It cannot be easy to lead the agency that handles infectious diseases in the midst of an international pandemic. Still, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should at least be able to prove she is up to the task. Dr. Rochelle Walensky has repeatedly proved herself unfit and unreliable. She needs to go.

Appreciating van Leeuwenhoek: The Cloth Merchant Who Discovered Microbes

Genetically Rescued Organism: Toward A Solution For Sudden Oak Death

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) revealed Thursday that he contracted COVID-19 during the Senate's holiday break amid an increase in infections nationwide.

A federal judge in Idaho issued a block on a state law that would ban gender transitions for children before it was set to go into effect Jan. 1.

During my lifetime, there have been numerous seminal breakthroughs in medicine that greatly changed our ability to prevent or treat disease. I have a good idea of what the next ones will be.

The housing market is a grim part of the economy. But allowing homebuilders to meet consumer demand means new residents will come.

Mortgage rates are at their highest levels in 22 years and house prices are at record highs. Hardworking people cannot get on the property ladder, and retirees are struggling to sell in order to downsize. The Biden administration has done little to help alleviate the problem. This Washington Examiner series, Home Economics, will investigate how we got here, the toll on people around the country, and the alternatives people are embracing to survive the market. The last part of this four-part series focuses on the alternatives to traditional fixed-rate mortgages gaining new consideration among prospective home buyers.

One reason Philadelphia workers may choose – or feel compelled – to join a union is the promise of access to special funds to cover healthcare expenses. The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers runs one such fund called the Teacher’s Health and Welfare Fund. The structure is fairly straightforward.

(The Center Square) – What is in store for the Illinois housing market in 2024 is uncertain, but inventories and interest rates are expected to be a major factor.

The LPGA made a successful return to Williamsburg last year, drawing 63,000 fans for the Kingsmill Championship. The tournament, staged last September and won in a memorable nine-hole, sudden-death playoff by Jiyai Shin over Paula Creamer, moves up on the LPGA calendar this year, to May 2-5 at the Kingsmill Resort’s famed River Course.

Langston Golf Course in Washington, D.C., the first golf course built specifically for African-American golfers, will be inducted into the National Black Golf Hall of Fame. The ceremony will take place March 23 in Tampa.

Former winners at Kingsmill, Suzann Pettersen (2007), Karrie Webb (2006), and Se Ri Pak (2004), will join superstar Yani Tseng at the Kingsmill Championship, May 2-5. All four players will participate in the tournament for the first time since 2009. They skipped last year’s event, which ended a two-year hiatus for the LPGA Tour at Kingsmill.

Tiger Woods’ two-stroke penalty in the Masters for an illegal drop left him five shots behind leader Jason Day instead of three. It’s hardly an insurmountable disadvantage considering Woods’ history in the Masters. Going into the third round in his last three Masters victories, Woods was six back (2005), four back (2002), and two back (2000).

Last September in the Kingsmill Championship, winner Jiyai Shin and runner-up Paula Creamer engaged in a riveting, LPGA-record, nine-hole playoff. On Tuesday, the tournament announced both will be back for the event, which has been moved up on the LPGA calendar to May 2-5.

Evan Katz, 14, of the District won his first International Junior Golf Tour event, last weekend in Hershey, Pa. / Courtesy photo

The NBA’s groveling to China has slipped from public view in recent months, but the Washington Wizards are doing what they can to remind everyone that the league is in bed with a genocidal regime.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) and Monumental Sports are announcing a $2 billion sports arena and entertainment district set to be built in the Potomac Yard neighborhood of Alexandria, Virginia.

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser forgot which lines on the D.C. Metro service Capital One Arena while trying to argue against the NBA's Washington Wizards and the NHL's Washington Capitals moving to a new arena in Virginia.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) and other Virginia leaders proudly touted a plan alongside Washington Capitals and Wizards owner Ted Leonsis to bring both teams to a new arena in Alexandria, Virginia, leaving Washington, D.C., leaders scrambling to prevent the move.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) is seeking to address food safety concerns within Virginia, which have become an obstruction for some small-business owners.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s popularity continues to soar, even after voters turned the commonwealth’s general assembly over to Democrats.

Washington, D.C.'s streak of 718 days without heavy snow will not likely be broken anytime soon, even as the rest of the East Coast prepares for a winter storm this weekend.

L.A. County jurors decided largely in favor of a man with silicosis who had to undergo a double lung transplant after years of cutting engineered stone countertops.

With summer break ending, The Times spoke with psychologists about how parents can help their students embrace a back-to-school mindset. Here's their advice.

Even if you're not competing on a world stage, learning to fuel your body and mind like an Olympic or Paralympic athlete may help you boost your own game.

Unprecedented deaths of sea lions along California's Central Coast

Experts warn that a frenzy of data center construction could delay California's transition away from fossil fuels, raise electric bills and increase risk of blackouts

Mental and emotional health is on a par with physical health and financial security when it comes to negative impacts on overall well-being, researchers say.

A California bill that would have imposed regulations on kratom products has been shelved. Kratom is a substance derived from a tree native to Southeast Asia that is sold in the U.S. in powder, capsule and extract form.

Doctors urge people who are experiencing respiratory problems to see a medical professional who can check their symptoms and test to determine what their illness is.

The plant supplies 6% of California's power, yet critics charge the facility is too expensive and too dangerous to continue operating.

Every query on Chat GPT or another artificial intelligence app requires extraordinary amounts of electricity and water. Users have no way of knowing.

An autistic child. The struggle for services. The 911 calls. This is the harrowing story of how one mom scrambled to get help for her son and keep her head above water.

Testing has confirmed H5N1 bird flu outbreaks at three Central Valley dairy farms. Officials say the infections were likely the result of cattle transportation.

MERT is being marketed to families of children with autism. Providers suggest the treatment has been thoroughly studied, but there is little evidence to date of its efficacy.

Dr. Mark Ghaly will be stepping down as head of the California Health and Human Services Agency, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced.

There's no surer way to start a fight than to talk politics with someone who disagrees with you. But UCSB psychologist Tania Israel says it doesn't have to be that way. She sees as an opportunity to help bridge America's political divide.

Aging infrastructure, short-term thinking and ambitions that far exceed its funding are among the problems facing NASA, according to a new report.

Instead of waiting years for their studies and work to be published in academic journals, some climate scientists use social media to extend their reach — and their brand.

An AI chatbot was able to persuade people to reconsider their beliefs in conspiracy theories about the JFK assassination, the moon landing and election fraud.

Two more California dairy herds have been infected by H5N1 bird flu, bringing the state's total to eight.

What did you do last summer? This teenage member of the Sunrise Movement, grieving over climate disasters and unsure about his future, helped blockade the door to JD Vance's Senate office.

Scientists say microscopic black holes could explain the elusive "dark matter" that makes up a quarter of all matter in the universe. But can it be proven?

Kids in California struggle with more cavities than kids in most states, despite Medi-Cal efforts to fix dental care administrative hurdles and focus on prevention.

A new study from Temple University offers an easy road map for how to reframe and conquer regrets, no matter how big or small.

Unless officials take action to develop new medications, drug-resistant infections could kill nearly 2 million people a year in 2050.

Dubbed the 2024 PT5, the 'mini-moon' will orbit Earth for nearly two months. It comes in a season of lunar phenomena.

Samples taken in the pandemic's early weeks reinforce hypothesis that coronavirus emerged from live animal market, not a laboratory, new study says.

Uncontrolled wildfires can be powerful enough to generate their own weather.