The action by two of the hardest-hit areas comes after the World Health Organization declared a global emergency last weekend. View original article Contributor: Fenit Nirappil
Experts share tips on advocating for yourself in a health care setting. View original article Contributor: Christina Caron
Containing the outbreak, scientists say, will depend on better understanding the virus’s transmission and how well available tools work. View original article Contributor: Apoorva Mandavilli
If finalized, the agreement, along with a companion deal reached by Teva earlier this week, would send as much as $6.6 billion to communities harmed by the opioid epidemic. View original article Contributor: Jan Hoffman
Experts share tips on advocating for yourself in a health care setting. View original article Contributor: Christina Caron
As combat sports grow in popularity, ringside physicians grapple with the precarious ethics of their role. View original article Contributor: Oliver Whang
In South Korea, Dr. Oh Eun-young, a celebrated psychiatrist, has helped destigmatize seeking therapy and blown up the traditionally private relationship with patients by putting it all on TV. View original article Contributor: John Yoon
When Jodi Byfuglin, 56, was diagnosed with bladder cancer, it felt like cruel irony. Byfuglin had lost both her parents to cancer in their 50s, and as a single mother of two, she was all her kids had left. “I promised that I would not leave them,” Byfuglin says. Bladder cancer is the sixth most … Read more
Two climate-related health risks are converging with alarming frequency: record high temperatures, and air pollution from things like car exhaust and wildfire smoke. Separately, these conditions can make people acutely sick and exacerbate existing health problems. But what happens when they coincide? Recently, researchers at the University of Southern California set out to answer that … Read more
Hard-won progress against HIV has stalled, putting millions of lives at risk, according to an alarming report Wednesday on how the COVID-19 pandemic and other global crises are jeopardizing efforts to end AIDS. Worldwide, the years-long decline in new HIV infections is leveling off. Worse, cases began climbing in parts of Asia and the Pacific … Read more