MPX? Mpox? The struggle to replace 'monkeypox' with a name that isn't racist

Deciding to drop an offensive name for a dreaded disease is easier than deciding on a new one.

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MPX? Mpox? The struggle to replace 'monkeypox' with a name that isn't racist

As the threat from monkeypox spreads, experts around the world have pledged to change the disease's name to something that doesn't carry the weight of stigma. But tossing out the old term is easier than deciding on a new one.

This power line could save California — and forever change the American West

Billionaire Phil Anschutz — who owns the Coachella music festival, the Los Angeles Kings hockey team and L.A.'s Crypto.com Arena — is preparing to build the nation's largest wind farm in Wyoming. We traveled the route that will deliver its power to California.

California bans sales of new gas-powered cars by 2035. Now the real work begins

California has led the nation in auto emissions regulation since the 1960s. The state's latest mandate forces automakers to phase out gasoline and diesel cars, sport utility vehicles, minivans and pickup trucks in favor of cleaner versions powered by batteries or fuel cells.

Bones, sweat and years: What it takes to dig up a dinosaur

Dinosaur remains are more vulnerable during excavation than at any point since the animal died 150 million years ago. Get sloppy with the chisel and a few priceless eons of natural history could crumble under your work gloves.

As global health threats evolved, the CDC didn't

Infectious disease control may be in CDC's DNA, but the agency's capabilities have not evolved to keep up with the faster speed and higher stakes of germs in the modern world. Failure to improve could spell extinction for the organization that has long been a model for the world.

Rise of monkeypox worries L.A. sex workers: 'It feels like we are seen as disposable'

As monkeypox has proliferated in Los Angeles and across the country, sex workers have fretted about how to keep themselves safe from a virus that can cause excruciating lesions and force people to isolate for weeks.

Proposal to put abortion protections in California Constitution appears headed for victory

Eight in 10 California voters say abortion is an important issue as they decide how to vote in congressional, state and local races this November, and 71% say they plan to vote Yes on Proposition 1, which would to enshrine reproductive rights in the state Constitution.

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MPX? Mpox? The struggle to replace 'monkeypox' with a name that isn't racist

Deciding to drop an offensive name for a dreaded disease is easier than deciding on a new one.

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