Public Health

Syphilis spirochetes

Health

Congenital syphilis cases surge to 20-year high as officials re-up calls for testing

By Andrew Joseph

Gonorrhea billboard

First Opinion

Sexually transmitted infections are at an all-time high. Urgent action is needed

By Melanie Thompson and Matthew Zahn

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Congo Ebola Isolation

Health

WHO warns of ‘perfect storm’ for Ebola in eastern Congo

By Associated Press

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Gene drive mosquito

In the Lab

Scientists use gene drive to eradicate lab mosquitoes for the first time

By Ike Swetlitz

Clarksburg, West Virginia

First Opinion

Why there’s an overdose epidemic — in two graphs

By Hawre Jalal and Donald S. Burke

First Opinion

Rethinking innovation in maternal and child health in Africa: five case studies

By Koki Agarwal

Jerome Adams with Trump and Melania

Health

Expanding addiction treatment, embracing the bully pulpit: Jerome Adams on his first year as surgeon general

By Andrew Joseph

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Kidney transplant surgery

First Opinion

You need a new kidney to stay alive. Would you reject one from someone who died of a drug overdose?

By Vanessa L. Weiland and Lena Sibulesky

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Twitter-Russia Ads

First Opinion

Russian bots are taking aim at U.S. public health

By David Beier and Andrew Sullivan

Heavy smoke factory

First Opinion

Link the exposome to the genome to improve human health and well-being

By Anthony Macherone

Plant based

Health

Seven U.S. states now have adult obesity rates of 35 percent or higher

By Andrew Joseph

Airplane

Health

A ‘hidden safety net’: How health authorities rapidly respond to outbreak scares on airliners

By Helen Branswell

Pandemic influenza response simulation

First Opinion

Securing the U.S. from its most dangerous invader: infectious disease

By Ashley Arabasadi

Paxil

First Opinion

FDA’s continuing use of ‘black box’ for antidepressants ignores the harms of this warning

By Stephen Soumerai and Ross Koppel

Human macrophage rupturing after infection with Chlamydia

Health

STD cases in U.S. hit record highs as officials warn about resistant gonorrhea

By Andrew Joseph

Ebola Congo vaccine

Health

Experts call for reversing the decision to deny the Ebola vaccine to pregnant women

By Helen Branswell

Thomas Frieden

Health

Sex abuse arrest imperils Frieden’s legacy and $225 million global health campaign

By Damian Garde

Tom Frieden

Health

Former CDC director Tom Frieden arrested on sexual misconduct charges

By Damian Garde and Helen Branswell

Francis Collins on Who is America

Politics

Sacha Baron Cohen tried to prank Francis Collins. He got a science lesson instead

Twitter Bot vaccine illustration

Health

Russian bots were used to sow divisions on vaccines, researchers say

By Helen Branswell

Plasmodium falciparum

In the Lab

Chemists aim to develop a new class of antimalarials

By Kate Sheridan

pregnant woman

First Opinion

Maternal deaths represent the canary in the coal mine for women’s health

By Eugene Declercq and Neel Shah

Dr Richard Garfein

Health

How smartphones are becoming a weapon in the global fight against tuberculosis

Orlando Regional Medical Center

First Opinion

The Pulse nightclub tragedy changed how one hospital treats foreign patients

By Eric Alberts and John Corfield

Pregnancy and blood pressure

First Opinion

State review boards can change the trajectory of pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S.

By Mary-Ann Etiebet

Ebola

Health

Ebola outbreak shaping up as most dangerous test of world’s ability to respond since global crisis

By Helen Branswell

A photo of Hydrocodone Acetaminophen.

Health

Clinicians were told their patient had died of an overdose. Then opioid prescribing dropped

By Andrew Joseph

Nursing home patient

First Opinion

Grassley: Congressional oversight of health care is essential for a healthy America

By Chuck Grassley

Congo Ebola

Health

Ebola vaccinations begin in Congo’s latest deadly outbreak

By Associated Press