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He smiles back at a reporter as she smiles and mouths the word “hello.” It’s an expression that belies both his official mental status — he’s believed to be non-responsive — and his circumstance. Read More »
Health
Opting out of vaccines: blame the internet
The reasons parents in California are choosing not to immunize their kids today is partly due to what they find on the Internet, including a study that incorrectly linked vaccines to autism. Read More »
A man they call Sixty-Six Garage: on life support for 15 years in Coronado
By Joanne Faryon/inewsource They call him Garage for short. His full name is Sixty-Six Garage — after the place the van he was traveling in was taken after it crashed near the Mexican border about 100 miles east of San Diego in June 1999. Or so the story goes. No one knows for sure, but it’s the lore ... Read More »
Wiping out diseases with vaccines makes their horrors a distant memory
Is a collective amnesia over the horrors of measles, polio and whooping cough responsible for fewer vaccinations? Read More »
Fewer vaccinations threaten San Diego’s collective immunity
Immunologists are raising the alarm about what they say is our collective amnesia over the damage these diseases have wrought in the past. Read More »
5 Things to Know About Whooping Cough
With the disease making a comeback, here's what you should probably know... Read More »
More Teens Getting Whooping Cough Since Vaccine Change
A change in the whooping cough vaccine may be contributing to more teens getting the illness. Read More »
Record number of whooping cough cases in San Diego County despite immunization
So far this year, 1,855 positive cases have been recorded in San Diego County, with more than 80 percent of the people up to date on their whooping cough shots. Read More »
Another family makes claim on John Doe on life support
Another woman, this time from Northern California, believes a John Doe who has been on life support for more than 14 years at the Villa Coronado Skilled Nursing Facility may be her missing brother. She is the second person in the past three months to come forward, believing he is a lost relative, and the seventh to make such a ... Read More »
Justice Elusive in San Diego State Sexual Assault Case
It was after midnight when Jennifer ran out of the fraternity house crying, frantic and barefoot -- trying to get away. Read More »