Health

Tracking the flow of opioids across America

The manufacturers and distributors of opioid prescription painkillers have supplied billions of pills throughout the U.S. An investigative series by The Washington Post looks at the opioid epidemic through the DEA's newly public database that tracks every pain pill sold…

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Palestinian cookbook celebrates a culture without a country

By Pavni Mittal, Hari Sreenivasan

Food writer Yasmin Khan's latest release, "Zaitoun: Recipes from the Palestinian Kitchen," catalogs 80 Palestinian recipes and delves into the complexities of Palestinian culinary heritage under Israeli occupation. Hari Sreenivasan spoke with Khan about her travels through Israel, the West…

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Best G-7 can do for global economy: just don't make it worse

By David McHugh, Associated Press

The global economy craves a double shot of confidence right now but the best that leaders of the Group of Seven can offer is a less intoxicating cocktail: not making things worse.

Proposed rule could make it easier to share addiction treatment records

By Laura Santhanam

On Thursday, the Department of Health and Human Services proposed a new rule that would give doctors greater access to records of patients who are being treated for substance use disorder, in an effort to better coordinate care.

Illinois patient's death may be first in U.S. linked to vaping

By Don Babwin, Associated Press

The Illinois agency said in its release that the number of people who contracted a respiratory illness after vaping had doubled in the past week, to 22.

How detention causes long-term harm to children

By Laura Santhanam

For young children who do not have a sense of time, staying in detention facilities feels like it will last forever.

Planned Parenthood sees swift fallout from quitting government program

By Lindsay Whitehurst, David Crary, Associated Press

About 4 million women are served nationwide by the Title X program, which makes up a much bigger portion of Planned Parenthood's patients than abortion.

Nonprofit drug maker produces TB antibiotic after private companies wouldn't

By Zoe Rohrich

The new antibiotic, called pretomanid and developed by the nonprofit TB Alliance, achieved a 90 percent success rate among patients with drug-resistant TB.

Planned Parenthood leaves federal family planning program to avoid Trump rule

By David Crary, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

The Trump administration's family planning rule is part of a series of efforts to remake government policy on reproductive health.

How Groucho Marx fell prey to elder abuse

By Dr. Howard Markel

The turmoil of Groucho's last few years are all too familiar to adult children everywhere who are concerned with the welfare of their elderly parents and other relatives.