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Three pregnant nurses working on the front lines of the pandemic say it’s a mixture of joy and fear, but they have no plans to stop working and helping people amid the coronavirus pandemic. The three are all nurses at USC Verdugo Hills hospital and all three will be delivering their babies there in March and April.

USC completed a season sweep of the rival Bruins, having beaten them by 18 points last month.

While they say there is joy and fear, they also say the can’t imagine not seeing their coworkers and patients. Kim Baldonado reports March 5, 2021.

A Los Angeles city-run vaccination site will open at the University of Southern California starting Tuesday, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Thursday.

The USC grads landed jobs, but found others struggling, so they started a podcast called “Opportunity Unknown.” Angie Crouch reports March 3, 2021.

USC announced Friday it is planning for a full return to campus life in the fall semester, including in-person classes and residential life.

Former USC running back Ronald Jones II will try to help the Tampa Bay Buccaneers complete their turnaround from having losing records in eight of the previous nine seasons to NFL champions when they face the Kansas City Chiefs Sunday in Super Bowl LV.

COVID-19 “fatigue” is having a negative effect on some protective measures that people are taking to guard against the coronavirus — although mask-wearing is up, according to a new USC survey.

Three out of 10 Los Angeles County residents and nearly half of adults in the U.S. don’t wear protective face masks when they are in close contact with people who live outside their households, according to findings released today of an ongoing study by researchers at USC. The USC Dornsife Understanding Coronavirus in America Study found that 67% of Los...

Humans express a powerful hormone during exercise and that treating mice with the hormone improves physical performance, capacity and fitness, according to a new USC study released Wednesday.

We can learn about the spread of COVID-19 from what is in our wastewater. Carolyn Johnson reported on NBC4 News on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020.

COVID-19 cases are reaching record highs in Southern California. Hospitals and intensive care units are packed as the number of positive tests has soared in recent weeks. But researchers have tracked another indicator, found in our sewer system.

No. 13 Southern California became the sixth Pac-12 team to opt out of a bowl game Saturday, citing a recommendation from team doctors and discussions with players. In an e-mail released to the media, USC said that the decision was made following a recommendation from the USC medical team and with the Trojan football leadership council. A few weeks ago,…

Kedon Slovis and Southern California have been clutch in the fourth quarter this season. But too many mistakes squashed any hopes of the 13th-ranked Trojans claiming their second Pac-12 football title in four years and a shot at a New Year’s Six bowl game. Slovis’ three interceptions top the list of USC gaffes in its 31-24 loss to Oregon...

Oregon didn’t win its Pac-12 division, and it only got into the championship game because Washington had to drop out. The Ducks hadn’t won a game in nearly a month before they took the Coliseum field Friday night. They still ended up celebrating amid confetti and streamers in their rivals’ empty stadium. After yet another display of the big-game...

USC announced Monday it will be able to conduct 100,000 COVID-19 tests per week during the spring semester, a significant increase from the 5,000 a week testing capacity during fall. The new program was spearheaded by the Keck Medicine of USC team in partnership with campus operational teams, according to a letter sent to the USC community from Dr. Sarah…

USC-Stanford Sunday men’s basketball game at the Galen Center has been postponed and team activities will be paused because of a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the Trojans’ program, the university announced.

Kedon Slovis threw an 8-yard touchdown to Amon-Ra St. Brown with 16 seconds left for his fifth passing TD of the game, and No. 16 Southern California rallied from an 18-point, third-quarter deficit to beat UCLA 43-38 on Saturday night. UCLA took a 38-36 lead with 52 seconds remaining on Nicholas Barr-Mira’s 43-yard field goal, but USC (5-0) answered quickly….

Clay Helton walked into the USC Trojans’ locker room and breathed a sigh of relief. Not because his team had just played a dramatic closely fought game, but simply because they were able to play at all. After two weeks, three confirmed positive COVID-19 cases, and over 10 players stuck in quarantine, the USC Trojans finally played football again. “To…