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This photo shows exactly why Fentanyl is deadlier than heroin

By ALLISON BOND, STAT

Fentanyl, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is up to 100 times more potent than morphine and many times that of heroin.

How one drug company fast-tracked the FDA’s review process

By Sarah Jane Tribble, Kaiser Health News

Any company awarded a voucher can use it for a fast-track government review of one of its future drugs — or it can sell the voucher to another company.

Do flu shots still work?

By Helen Branswell, STAT

Are flu shots worth the bother? Influenza vaccine experts to break down what we’ve learned lately about the remedies.

If DEA blocks kratom, promising research on opioid alternative may suffer

By Angus Chen, Scientific American

Kratom, a compound from a Southeast Asian tree, offers hope for a safer opioid alternative, but research could slow to a crawl as the DEA steps in.

Column: The psychology behind why clowns creep us out

By Frank T. McAndrew, The Conversation

For the past several months, creepy clowns have been terrorizing America, with sightings of actual clowns in at least 10 different states. These fiendish clowns have reportedly tried to lure women and children into the woods, chased…

Why is the risk of death during pregnancy going up in the U.S.?

By Michael Ollove, Stateline

The 15-year trend in the U.S. not only runs counter to the worldwide rate, but to that in most other industrialized countries.

Most Americans want restraints on drug prices

By Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News

An overwhelming majority of Americans favor government action to restrain prescription drug prices, according to a poll released Thursday.

How and why we need to get the lead out of our lives

By PBS News Hour

Our love/hate relationship with lead is as old as history itself. The origin of "plumbing" comes from the Latin word for lead. But only in the 1970s did we realize the consequences of even low doses of the hazardous metal,…

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