Public Health

Mouse in NYC

In the Lab

Germs carried by New York’s mice are plentiful, and some have antibiotic-resistance genes

By Andrew Joseph

Ebola vaccine - Guinea

Health

In encouraging sign, Ebola vaccine appears to provide long-lasting protection

By Helen Branswell

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2010 Census

First Opinion

Adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census would be disastrous for public health

By Marta Induni

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NHS patients

First Opinion

What the U.S can learn from the U.K.’s National Health Service

By David Blumenthal and Jennifer Dixon

Dr. Jennifer Clarke

Health

A prison system offered all inmates addiction treatment. Overdose deaths dropped sharply

By Andrew Joseph

Cell phone

Health

High doses of cellphone radiation linked to some cancers in rats

By Andrew Joseph

West Nile virus

Health

Not just Zika: Other mosquito-borne viruses may cause birth defects, study suggests

By Andrew Joseph

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Superbug Gene

Pharmalot

Pharma is urged to do more to thwart the superbug crisis

By Ed Silverman

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Smoking philip morris

Politics

Anti-smoking plan may kill cigarettes — and save Big Tobacco

By Associated Press

Fair & Lovely Cream

Health

A Minnesota health advocate’s crusade brings harmful skin lightening out of the dark

By Sheila Mulrooney Eldred

Erica Garner

First Opinion

Black mothers are dying: the toll of racism on maternal health

By Wrenetha A. Julion

Politics

CDC plans session on ‘preparing for the unthinkable’: a nuclear detonation

By Helen Branswell

Drop in life expectancy

First Opinion

Drop in U.S. life expectancy is an ‘indictment of the American health care system’

By David Blumenthal

Flu season

Health

Happy holidays? Flu season is raging and family gatherings may make it worse

By Helen Branswell

Christmas Flight

Health

Traveling over the holidays? Follow these tips to stay healthy

By Helen Branswell

In the Lab

U.S. lifts moratorium on funding controversial, high-risk virus research

By Sharon Begley

Elizabeth Warren - Community health center

First Opinion

Elizabeth Warren: Congress needs to fund community health centers right away

By Elizabeth Warren

Xinjiang province

Health

Are free physicals a ‘ruse’? Questions swirl about public health program in China

By Rebecca Robbins

Brenda Fitzgerald

Health

CDC director tells staff ‘there are no banned words,’ while not refuting report

By Helen Branswell

SPENCER PLATT/GETTY IMAGES/FILE

Health

Uptick in HIV among injecting drug users raises fears of a resurgent epidemic

By Felice J. Freyer — Boston Globe

CDC headquarters

Politics

After report on CDC’s forbidden words policy draws outrage, HHS pushes back

By Erin Mershon

Donna Arnett

Health

Precision medicine is rapidly advancing. Precision public health could be next

By Megan Thielking

Health

Baby milk maker orders global recall over salmonella fears

By Associated Press

Diabetes in China

First Opinion

Xi Jinping Thought doesn’t mention China’s health care crisis. It should

By Justin Fendos

Stethoscope exam

First Opinion

Cardiovascular disease: the next great challenge for HIV care

By Steven K. Grinspoon

Young women & AIDS

First Opinion

To end AIDS, we must tackle gender inequality

By Linda-Gail Bekker and Mabel van Oranje

Food Bank

First Opinion

In a land of plenty, a food bank and a health insurer team up to take on food insecurity

By Sari Vatske

Hep C

Health

With cures in hand, a major city tries to eliminate hepatitis C — and build a model for others

By Andrew Joseph

Premature infant

First Opinion

I’ve unconsciously contributed to the racial gap in infant mortality. Not anymore

By Nana Matoba