RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and LAURAN NEERGAARD / The Associated PressJun 5, 2019
Abortion foes claim victory as Trump team ignores scientists' advice about its merits in studies on childhood cancers, other health woes. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tim Radford / Climate News NetworkApr 7, 2019
As the world warms, the horizons widen for the risks to health from mosquitoes, putting another billion people in jeopardy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
LAURAN NEERGAARD / The Associated PressJan 18, 2018
“You have experiments that have been going on for months if not years, and then all of a sudden you’ve got to stop—you can’t do that,” says a top doctor at the National Institutes of Health. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Democrats again blocked a $11 billion plan for combating the virus, demanding that Republicans drop an effort to prevent the women's health organization from receiving money Democrats again blocked a $1. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigAug 11, 2016
Like most global sporting events, the international games divert us from the real work of solving societal ills, channel far too many resources away from human needs and amplify nationalist fervor and existing divides. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
By Sally SatelJul 30, 2016
The spread of the Zika virus is a public health story, but politics isn't far behind. The consuming controversy here is why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization have dragged their feet in strongly recommending that women delay pregnancy. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Patrick Chappatte, International New York Times. Cagle CartoonsFeb 7, 2016Dig deeper
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