Health & Safety

Hospitals in Puerto Rico are dealing with no power, no air conditioning, no local water, no local food, no Internet and very limited communication.

112 Degrees With No Water: Puerto Rican Hospitals Battle Life And Death Daily

5:27pm October 05, 2017

by John Burnett

An American disaster medical team is now setting up cooling tents to help some patients. "When they transferred me here ... they rescued me from the dragon's mouth," one patient said.

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Zannah Mustapha and the students of the Future Prowess School he founded for children caught up in the Boko Haram conflict. This week he won a U.N. prize for his efforts.

His School For 540 Needy Kids Earns Him A U.N. Prize

3:18pm October 05, 2017

by Vicky Hallett

Nigerian lawyer Zannah Mustapha is honored this week for negotiating the release of girls captured by Boko Haram and starting a school for orphans and others affected by the violence.

The contents of a drug overdose rescue kit at a May 13, 2015, training session in Buffalo, N.Y., on how to administer naloxone, which reverses the effects of heroin and prescription painkillers.

To Save Opioid Addicts, This Experimental Court Is Ditching The Delays

2:26pm October 05, 2017

by Eric Westervelt

Underscoring the severity of the U.S. overdose crisis, a first-of-its kind opioid intervention court aims to get drug-addicted criminal defendants into recovery before their criminal case is heard.

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An employee of the Natural History Museum in London peeks at a model of a Neanderthal male in his 20s on display for a 2014 exhibition.

Neanderthal Genes Help Shape How Many Modern Humans Look

12:31pm October 05, 2017

by Greta Jochem

Calling someone a Neanderthal because of his coarse manners or brutish looks may seem like fun. But be careful. Neanderthal DNA persists inside many of us.

About 40 million people in the U.S. suffer from some form of anxiety disorder, according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America.

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What Is It Like To Suffer From An Anxiety Disorder?

11:34am October 05, 2017

by Barbara J. King

Empathy for people diagnosed with an anxiety disorder can come about by reading first-person accounts and by knowing the facts from science, says anthropologist Barbara J. King.

Health & Safety

State Fines Guilford Animal Shelter Over Delayed Vaccinations

10:53am October 05, 2017

by Neal Charnoff

State inspectors have cited the Guilford County Animal Shelter for being out of compliance on a number of issues. The shelter is also being fined over delayed rabies vaccinations.

Low- and middle-income countries, as ranked on a Sociodemographic Index, where the observed life expectancy exceeded the expected life expectancy by the greatest margins.

People Are Living Longer In Places You Wouldn't Expect

10:46am October 05, 2017

by Emily Sohn

In lower income countries and territories, life expectancy can be quite low — below 55 years. But sometimes it is years more than you'd predict. What's up?

Kerri De Nies plays with her son, Gregory Mac Phee at their home in San Diego. Gregory tested positive for adrenoleukodystrophy, a rare brain disorder that affects 1 in about 18,000 babies. Roughly 30 percent of boys with the genetic mutation go on to dev

Parents Lobby States To Expand Newborn Screening Test For Rare Brain Disorder

11:27pm October 04, 2017

by Anna Gorman

There's a genetic test for ALD, the inherited disorder portrayed in the movie Lorenzo's Oil, and the federal government recommends it for all newborns. But only a handful of states offer it routinely.

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Drug lobbyists and consumer health advocates fill the halls of the state Capitol in September to see how Assembly members vote on a controversial drug price transparency bill.

California Bill Would Compel Drugmakers To Justify Price Hikes

11:25pm October 04, 2017

by April Dembosky

A bill passed by the California Legislature requires drugmakers to give 60 days' notice before raising a drug's price by 16 percent or more over two years, and to justify the price increase.

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Health & Safety

The Living Wounded

3:42pm October 04, 2017

When you come out of a mass shooting wounded, but alive, what kind of life are you heading to?