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San Diego will power wash streets amid hepatitis outbreak

By Associated Press

Health

An ‘old wives’ tale’ drives calls for tetanus shots amid Houston flooding

By Helen Branswell

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First Opinion

To protect students’ health, colleges need to ban tanning beds

By Beth Allgaier

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Morning Rounds

How well did you keep up with the week’s health news? Take our quiz

By Megan Thielking

Health

Report highlights growing health disparities in Appalachia

By Associated Press

First Opinion

For good health, there’s no place like home

By Ersilia M. DeFilippis

Exclusive

As White House appoints pro-vaccine officials, plan for safety commission appears stalled

By Helen Branswell

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Health

Gun sellers join forces to curb suicide by firearm, rampant in rural areas

By Shefali Luthra — Kaiser Health News

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Health

Vietnam battles dengue outbreaks with 42 percent more cases

By Associated Press

First Opinion

Victorious declarations that the ‘scales have tipped’ against HIV/AIDS don’t hold true for children

By Charles Lyons

Health

EXPLORE: How Yemen’s cholera outbreak spread to a half-million people

By Helen Branswell and Natalia Bronshtein

Health

109 U.S. salmonella cases now linked to papayas from Mexico

By Associated Press

First Opinion

Why the ‘gold standard’ of medical research is no longer enough

By Tom Frieden

Health

Surgeon general nominee, asked about gun violence, treads carefully

By Andrew Joseph

First Opinion

Decline in U.S. life expectancy deserves more local and national attention

By Linda P. Fried

Politics

The FDA wants to cut cigarettes’ nicotine levels. Will that help people quit?

By Ike Swetlitz

Politics

CDC may face double jeopardy with Senate health bill

First Opinion

Human trafficking must be officially recognized as a medical diagnosis

By Abraar Karan and Hanni Stoklosa

Health

For the first time, over half of people worldwide with HIV taking AIDS drugs

By Associated Press

First Opinion

It’s time to break down the wall between dentistry and medicine

By R. Bruce Donoff

Pharma

GSK will explore extending its meningitis vaccine to gonorrhea

By Helen Branswell

In the Lab

How live animal markets create a perfect storm for bird flu

By Helen Branswell

Health

House panel seeks to block FDA e-cigarette rules

By Associated Press

Health

Accidental effect of fewer Pap screenings: more cases of undiagnosed chlamydia

By Catherine Caruso

Health

More opioids were prescribed here per person than anywhere else in the U.S.

By Andrew Joseph

First Opinion

Attacks in Syria and Yemen are turning disease into a weapon of war

By Homer Venters

Health

Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald is named new CDC director

By Helen Branswell

Health

Too early for forecast on Lyme disease ticks, experts say

By Associated Press

Health

As new and lethal opioids flood U.S. streets, crime labs race to identify them

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