public health

CHINA HEALTH VIRUS

Health

U.S. to begin health screenings at three airports for cases of novel Chinese virus

By Andrew Joseph

Japan China Pneuomnia

Health

Novel virus tied to Chinese outbreak found in Japan, as second death is reported

By Andrew Joseph

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Health

Chinese health officials can’t rule out person-to-person spread of new virus

By Associated Press

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CHINA HEALTH VIRUS

Health

Woman with novel pneumonia virus hospitalized in Thailand — the first case outside China

By Andrew Joseph

Health

First death from Wuhan pneumonia outbreak reported as scientists release DNA sequence of virus

By Andrew Joseph

Ebola virus

Health

An Ebola vaccine was more than two decades in the making. Here are some key people who made it happen

By Helen Branswell

Liberia Ebola

Health

‘Against all odds’: The inside story of how scientists across three continents produced an Ebola vaccine

By Helen Branswell

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Teen Vaping

Health

Trump plan to curb teen vaping exempts some flavors

By Associated Press

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3 to watch

Health

3 challenges to watch in global health in 2020

By Helen Branswell

Health

Watch: What is vitamin E acetate, and why does it seem to make some vapers so sick?

By Megan Thielking and Alex Hogan

Vaping close up

Health

New evidence strengthens link between vitamin E acetate and vaping illness

By Megan Thielking

EBOLA VACCINATION

Health

FDA approves an Ebola vaccine, long in development, for the first time

By Helen Branswell

Teen Vaping

Health

One in five high school seniors vaped marijuana in the last year, fueling concern among health officials

By Megan Thielking

Morgantown

Special Report

‘Dump it down the drain’: How contaminants from prescription-drug factories pollute waterways

By Natasha Gilbert

SNAP

First Opinion

Cutting 700,000 Americans from SNAP will increase health costs

By Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, Diana B. Cutts, and Allison Bovell-Ammon

Credit card in hand

First Opinion

Step aside, biomarkers. Look to the bank account for early signs of dementia

By Eric Chess

antimicrobial resistance CDC

First Opinion

U.S. continues to lead the fight against antibiotic resistance

By Alex M. Azar II and Robert R. Redfield

Aerial view Huntington, West Virginia

First Opinion

The view from West Virginia: the end of HIV transmission is a distant dream

By Judith Feinberg

Youth Football Brain Injuries

First Opinion

Concussions, broken bones, and more: a week of football in the U.S.

By Kathleen Bachynski, Lisa Kearns, and Arthur Caplan

vaper

Health

New CDC report offers a possible clue about why vaping illnesses sprang up in 2019

By Megan Thielking

Dengue Outbreak In The Philippines

Health

New data on Takeda’s dengue vaccine look promising, but with troubling exception

By Helen Branswell

Teens Vaping

First Opinion

President Trump: Don’t fail America’s children on flavored e-cigarettes

By Nancy Brown*

Hepatitis C virus model drug ad

First Opinion

The U.S. needs extra action to eliminate viral hepatitis, the nation’s deadliest infectious disease

By Michael Ninburg

Grogan

Politics

Top Trump official suggests tobacco regulation distracts from FDA mission

Mike Ryan

Health

The fireman of global health: The WHO’s emergencies chief is put to the test

By Helen Branswell

Facebook health app

Health Tech

Facebook vows strict privacy safeguards as it rolls out preventive-health tool

By Rebecca Robbins

ZIMBABWE-TB Medicine

First Opinion

The resurgence of tuberculosis is behavioral, not medical. Nudges can fix it

By Erez Yoeli, Jon Rathauser, and David Rand

Health

NIH and Gates Foundation launch effort to bring genetic cures for HIV, sickle cell disease to world’s poor

By Sharon Begley

Mobile testing center in Los Angeles

First Opinion

Put communities at the center of universal health coverage

By Gunilla Carlsson, Katie Dain, and Rico Gustav