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Health By Hyacinth Empinado and Helen Branswell

Watch: As an outbreak grows, what is monkeypox and how does it spread?

Health Tech By Mario Aguilar

Are smartphones making us miserable? A Google study aims to find out

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Health By Helen Branswell

EU health agency warns monkeypox could become endemic in Europe if outbreak continues

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Pharmalittle: Pfizer and BioNTech seek Covid-vaccine use in kids under 5; Pfizer refunds $290,000 over misleading coupons

Childhood vaccines

Health By Helen Branswell

Pfizer/BioNTech to seek Covid vaccine authorization for children under age 5

First Opinion By Marc Succi

Immersion in innovation should be part of every health care professional’s training

In the Lab By Megan Molteni

Buffalo shooting ignites a debate over the role of genetics researchers in white supremacist ideology

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A STAT Investigation By Casey Ross

How a complex web of businesses turned private health records from GE into a lucrative portrait of patients

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In the Lab By Eric Boodman

The stuff of nightmares — made beautiful

Jack Woodall

In the Lab By Helen Branswell

Scientist who pioneered early warning system for outbreaks dies

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Zika children

Health By Helen Branswell

Zika infection in children is typically mild, CDC report finds

Zika Miami spraying

Health By Helen Branswell

‘One-two punch’ shows promise in knocking out mosquitoes that carry Zika, CDC reports

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Health By Helen Branswell

Gonorrhea may become resistant to all antibiotics sooner than anticipated

Backyard Chickens

Health By Lindzi Wessel

Backyard chickens are blamed for rising number of salmonella outbreaks

SINGAPORE ZIKA

Health By Helen Branswell

Zika virus gets foothold in Singapore, raising fears of epidemics in Asia and Africa

Christina Frigo

Health By Lindzi Wessel

Zika anxiety leading some pregnant women to flee Miami

Miami beach

Health By Dylan Scott

Florida confirms Zika in Miami Beach, as pregnant women are urged to stay away

Miami Beach

Health By Helen Branswell

Zika virus now believed to be spreading in Miami Beach

CDC headquarters

Politics By David Nather

Ebola. Zika. Could a rapid-response fund help the US address crises faster?

Drug-addicted babies

Health By Casey Ross

US babies born addicted to opioids has tripled in 15 years, CDC says

Haiti Zika

Health By Helen Branswell

New Zika cases call into question health officials’ guidelines on sexual activity

LGBT violence vigil

Health By Leah Samuel

Nearly 1 in 3 lesbian and gay teens report being bullied, study finds

Kissing Bugs

Don't Miss By Eric Boodman

In the dark of night, a hunt for a deadly bug in the name of science

Contraception

Health By Helen Branswell

Few women in Zika-threatened states use highly effective birth control methods

Kratom

Health By Eric Boodman

Poison control centers are getting a surge of calls about ‘natural’ painkiller kratom

Brazil Zika Virus

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

CDC backs down on proposal to use controversial insecticide to thwart Zika

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Health By Helen Branswell

Second case of Zika in Florida may have come from local mosquitoes

Zika virus

Health By Helen Branswell

Zika can be passed sexually from women to men, CDC says for first time

Peter Piot

Special Report By Helen Branswell

History credits this man with discovering Ebola on his own. History is wrong

CDC Ebola

First Opinion By Tom Frieden

What the fading Ebola epidemic can teach us about the looming Zika crisis

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

Health By Associated Press

Puerto Rico urged to approve aerial spraying as Zika cases pile up

Candida Yeast Infection

Health By STAT

Deadly strain of yeast infection pops up in hospitals around the world

Flint Blood Lead Levels

Health By Rebecca Robbins

New CDC data reveal scope of the Flint water crisis