Tuberculosis

Harlequin ladybird can be a pest in disguise

2013-05-18 05:00:00

The harlequin ladybird was once a stalwart ally of greenhouse growers around the world. Native to Japan, Korea and other parts of eastern Asia, the bright red ladybugs were prized for their aphid-eating abilities — until they caused serious declines...

USAID develops a bad reputation among some foreign leaders

2013-05-06 20:00:00

WASHINGTON — When Bolivian President Evo Morales expelled the U.S. Agency for International Development from his impoverished country last week, he complained that Washington "still has a mentality of domination and submission" in the region. It...

South African ruling party criticized over video of frail Mandela

2013-04-30 09:21:00

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South Africa’s ruling African National Congress on Tuesday defended a controversial decision to allow the broadcast on television of a video of an unsmiling Nelson Mandela, looking frail, pallid and uncomfortable, as...

The Bronte Society corrects a grave error

2013-04-30 09:50:00

Anne Bronte, younger sister of Charlotte and Emily, has a new gravestone, the BBC reported Tuesday. The new plaque corrects a 164-year-old error on the original.� Anne, author of the novels "Agnes Grey" and "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" as well as a...

The ex-presidents club

2013-04-25 00:00:00

As former President George W. Bush, joined by President Obama and three living former presidents, dedicates his library this week in Dallas, it's important to remember that presidential libraries are relatively new. In 1941, while he was still in office,...

Pictures in the News | April 17, 2013

2013-04-17 09:04:25

Setting Times stories to music: From Johnny Cash to Morrissey

2013-04-20 10:02:00

I'm at Coachella this weekend, where maybe I'll try to do the story-song combo in reverse order: hear a song, and try to think of a story that fits it. My mind is already full of possibilities. For the Stone Roses' "I Wanna Be Adored" (probably my all-...

Barlow Hospital's overreach

2013-04-14 00:00:00

The leafy and historic neighborhoods just north of downtown Los Angeles feature bungalows perched on steep hillsides, businesses huddled on commercial streets and an iconic baseball stadium. But all are dominated by Elysian Park, the 600-acre expanse that...

Pope Francis has only one lung. Is it enough?

2013-03-14 12:00:00

His predecessor was the first pope to retire due to deteriorating health -- a condition no doubt exacerbated by frequent world travel and a demanding schedule. Yet at age 76, Pope Francis arrives at the Vatican with his own medical history....

Whittier High students tested for tuberculosis

2013-02-27 09:14:18

Downtown L.A. TB outbreak: LAPD urges officers to wear masks

2013-02-25 13:54:20

Student gets 140 days for threatening to bomb O.C. school

2013-02-24 22:14:15

The Henryton complex, originally built in 1922 as a sanitarium for African-Americans with tuberculosis. Closed since 1985, there've been 70 fires there over the past decade. The abandoned buildings are slated for demolition.

2013-05-01 17:21:00

Barlow Respiratory Hospital opened more than a century ago as a tuberculosis sanitarium and now functions as a highly regarded long-term care facility for people suffering from severe respiratory illnesses.

2013-04-12 18:06:20

The Henryton complex, originally built in 1922 as a sanitarium for African-Americans with tuberculosis. Four decades later it was employed as a facility for developmentally disabled adults.

2013-03-27 00:00:00