public health

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

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

By Lev Facher

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

Nigeria polio vaccine
Health

Two down, one to go: After decades-long campaign, type 3 polioviruses are set to be eradicated

By Helen Branswell

European Medicines Agency
Health

With European backing, the world is on the brink of the first approved Ebola vaccine

By Helen Branswell

Menthol Cigarettes
First Opinion

It’s time to eliminate all flavored cigarettes, not just the electronic kind

By Derek Carr and Pratima Musburger

Free flu shot clinic
Health

An updated guide to the changing science of flu shots

By Helen Branswell

Person in vape fog
Health

Vaping-related illness has a new name: EVALI

By Megan Thielking

wet saw
First Opinion

Silicosis outbreak highlights the ‘malignant neglect’ of OSHA that is killing American workers

By David Michaels

Chlamydia
Health

Three sexually transmitted diseases hit new highs again in U.S.

By Associated Press

Vapor cloud
Health

‘I really love the feeling’: As vaping injuries climb, doctors struggle to wean youth off nicotine

By Eric Boodman

Vaping Illnesses
Health

Vaping-related lung injuries resemble chemical burns, study finds

By Andrew Joseph

Flu shot closeup
Health

Flu vaccine selections may be an ominous sign for this winter

By Helen Branswell

Vaping shop
Health

Many patients with vaping-related illnesses used THC, CDC reports

By Megan Thielking

Vaping sign
Health

CDC reports another surge in number of cases of vaping-related illness

By Megan Thielking

Norman E. Sharpless
Health

FDA ‘should have acted sooner’ on e-cigarettes, agency head tells Congress

By Megan Thielking

Teen Juul
Health

Juul, e-cigarette maker, to drop ads, won’t lobby against proposed ban on flavored products

By Megan Thielking

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