Brazil's Expanding Yellow Fever Outbreak Started With Monkeys
Since December, there have been more than 1,000 suspected human cases of yellow fever and hundreds more probable cases in monkeys.
Health & Safety
As Presidents Live Longer, Doctors Debate Whether To Test For Dementia
The true health of politicians has likely been cloaked in secrecy since the days of Mesopotamian kings, but definitely since the Wilson administration. Has the time come to test presidents' cognition?
Republican Health Care Proposal Would Cover Fewer Low-Income Families
The plan that House Republicans discussed Thursday would replace Affordable Care Act subsidies with tax credits and cut Medicaid funds to the states.
Is That A Brown Recluse Spider Bite Or Skin Cancer?
Skin lesions are often misdiagnosed as a brown recluse spider bite when they're actually a tick bite or MRSA or even skin cancer. Here's how to tell the difference.
A Bit More Vitamin D Might Help Prevent Colds And Flu
An analysis finds that if you're deficient in vitamin D, taking a supplement might cut your risk of respiratory infections. But there's disagreement on what's considered deficient.
China Blacklists Carfentanil, Closing A Deadly Loophole
The opioid carfentanil is roughly 10,000 times more potent than morphine — but until now, it hasn't been a controlled substance in China.
Germ History: Milkmaids Inspire Vaccines, But The Germs Keep Coming
After milkmaids helped discover vaccination, we spent the next 150 years learning how to keep ourselves safe from germs. By the 1960s, we thought the battle was finally over. If only!
Broad Institute Wins Big Battle Over CRISPR Gene-Editing Patent
CRISPR technology is already worth billions of dollars, investors say. This ruling seems to affirm the biggest piece of the pie goes to the Broad, over patent rival University of California, Berkeley.
Shorter Enrollment Period For Obamacare Proposed By Administration
The White House is proposing changes to the Affordable Care Act to stabilize the insurance market as Congress moves to repeal and replace the sweeping health care law.
Scientists May Have Solved The Mystery Of Nodding Syndrome
For decades, scientists suspected that the parasite responsible for river blindness might be causing a rare form of epilepsy. Now they have evidence.