Blind Cave Fish Beat Back Diabetes Symptoms That Would Kill People
The Mexican fish may have evolved strategies that could help humans survive an epidemic disease
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The Opioid Crisis is Squeezing Small-Town Finances
Emergency calls, coroner bills and childcare costs add up
WHO Plans Global War on Cholera as Yemen Caseload Soars
Epidemics often flare-up in war zones
A CDC for Africa
But the body modeled after the U.S. agency needs funding
Democrats Urge Full Review of Republicans' 11th-hour attack on Obamacare
The bill has two weeks to advance
Without Price Breaks, Rural Hospitals Struggle to Stock Costly, Lifesaving Drugs
Health care workers wonder if they can adequately care for patients
Many Pediatric Studies Are a Waste of Time
New initiatives aim to lessen the obstacles to finding useful treatments for children
The Social Life of Opioids
New studies strengthen ties between loss, pain and drug use
This Gift Voucher Might Just Get You a Kidney
About 30 hospitals participate in this national program
100 Years after the Lethal 1918 Flu Pandemic, We Are Still Vulnerable
Our public health infrastructure has improved, but without a universal influenza vaccine, a similar virus could result in a worldwide catastrophe
Will the Thawing of Arctic Ice Release Diseases?
Will diseases frozen in Arctic permafrost be released and possibly reanimated by the thawing caused by global warming?
Outbreak of Mosquito-Borne Disease Halts Blood Donation in Rome
Chikungunya can cause painful body aches
Catholic Hospitals are Multiplying, Boosting Their Impact on Reproductive Health Care
Abortions and tubal ligation numbers have dropped
Scientists Urge Caution about Study Linking Flu Vaccine to Some Miscarriages
Authors say result, based on small numbers, contradicts earlier works and prompts deeper digging
Lessons from before Abortion Was Legal
Before 1973, abortion in the U.S. was severely restricted. More than 40 years later Roe v. Wade is under attack, and access increasingly depends on a woman's income or zip code
Women and Men Die of Different Causes in Middle Age
What do most women and men die of?
Former CDC Director Tom Frieden to Launch New Global Health Initiative
He wants to tackle trans fats and lower salt content, among other challenges
Texas Calls in U.S. Air Force to Counter Post-Storm Surge in Mosquitoes
Residents have also been asked to clear any standing water
Meningitis B Vaccine’s High Price Tag Poses a Health Care Conundrum
Most universities do not require the widely-advertised inoculation
