Public Health

Beni Ebola medical treatment
Health

A pivotal day in world’s response to Ebola nears: the launch of a clinical trial

By Helen Branswell

Smoking
First Opinion

People with serious mental illness tend to die prematurely. We can fix that

By Shekhar Saxena and Ralph Aquila

Gonorrhea
Health

Experimental treatment appears effective against gonorrhea in small study

By Helen Branswell

Electrocardiogram readout
Health

Low income explains poorer survival after a heart attack more than race, study finds

By Elizabeth Cooney

SARS chickens
In the Lab

With machine learning, researchers get new clues in the hunt for the source of mysterious viruses

By Andrew Joseph

Dengvaxia - Sanofi Pasteur
Health

FDA says it will consider approval of first dengue vaccine, despite controversy

By Helen Branswell

Live kidney donor
First Opinion

States are protecting living organ donors. Congress should follow suit

By LaVarne A. Burton

Congo Ebola - information leaflet
Health

At a dangerous point in the Ebola outbreak, residents increase cooperation with containment efforts

By Helen Branswell

Generic Influenza
Health

FDA approves a fast-acting flu drug that is taken in a single dose

By Helen Branswell

Children Ebola Beni
Politics

CDC director says he pushed to keep U.S. experts in Ebola zone but was overruled

By Ike Swetlitz

WHO nurses Congo vaccine
Health

With vaccine in hand, Ebola response teams are struggling to track those who need it

By Helen Branswell

Vermont Battles With Deadly Heroin Epidemic
Health

Overdose deaths have fallen for six months. Is it temporary or a sign of a corner turned?

By Andrew Joseph

Health

CDC expresses concern over mysterious surge in polio-like paralysis cases

By Helen Branswell

NEJM Dengue Vaccine
Pharmalot

Controversy over a Sanofi dengue vaccine caused a crisis of confidence in the Philippines

By Ed Silverman

Ebola Congo vaccine
Exclusive

Ebola experts from CDC were pulled from outbreak zone amid security concern

By Helen Branswell

Defense Anthrax
First Opinion

The U.S. biodefense strategy is undermined by policies on health insurance and immigration

By David Beier and Devabhaktuni Srikrishna

Manhattan
Health

Flu season is coming. If you live in a large city, it may stretch longer than elsewhere, study says

By Helen Branswell

Fanny Godin - 110th birthday
First Opinion

More research on ‘dying healthy’ will also help us live healthier

By George J. Annas and Sandro Galea

EPA Radiation Rollback
Health

Experts say Trump’s EPA is moving to loosen radiation limits

By Associated Press

Jerry Brown
Health

California governor vetoes bill that would have allowed safe injection sites

By Andrew Joseph

Flu vaccine vials
Health

CDC: 80,000 people died of flu last winter in U.S., highest death toll in 40 years

By Associated Press

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

Congo Ebola Isolation
Health

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

By Associated Press

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

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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