Good science aims to discern patterns that are less obvious, and one fascinating idea about Lyme disease is poised to be put to the test.
Mar 16

By Nsikan Akpan
The White House’s budget proposal for 2018, released Thursday, seeks cuts in science and health agencies across the board. Yet, some budgetary wallets will be lightened more than others.
The researchers found that suicide attempts by high school students decreased by 7 percent in states after they passed laws to legalize same-sex marriage.
Organizers of a conference on public health and climate change urged policy experts and policymakers to mobilize in the wake of a new administration they say has denied the impact, and even the existence, of global warming.
Jan 17

By Helen Branswell, STAT
A new study suggests a dangerous, antibiotic-resistant superbug may be evading disease surveillance.
Jan 13

By Helen Branswell, STAT
Public health officials from Nevada are reporting on a case of a woman who died in Reno in September from an incurable infection.
Dec 20

By Laura Santhanam
Government researchers dove into death certificate data to uncover what drugs are most commonly associated with overdose deaths in the United States. These deaths are on the rise, and heroin is becoming a primarily culprit.
Dec 18

By PBS NewsHour
Last year, more than 30,000 people died from opioid overdoses, which cause almost two-thirds of all overdoses in the U.S., according to data released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Those data also show that last…
Dec 15

By Laura Santhanam
In schools, where companies enjoy a captive audience, food marketing is widespread -- on pizza packaging, football game scoreboards and vending machines, for example. But the messages on healthy eating in the classroom often conflict with both that marketing and…
Oct 20

By Helen Branswell, STAT
Rates of sexually transmitted diseases, such as syphilis and gonorrhea, have risen sharply in U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
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