriela Lopez runs a rescue center called Aldameros that would melt the heart of any cat lover.

August 28, 2026

Economy|Health|Science

Black lung rates soar in Appalachia, residents say more needs to be done

August 28, 2026

A Dutch institute issues a 'Red Alert' over potentially lethal Trump-shaped ecstasy pills

A respected drug and mental health institute in the Netherlands is warning about potentially lethal ecstasy pills shaped like U.S. President Donald Trump's head

August 28, 2026

Trump used to say he saw a quick end to his Iran war, but 6 months later he claims he's in no hurry

President Donald Trump marks an awkward moment in his second White House term as the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran reaches the six-month mark

August 28, 2026

Health|Science

With the snip of a gene, scientists hope to erase high cholesterol for life

August 28, 2026

Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo spreads to 2 new health zones with a total of 60 areas now affected

Congo government figures show that the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has spread to two new health zones in eastern Congo

August 28, 2026

Health|Science|Technology

FDA approves updated Covid-19 vaccines

August 28, 2026

Health|Science

‘Must I take all my antibiotics?’ Why infectious disease experts are rethinking this longstanding rule

For some illnesses, shorter courses of antibiotics work just as well as longer ones, but researchers are still working out the ideal timescales for many infections – and it may not line up with when you feel better.

August 28, 2026

Immigration enforcement is supplying a long-standing economic market for prisoners

Rural places have long built and expanded prisons to tap federal funds during hard times.

August 28, 2026

Business|Health|Science|Technology

Success after a century of failures: Inside Moderna and Merck's cancer vaccine breakthrough

Stephane Bancel, CEO of Moderna, was at a Lebanese restaurant celebrating a friend’s birthday late on August 13 when he got the call.

August 28, 2026

Health|Sports

Professional gaming is brutal on the body – inside the growing field of treating esports injuries

Gamers face eye strain, repetitive-use conditions, back problems and even blood clots. Lessons from music, dance and car racing can help prevent and treat these injuries.

August 28, 2026

Health|Science

As a measles outbreak escalates in Pennsylvania’s Amish Country, exposures rattle people at risk

August 28, 2026

Arts|Business|Health|Science

Beloved New Orleans hospital, wracked by floods and grief in Hurricane Katrina, to get a makeover

A beloved New Orleans hospital building where doctors and nurses heroically treated patients without electricity after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 is poised for redevelopment

August 28, 2026