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Although Climate Change Might Seem Like a Far-Off Problem, It Is Already Impacting Our Health
As the largest source of human-produced greenhouse gases, the energy sector is at the forefront of efforts to curb emissions.
Why Heart Surgery May be Better in the Afternoon
Operations after noon have fewer bad outcomes
What the White House's Opioid Emergency Declaration Means
The move makes it easier for treatment to be prescribed remotely, but does not allocate more money for the crisis
A Start-Up Wants to Calm You Down with a Cardiac Drug You Pop Like a Mint
A company called Kick wants to market to the masses a heart medication that would be used for reversing stage fright. Some medical professionals are getting agitated
Plague Kills 124 in Madagascar
The island nation is battling the deadliest form of the disease
California Gun Injuries Spike after Nevada Gun Shows
Firearm deaths and injuries went up in California communities after gun shows in neighboring Nevada—but not after more strictly regulated California gun shows. Christopher Intagliata reports...
Mosquitoes to Other Flying Insects: Do You Even Generate Lift?
Mosquitos stealthily float off us after filling up, by virtue of fast wingbeats that generate almost instant lift with only an imperceptible additional push from the legs. ...
Sleeping Sickness Can Now be Cured with Pills
Researchers are seeking approval from regulators for this quicker, easier treatment
How Ether Transformed Surgery from a Race against the Clock
Before anesthesia, surgeons battled patient agony during each procedure. But another foe awaited them next: postoperative infection
Engulfed in Opioid Deaths, Ohio Turns to Science
State attempts to accelerate high-tech solutions after treatment and law enforcement fail to stem overdose fatalities
Maryn McKenna's Big Chicken, Part 2
Award-winning journalist Maryn McKenna talks about her latest book, Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats ...
Maryn McKenna's Big Chicken, Part 1
Award-winning journalist Maryn McKenna talks about her latest book, Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats ...
Gamers Wanted to Attack Food Toxin
By playing the online game Foldit, players might help design an enzyme that can stop aflatoxins from making millions sick.
Hurricane Damage in Puerto Rico May Fuel Drug Shortages
The head of the U.S. FDA says 14 medicines are only made there
Culture Shock: Precious Microbe Collections Languish in Threatened Bio-Libraries
Vanishing public repositories of microbes, both beneficial and deadly, have been essential for advances such as penicillin and CRISPR
Trump Administration Rescinds Obamacare Birth Control Mandate
Move lets employers cut contraceptive care from insurance benefits
Nobel Prize for Efforts to Ban Nukes Should Inspire Efforts to End all War
Eliminating the threat of nuclear weapons once and for all will require ending the threat of conventional war, too.
Hepatitis A Outbreak Tears through San Diego Homeless Community
The disease is transmitted through contact with feces from an infected person
Deaths from Opioid Overdoses Soar
Men and women of all ages are dying from heroin and fentanyl overdoses
