Scientists expand research on deep rooted plants’ ability to remove carbon from the atmosphere ...

SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO — The Salk Institute in La Jolla has unexpectedly decided to delay construction of a $250 million science and technology center by three years, possibly affecting its plans to ...

The cheers that greeted State Surgeon General Joseph Ladopo's announcement that Florida would become the first state to end vaccine mandates reminded us of a moment captured on film 70 years ago when ...

Most American parents today can't fathom the horror that summers brought during the first half of the 20th century. Summer meant polio season, and whole communities waited in dread for an outbreak to ...

A nationwide trial of an experimental vaccine using school children as virtual guinea pigs would be unthinkable in the United States today. But that's exactly what happened in 1954 when frantic ...

Polio is a highly infectious viral disease that invades the nervous system and can trigger total paralysis in a matter of hours. It mainly targets children under age 5, and at one time disabled and ...

As Dr. Darrell Salk waited in line to receive his first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, he realized he had been in a similar situation about 60 years ago. The 73-year-old retired doctor and geneticist ...

The Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla has unexpectedly delayed construction of a $250 million science and technology center by three years. “We have substantial but finite financial ...