Health

Why the U.S. ban on female genital mutilation was ruled unconstitutional

By Alison Thoet

A judge’s decision voided some of the charges against two Michigan doctors accused of cutting at least nine minor girls in a Detroit clinic.

How tear gas works: A rundown of the chemicals used on crowds

By Angus Chen, Scientific American

There are two broad types of tear gas—and they’re both engineered to cause pain.

NIH director says there's work to do on regulating genome editing globally

By Lev Facher, STAT

The apparent birth this month of the first genetically modified babies is “a lesson in the potential for human hubris to overtake us,” Dr. Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health.

As Ebola outbreak worsens, health experts urge Trump administration action

By Cara Anna, Associated Press

This Ebola outbreak is like no other since health workers have compared the region to a war zone.

Michael Bloomberg's charity donates $50 million to fight opioid epidemic

By Associated Press

Bloomberg Philanthropies said over the next three years it will help up to 10 states address the causes of opioid addiction and strengthen prevention and treatment programs.

Congo's Ebola outbreak reaches 2nd largest in history, WHO says

By Cara Anna, Associated Press

Attacks by rebel groups and open hostility by some wary locals have posed serious challenges to health workers that Ebola experts say they've never been seen before.

American life expectancy has dropped again. Here's why

By Laura Santhanam

Another drop in U.S. life expectancy is being called a ‘wakeup call’. What’s happening?…

Could being born in August make an ADHD diagnosis more likely?

By Laura Santhanam

More than 6 million of U.S. children have been diagnosed with ADHD, the most common neurobehavioral disorder during childhood. And this number has doubled in less than two decades.

Mother whose infant died after detention files claim against U.S. for $60 million

By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

Yazmin Juarez's lawyers said 1-year-old Mariee developed a respiratory illness while she and her mother were detained at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. The girl died six weeks later in Philadelphia.