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SAN DIEGO

Half of young daily vapers now reach for the strongest nicotine, UC San Diego study finds

By 2022, 49.2 percent of Americans ages 18 to 24 who vaped daily were using e-cigarettes at 4 percent nicotine or higher, up from about 3 percent in 2017. The UC San Diego led analysis, published Tuesday in Tobacco Control, ties the high-strength products to deeper dependence and lower odds of quitting.

San Diego Chronicle · Oct. 21

LA JOLLA

Ten things to know about a very strong El Niño, from the scientists on the La Jolla bluff

In a briefing published Tuesday, Scripps Institution of Oceanography gathered its climate scientists, oceanographers and biologists on the Pacific warming event now building: record warm water already off San Diego, sea levels at Scripps Pier running about a foot above normal, stressed kelp, and a winter whose rain is likely but not promised.

San Diego Chronicle · Oct. 21

LA JOLLA

A national rare-disease center, in San Diego's backyard

UC San Diego and Rady Children's Health were named a NORD Rare Disease Center of Excellence on September 21, joining a 49-center national network.

San Diego Chronicle · Sept. 27