A plan to keep drug users from shooting up in public restrooms — and why it may be a bad idea

Isolated, easily accessible and free from surveillance cameras and security guards, public restrooms have long been a place for illicit activities. And with a relentless opioid epidemic ravaging the nation, they have become a laboratory of sorts for drug users searching for a private space to get high. It presents a problem for business owners concerned not only about […]

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Romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak is over as new evidence points to tainted water
College students are forming mental-health clubs — and they’re making a difference


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I had a bit of an app addiction. Until these apps saved me.

I’m obsessed with my virtual trees. I’ve been planting them for two weeks now, ever since I wrote a story about a growing group of rebel developers trying to wean us off our addiction to smartphones and social media. Their answer to the problem: a new type of app. You should try this one called […]

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Students sue University of Notre Dame for restricting access to some birth control


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Romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak is over as new evidence points to tainted water

The largest outbreak of E. coli in more than a decade is over, federal authorities said Thursday, after five people died and more than 200 others were sickened in three dozen states. Although investigators determined that the E. coli came from contaminated romaine lettuce grown in Arizona's Yuma region near the border with Southern California, […]

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College students are forming mental-health clubs — and they’re making a difference

Mental-health problems among college students have been climbing since the 1990s, according to the American Psychological Association. And with services increasingly stretched at campus health centers, students have been taking action themselves through peer-run mental-health clubs and organizations. The approach appears to be paying off, according to a new study. In what they describe as the […]

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Students sue University of Notre Dame for restricting access to some birth control

Natasha Reifenberg felt anger, frustration and confusion upon learning her access to contraceptives would be limited. The realization came in February, when the University of Notre Dame announced it would deny access to those contraceptives it says are “abortion-inducing.” That’s why Reifenberg and three students sued the Catholic university Tuesday. The lawsuit alleges that the new policy is […]

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Polio virus treatment increased survival in patients with deadly brain tumors, study shows


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White House wants to cut this public health service corps by nearly 40 percent

The White House is proposing to reduce by nearly 40 percent the uniformed public health professionals who deploy during disasters and disease outbreaks, monitor drug safety and provide health care in some of the nation’s most remote and disadvantaged areas. The proposal is part of a plan announced last week by the Office of Management […]

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Polio virus treatment increased survival in patients with deadly brain tumors, study shows
First marijuana-derived drug approved, will target severe epilepsy


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Polio virus treatment increased survival in patients with deadly brain tumors, study shows

A genetically modified polio virus improved the longer-term survival of patients with a lethal type of brain tumor, according to the results of an early-stage clinical trial published Tuesday. Twenty-one percent of the patients treated with the virus — all with disease that had recurred — were alive after three years, compared with just 4 […]

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First marijuana-derived drug approved, will target severe epilepsy
First marijuana-derived drug is on the verge of approval
What happened next to the man with autism whose aide was shot by police


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First marijuana-derived drug approved, will target severe epilepsy

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the first drug derived from marijuana, which will be used to treat two rare and severe forms of childhood epilepsy. The drug, called Epidiolex, is an oral solution containing highly purified cannabidiol, or CBD, which is one of scores of chemicals in the cannabis plant. It contains only […]

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What happened next to the man with autism whose aide was shot by police
Groups suing Trump administration over family planning express optimism


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First marijuana-derived drug is on the verge of approval

At 3 months old, Marissa Parsons began having frequent seizures, some lasting a half-hour. For almost two decades, her desperate parents tried drug after drug to treat her rare type of childhood epilepsy, but the medications mostly produced side effects — pancreatitis, hives and extreme drowsiness — and she was frequently hospitalized. Family outings became […]

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The blemishes moving around on her face turned out to be a parasitic worm

First, it appeared as a tiny blemish under the eye. But over the next two weeks, the 32-year-old woman watched it move — snapping photos as it formed bumps above her eye before it made its way down into her lip, forcing her mouth to swell. It was a parasite — and it was living inside her face. The case — […]

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Robotic surgery is no better than traditional surgery, bladder cancer study finds
What happened next to the man with autism whose aide was shot by police
Groups suing Trump administration over family planning express optimism


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Robotic surgery is no better than traditional surgery, bladder cancer study finds

Robotic-assisted procedures have now become ubiquitous in some kinds of surgeries. What once was seen as a technological marvel is commonplace in many hospitals. But studies in recent years have shown robotic surgery performs no better than traditional surgery — even though it comes at a steeper cost to the overall health-care system. The latest […]

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What happened next to the man with autism whose aide was shot by police

Arnaldo Rios Soto was filmed on a cellphone video in the summer of 2016 after he walked out of his group home in suburban North Miami and sat in the middle of a quiet intersection holding a silver-colored toy truck that police mistook for a gun. Soto, who has autism and is nonspeaking, was accompanied by […]

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Kids in these U.S. hot spots at higher risk because parents opt out of vaccinations


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Groups suing Trump administration over family planning express optimism

A federal judge Thursday challenged a Trump administration proposal to overhaul funding for family planning programs after three national reproductive rights groups and the American Civil Liberties Union sued to block the moves. Planned Parenthood and the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association said new grant rules announced in February amounted to a radical […]

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Kids in these U.S. hot spots at higher risk because parents opt out of vaccinations


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How prepared is the world for the next epidemic? This tool shows most countries are not.

Public health officials and business leaders like Bill Gates have long warned that the world is not ready for the next pandemic. Now an initiative led by Tom Frieden, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has developed a tool that spotlights gaps in preparedness, and actions that countries and organizations can […]

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New shingles vaccine is highly effective, long-lasting — and in short supply
Higher vitamin D levels linked to lower colorectal cancer risk, study finds


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New shingles vaccine is highly effective, long-lasting — and in short supply

A national shortage of a new and more effective vaccine to protect adults older than 50 from the painful rash known as shingles is prompting retailers to create waiting lists and the manufacturer to delay additional promotion. Shingrix, licensed in the fall by the Food and Drug Administration, is the preferred vaccine recommended by the Centers for […]

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Higher vitamin D levels linked to lower colorectal cancer risk, study finds
A child in Idaho was treated for plague — the first human case in the state in 26 years


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Atul Gawande named to head cost-cutting health-care initiative from Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase

The renowned surgeon and best-selling author will lead a major new health-care company aimed at reducing health-care costs, a joint venture by Amazon, JP Morgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway. The new company was unveiled in January, with a mission to use technology tools to make health care more transparent, affordable and simple for the companies' […]

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‘Are you dead, sir?’: Video shows ER doctor mocking patient who said he couldn’t breathe


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‘Are you dead, sir?’: Video shows ER doctor mocking patient who said he couldn’t breathe

An emergency room doctor was suspended from a hospital in Northern California after cursing and mocking a patient who said he was having an anxiety attack. Beth Keegstra, a contracted physician at El Camino Hospital in Los Gatos, was seen in a video last week arguing with 20-year-old Samuel Bardwell about whether he was ill or simply trying to get narcotic pain relievers. When the patient told her that he […]

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Higher vitamin D levels linked to lower colorectal cancer risk, study finds

Higher concentrations of vitamin D circulating in the bloodstream are linked to a lower risk of colorectal cancer, according to a large international study published Thursday. The researchers said the results strengthen the evidence that the vitamin may play a protective role against the disease, which is the third-most common cancer in the United States, […]

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Flu killed 172 children this season, the highest death toll in nearly a decade
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A child in Idaho was treated for plague — the first human case in the state in 26 years

A boy in Idaho is recovering after contracting plague — the first human case in the state in more than two decades, health officials say. Christine Myron, a spokeswoman for the Central District Health Department, said Wednesday that the child, who has not been publicly identified, is back home in Elmore County and “doing well” after being […]

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American Medical Association to keep reviewing its opposition to assisted death
A 5-year-old girl’s sudden paralysis was a mystery. Then her mother checked her scalp.


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Kids in these U.S. hot spots at higher risk because parents opt out of vaccinations

Public health officials have long known that the United States has pockets of vulnerability where the risk of measles and other vaccine-preventable childhood diseases is higher because parents hesitate or refuse to get their children immunized. Eighteen states allow parents to opt their children out of school immunization requirements for nonmedical reasons, with exemptions for […]

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