Public Health
How to Stay Healthy While Traveling Over the Holidays
From norovirus to Zika, there are lots of nasty bugs out there.
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Public Health
Life Expectancy in the U.S. Is Falling--and Drug Overdose Deaths Are Soaring
Synthetic opioid fatalities have doubled
Medicine
Drug Industry Spent Millions to Squelch Talk about High Drug Prices
New filings show that there was record spending last year
Policy
Watch for These 7 U.S. Science Regulations/Deregulations in 2018
These changes could have serious consequences for health, food and safety
Biotech
FDA Approves First Gene Therapy Targeting Rare Form of Inherited Blindness
The historic treatment’s costs could top $1 million
Policy
U.S. Lifts Moratorium on Funding Controversial, High-Risk Virus Research
The three-year-old policy had “paused” 21 publicly-funded projects
Why Censoring the CDC Could Kill You
If the administration bans words and phrases like "evidence-based," public-health recommendations to health care providers will become so vague as to be useless
Fitness
How Does the Flu Actually Kill People?
Every year the common virus is lethal to many. What happens inside the body that results in death?
Public Health
You Are Probably Washing Your Hands Wrong
Many of us spend only about six seconds on the job
Behavior
Supermarket Snacking Boosts Sales
Noshing while shopping convinces consumers to buy the featured product more often than does simply seeing end-of-aisle displays. Karen Hopkin reports.
Public Health
First Snapshot of Zika-Affected Toddlers Portends a Life of Struggle
Children exposed to the virus in utero are now missing developmental milestones
Public Health
Ohio Passes Law Barring Abortion over Down Syndrome Diagnosis
Doctors that perform the procedure would risk both losing their medical licenses and a felony charge
Public Health
Why One Med School Embraces DACA Recipients
Med school “Dreamers” will give more care to underserved communities
Public Health
AI Algorithms to Prevent Suicide Gain Traction
Facebook is one of several companies exploring ways to detect online behaviors that have been linked to self-harm
Public Health
When Is It Safe to Eat Moldy Food?
When is it still okay to eat moldy food? Are any molds edible? How important is it to follow those "sell by" dates printed on my egg carton?
Fitness
The Skinny on Fat
Biochemist Sylvia Tara talks about her book The Secret Life of Fat: The Science behind the Body's Least-Understood Organ and What It Means for You.
Public Health
Austria to Drop Impending Smoking Ban, Bucking Western Trend
Some restaurant owners have pushed for the change
Public Health
Hospitals Find Asthma Hot Spots More Profitable to Neglect Than Fix
The medical system knows how to help, but there is no money in it
"Supermalaria" Is on the Way
A drug-resistant strain is spreading across Southeast Asia—and proposed cuts to the President’s Malaria Initiative won’t help
