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Peter Buxtun dies at 86; one-time public health worker blew whistle on Tuskegee syphilis study
![In his complaints to federal health officials, Buxtun drew comparisons between the Tuskegee study and medical experiments Nazi doctors had conducted on Jews and other prisoners. In his complaints to federal health officials, Buxtun drew comparisons between the Tuskegee study and medical experiments Nazi doctors had conducted on Jews and other prisoners.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SJM-L-OBBUXTUN-0706.jpg?w=517)
In his complaints to federal health officials, Buxtun drew comparisons between the Tuskegee study and medical experiments Nazi doctors had conducted on Jews and other prisoners.
Coronavirus
![A line chart showing the COVID positivity rate spiking since in June and early July of 2024. A line chart showing the COVID positivity rate spiking since in June and early July of 2024.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/snapshot-1720828167687@2x-e1720828247115.png?w=587)
California’s COVID positivity rate is now just shy of record high from the past 12 months
Statewide, the COVID positivity rate continues to skyrocket.
Vaccines
![An out-of-state resident traveled to three locations while contagious with the viral disease last week. An out-of-state resident traveled to three locations while contagious with the viral disease last week.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Measles-Cases.jpg?w=525)
Measles warning: Sites where contagious person went in South Bay and Santa Cruz
An out-of-state resident traveled to three locations while contagious with the viral disease last week.
Medicine
![Major drugstore chains, including CVS (CVS) and Rite Aid, have struggled in recent years because of declining profits from filling prescriptions. Major drugstore chains, including CVS (CVS) and Rite Aid, have struggled in recent years because of declining profits from filling prescriptions.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cnn-L19jb21wb25lbnRzL2ltYWdlL2luc3RhbmNlcy9jbHh4Njh0dWwwMDA1M2I2a2l2Z2RvcGZ4-L19jb21wb25lbnRzL2FydGljbGUvaW5zdGFuY2VzL2NseHg2MzR0MDAwMHd2cnFsYzIxajNsNzQ.jpg?w=525)
Walgreens will close a ‘significant’ number of its 8,600 US locations
Major drugstore chains, including CVS (CVS) and Rite Aid, have struggled in recent years because of declining profits from filling prescriptions.
Health Care
![A Riverside County optometrist was arrested and charged earlier this month after he was allegedly caught on video by an online vigilante group three years ago attempting to meet a 14-year-old boy in San Diego County for sex. A Riverside County optometrist was arrested and charged earlier this month after he was allegedly caught on video by an online vigilante group three years ago attempting to meet a 14-year-old boy in San Diego County for sex.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/generic-arrest-crime-scene-08.jpg?w=526)
California optometrist turned in by vigilante group on suspicion of seeking sex from a minor
A Riverside County optometrist was arrested and charged earlier this month after he was allegedly...