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FILE - Students at Stuyvesant High School leave after classes end for the week, March 13, 2020, in New York. Schools across America are racing to make up for lost classroom time, budgeting billions of dollars for tutoring, summer camps and longer school days. But figuring out which students need help has become its own challenge after the pandemic left holes in some students' learning records. New York City is adding three rounds of testing this year, hoping to pinpoint which students are behind and where.

Science says teens need more sleep. So why is it so hard to start school later?

FILE - Students at Stuyvesant High School leave after classes end for the week, March 13, 2020, in New York. Schools across America are racing to make up for lost classroom time, budgeting billions of dollars for tutoring, summer camps and longer school days. But figuring out which students need help has become its own challenge after the pandemic left holes in some students' learning records. New York City is adding three rounds of testing this year, hoping to pinpoint which students are behind and where.

November 11, 2023, 5:46am Health

High school classes start so early around this city that some kids get on buses at 5:30 in the morning. Read story

Drumboxing, which instructor John Wakefield says hones focus and resilience, includes a wind-down session that could be considered what he terms &ldquo;meditation in motion.&rdquo; (Photos by Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)

Drumboxing gains fans

Drumboxing, which instructor John Wakefield says hones focus and resilience, includes a wind-down session that could be considered what he terms &ldquo;meditation in motion.&rdquo; (Photos by Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)

November 11, 2023, 5:21am Health

It’s an early Wednesday morning, and I’m about to work out — my noggin. Read story

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Clark County sheriff’s deputies: Man arrested after false report of active shooter at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center prompted lockdown

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November 10, 2023, 5:11pm Clark County Health

Clark County sheriff’s deputies arrested a man they say texted a false report of an active shooter Friday at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center, prompting a lockdown. Read story

Veterans’ health care coverage expanded by Biden administration

November 10, 2023, 3:34pm Health

Ahead of Veterans Day, Biden administration officials said Friday that the Department of Veterans Affairs will expand health care coverage for certain groups of veterans and their families and create new programs meant to make care more accessible. Read story

This combination of photos provided by NYU Langone Health in November 2023 shows Aaron James before and after his high-voltage electricity accident and after a facial and eye transplant. The NYU team announced Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, that so far, James is recovering well from the dual transplant in May and the donated eye looks remarkably healthy.

In first, man gets whole new eye

This combination of photos provided by NYU Langone Health in November 2023 shows Aaron James before and after his high-voltage electricity accident and after a facial and eye transplant. The NYU team announced Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, that so far, James is recovering well from the dual transplant in May and the donated eye looks remarkably healthy.

November 9, 2023, 9:01pm Health

Surgeons have performed the world’s first transplant of an entire human eye, an extraordinary addition to a face transplant — although it’s far too soon to know if the man will ever see through his new left eye. Read story

FILE - Instructional materials are posted on a wall of a kindergarten class in Maryland on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. The proportion of U.S. kindergartners exempted from school attendance vaccination requirements has hit its highest level ever, 3%, U.S. health officials said Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023.

US childhood vaccination exemptions reach their highest level ever

FILE - Instructional materials are posted on a wall of a kindergarten class in Maryland on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. The proportion of U.S. kindergartners exempted from school attendance vaccination requirements has hit its highest level ever, 3%, U.S. health officials said Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023.

November 9, 2023, 3:28pm Health

The proportion of U.S. kindergartners exempted from school vaccination requirements has hit its highest level ever, 3 percent, U.S. health officials said Thursday. Read story

Service Employees International Union member set up in front of the Kaiser Permanente's Cascade Park Medical Office on Mill Plain Boulevard on Wednesday morning. Members said they are fighting for livable wages and increased staffing.

Washington Kaiser workers ratify contract that includes 17-25% pay increase for every union member

Service Employees International Union member set up in front of the Kaiser Permanente's Cascade Park Medical Office on Mill Plain Boulevard on Wednesday morning. Members said they are fighting for livable wages and increased staffing.

November 9, 2023, 2:02pm Business

Members of the union representing Kaiser Permanente workers across Washington, have voted to ratify a new contract agreement, the union announced Thursday. Read story

Kaiser Permanent workers picket Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, in Baldwin Park, Calif.

Kaiser Permanente workers ratify contract after strike over wages and staffing levels

Kaiser Permanent workers picket Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, in Baldwin Park, Calif.

November 9, 2023, 11:17am Business

Tens of thousands of health care workers have ratified a new four-year contract with industry giant Kaiser Permanente following a strike over wages and staffing levels, the parties announced Thursday. Read story