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Taxing soda would help make kids healthier
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Taxing soda would help make kids healthier

By Nicole Wetsman

Finding the world’s super poopers could save a lot of butts
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Finding the world’s super poopers could save a lot of butts

By Dana G. Smith

We’re in the middle of the second-deadliest Ebola outbreak ever
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We’re in the middle of the second-deadliest Ebola outbreak ever

By Eleanor Cummins

Why public health officials have only ever eradicated one disease
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Why public health officials have only ever eradicated one disease

By Nicole Wetsman

Healthy food prescriptions could save billions in healthcare costs
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Healthy food prescriptions could save billions in healthcare costs

By Nicole Wetsman

Noisy joints aren’t dangerous—here’s how they make their pop
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Noisy joints aren’t dangerous—here’s how they make their pop

By Rebecca Shepherd and Adam Taylor/The Conversation

Rabid animals don’t always foam at the mouth—here’s what to look out for instead
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Rabid animals don’t always foam at the mouth—here’s what to look out for instead

By Claire Maldarelli

Vaping is probably bad for your heart
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Vaping is probably bad for your heart

By Nicole Wetsman

Wearable sensors designed for premature babies could make us all healthier
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Wearable sensors designed for premature babies could make us all healthier

By Claire Maldarelli

We need to police gene editing. The World Health Organization agrees.
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We need to police gene editing. The World Health Organization agrees.

By Kat Eschner

The FDA is questioning the safety of 14 common sunscreen ingredients
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The FDA is questioning the safety of 14 common sunscreen ingredients

By Claire Maldarelli

measles prevention poster complications
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What Washington can learn from past measles outbreaks

By Kaitlin Sullivan

Oral yeast infection medications may be risky during pregnancy
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Oral yeast infection medications may be risky during pregnancy

By Nicole Wetsman

If fruit flies live without sleeping, why can’t I?
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If fruit flies live without sleeping, why can’t I?

By Kat Eschner

Children suffer more from air pollution, but our policies don’t reflect that
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Children suffer more from air pollution, but our policies don’t reflect that

By Nicole Wetsman

Doctors have been overprescribing fentanyl for years and the FDA hasn’t been able to stop it
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Doctors have been overprescribing fentanyl for years and the FDA hasn’t been able to stop it

By Kat Eschner

What we know about diet soda’s connection to heart disease, stroke, and early death
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What we know about diet soda’s connection to heart disease, stroke, and early death

By Claire Maldarelli

Here’s why ultra-processed foods are so bad for your health
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Here’s why ultra-processed foods are so bad for your health

By Nicole Wetsman

Supplements make false claims to prey on people with Alzheimer’s—but the FDA is cracking down
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Supplements make false claims to prey on people with Alzheimer’s—but the FDA is cracking down

By Nicole Wetsman

young people at the gym
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Cancer rates are rising in young adults. Here’s how to lower your risk.

By Nicole Wetsman

Half of Americans have heart disease, but there are easy ways to reduce your risk
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Half of Americans have heart disease, but there are easy ways to reduce your risk

By Claire Maldarelli

X-rays could provide crucial clues in identifying domestic violence
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X-rays could provide crucial clues in identifying domestic violence

By Nicole Wetsman

baby with measles
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1 in 4 kindergartners aren’t fully vaccinated in county with measles outbreak

By Sara Chodosh

non medical exemptions vaccines counties
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Scientists predicted the current measles outbreaks a year ago

By Sara Chodosh

Most health ‘cures’ you hear about in the news aren’t ready for humans
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Most health ‘cures’ you hear about in the news aren’t ready for humans

By Kaitlin Sullivan

non medical exemptions vaccines counties
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Why measles is back, in five charts

By Sara Chodosh

‘Shock therapy’ isn’t as scary as its name—or the movies—suggest
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‘Shock therapy’ isn’t as scary as its name—or the movies—suggest

By Nicole Wetsman

Washington hopes locking unvaccinated kids out of school will prevent its next measles outbreak
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Washington hopes locking unvaccinated kids out of school will prevent its next measles outbreak

By Nicole Wetsman

Natural disasters leave their mark on kids who live through them
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Natural disasters leave their mark on kids who live through them

By Nicole Wetsman

Accessing health records on your iPhone is a dream and a nightmare
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Accessing health records on your iPhone is a dream and a nightmare

By Nicole Wetsman

baby getting vaccinated
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The anti-vax movement is among this year’s top 10 global health threats

By Sara Chodosh

Please don’t pay $8,000 for an infusion of young blood
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Please don’t pay $8,000 for an infusion of young blood

By Nicole Wetsman

Junk food ads disproportionally target black and Hispanic kids over white kids
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Junk food ads disproportionally target black and Hispanic kids over white kids

By Nicole Wetsman

Here’s how the government shutdown could affect your health
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Here’s how the government shutdown could affect your health

By Nicole Wetsman

gun mortality by year
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We’re creeping back up to mid ‘90s-level gun death rates

By Sara Chodosh

Too impatient to meditate? A mild shock to the scalp could help.
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Too impatient to meditate? A mild shock to the scalp could help.

By Dana G. Smith

The link between baby powder and cancer is easier to prove in a courtroom than in a lab
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The link between baby powder and cancer is easier to prove in a courtroom than in a lab

By Claire Maldarelli

The International Space Station is crawling with bacteria and some may be harmful
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The International Space Station is crawling with bacteria and some may be harmful

By Kat Eschner

Air pollution might make it harder to get pregnant
Environment

Air pollution might make it harder to get pregnant

By Nicole Wetsman

Wildfires can hurt you from miles away
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Wildfires can hurt you from miles away

By Claire Maldarelli

Cell phones pose plenty of risks, but none of them are cancer
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Cell phones pose plenty of risks, but none of them are cancer

By Nicole Wetsman

DNA evidence could soon tell cops your age, whether you smoke, and what you ate for breakfast
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DNA evidence could soon tell cops your age, whether you smoke, and what you ate for breakfast

By Nicole Wetsman

Adenovirus is normally harmless—here’s why some outbreaks turn deadly
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Adenovirus is normally harmless—here’s why some outbreaks turn deadly

By Claire Maldarelli

Do I have a cold or the flu?
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Do I have a cold or the flu?

By Nicole Wetsman

This new device could teach us how the crud in our air affects our health
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This new device could teach us how the crud in our air affects our health

By Claire Maldarelli

The Apple Watch is evolving into a legitimate medical device
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The Apple Watch is evolving into a legitimate medical device

By Claire Maldarelli

Of course semi-automatic guns are deadlier. Here’s why scientists took so long to say so.
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Of course semi-automatic guns are deadlier. Here’s why scientists took so long to say so.

By Sara Chodosh

Hurricane Harvey’s record-setting floodwaters were packed with pollution and disease
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Hurricane Harvey’s record-setting floodwaters were packed with pollution and disease

By Marlene Cimons

When you should eat breakfast—and when you can probably skip it
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When you should eat breakfast—and when you can probably skip it

By Julissa Treviño

Probiotics are drugs, so we should test them like drugs
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Probiotics are drugs, so we should test them like drugs

By Claire Maldarelli

It’s not your imagination, humidity really is killing you
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It’s not your imagination, humidity really is killing you

By Nicole Wetsman

Sexually transmitted diseases are at an all time high (again). But why?
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Sexually transmitted diseases are at an all time high (again). But why?

By Rachel Feltman

32 kids’ medicines are getting recalled. Here’s what you need to know
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32 kids’ medicines are getting recalled. Here’s what you need to know

By Claire Maldarelli

K2’s deadly mystery: Nobody knows what’s actually in synthetic marijuana
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K2’s deadly mystery: Nobody knows what’s actually in synthetic marijuana

By Nicole Wetsman

Wearables can track your UV exposure, but preventing skin cancer isn’t so simple
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Wearables can track your UV exposure, but preventing skin cancer isn’t so simple

By Julissa Treviño

Even when developing countries receive global aid, teens miss out
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Even when developing countries receive global aid, teens miss out

By Kat Eschner

The problem with taking scientific questions to court
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The problem with taking scientific questions to court

By Nicole Wetsman

Everything you ever wanted to know about vitamin D
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Everything you ever wanted to know about vitamin D

By Julissa Treviño

raccoon baby
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What’s killing all the raccoons in Central Park?

By Eleanor Cummins

Millions of Americans are sleep-deprived, but stressing over it won’t help.
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Millions of Americans are sleep-deprived, but stressing over it won’t help.

By Brandon Peters-Mathews / The Conversation

CRISPR
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Americans have some really mixed feelings about editing human embryos

By Claire Maldarelli

Why can’t I use my dog’s tick prevention medicine?
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Why can’t I use my dog’s tick prevention medicine?

By Nicole Wetsman

A female Ebola survivor infected her family more than a year after she had the illness
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A female Ebola survivor infected her family more than a year after she had the illness

By Neel V. Patel

Alcohol’s health risks are far easier to prove than its benefits
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Alcohol’s health risks are far easier to prove than its benefits

By Christina Mair/The Conversation