Public Health

Child Abuse

First Opinion

Child abuse and neglect must be treated as a public health issue

By Richard Krugman and Mary Woolley

West Virginia Poverty

First Opinion

Facing deaths of despair from the depths of despair in West Virginia

By Clay Marsh

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Health

A stubborn medical mystery: Was pandemic flu vaccine tied to an increase in narcolepsy cases?

By Helen Branswell

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Opioid Sewer

Health

Scientists can track the spread of opioids in sewers. But do cities want to know what lies below?

US Disaster Prep

First Opinion

Congress needs to back legislation supporting disaster preparedness

By Nicolette Louissaint

Pandemic Prevention

First Opinion

Do we keep waiting for the next pandemic or try to prevent it?

By Seth Berkley

Health

With short outbreaks and complex permissions, testing critical Ebola treatments is a challenge

By Helen Branswell

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Ebola Vaccines

Health

Ebola outbreak opens way to chaotic jockeying to test experimental drugs

By Helen Branswell

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Health

Vaccinations set to begin in Ebola outbreak epicenter

By Helen Branswell

Polio Stool Samples

Health

Polio eradication initiative meets resistance to appeals to destroy samples

By Helen Branswell

Stream

Pharmalot

Pharmaceutical manufacturing plants are sending lots of medicine into the water supply

By Ed Silverman

Mbandaka Ebola vaccination

Health

Excitement over use of Ebola vaccine in outbreak tempered by real-world challenges

By Helen Branswell

Lisa Hensley

Health

‘You’re holding your breath’: Scientists who toiled for years on an Ebola vaccine see the first one put to the test

By Helen Branswell

Health

Ebola outbreak is concerning, but falls short of global emergency, WHO panel says

By Helen Branswell

WHO Ebola Response

Health

WHO to weigh declaration of international emergency over Ebola outbreak

By Helen Branswell

WHO Ebola Bikoro

Health

As Ebola flares once again, a rapid global response invites cautious hope

By Helen Branswell

Ebola Vaccine Trials In Liberia

Health

Experimental vaccine to be used against Ebola outbreak in the DRC

By Helen Branswell

Congo Ebola Quarantine

Exclusive

WHO officials fear latest Ebola outbreak in Congo could spread to big cities

By Helen Branswell

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WATCH: Bill Gates the philanthropist is also Bill Gates the movie buff

Calories On Menus

First Opinion

A simple change of direction can make restaurant calorie labels more effective

By Steven Dallas, Peggy Liu, and Peter Ubel

Bill Gates STAT

Exclusive

Bill Gates got President Trump fired up about a universal flu vaccine — and also (maybe) got a job offer

By Helen Branswell

Dr. Thomas Parran

Health

He was a champion of public health — but played a role in the horrors of Tuskegee. Should a college expunge his name?

By Megha Satyanarayana

INCOME INEQUALITY health care

First Opinion

The 1 percent will continue to get healthier. The 99 percent should, too

By Per Kristian Hong and Erik R. Peterson

Pillusion

Health

The vaccine dilemma: how experts weigh benefits for many against risks for a few

By Helen Branswell

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

2010 Census

First Opinion

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

By Marta Induni

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