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A Bat-Borne Virus Is Poised to Become a Pandemic in Bangladesh. Can We Stop It?

Nipah virus is one of eight diseases that the World Health Organization has identified as epidemic threats in need of prioritization, and ways to curb it are running thin.

Steven Bedard

View of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes infected with a bacteria that prevents them from spreading dengue, Zika, and chikungunya.

Environment

Another Consequence of Climate Change: More Disease-Spreading Mosquitoes

As severe storms become more frequent and temperatures rise, public-health experts are concerned about the increased potential for transmission of vector-born illnesses like Zika and West Nile.

Linda Poon

Social Justice

A Man Assaults a Native Woman—and Never Sees a Day in Jail

Seeing these crimes go unpunished can make indigenous communities feel hopeless. But in dark times, I take inspiration from our grandmothers.

Terese Marie Mailhot

Education

Why Won’t the Government Let Me Study Gun Violence?

In the two decades since the Dickey Amendment, national data collection on gun-related injuries and deaths has been underfunded at best and systematically undermined at worst.

Dabney P. Evans

News in Brief

Emergency Room Visits for Opioid Overdoses Went Up 30 Percent Last Year

It seems few corners of America have been spared the ravages of opioid misuse.

Francie Diep

News in Brief

We Talked to Five Public-Health Experts About the CDC’s New Anti-Opioid Campaign. They Don’t Think It’s Going to Work.

Getting people to eschew risky painkiller prescriptions isn't as easy as persuading them to buy body wash, researchers warn.

Francie Diep

Social Justice

The Flu Hits Harder in Poorer Neighborhoods

But there's a solution: the annual flu vaccine.

Francie Diep

Social Justice

Here’s How Insurance Companies Plan to Curb the Opioid Epidemic in Massachusetts

A handful of insurance companies have begun programs that connect their members with social workers.

Julie Morse

Social Justice

What’s Wrong With Suggesting Women Who Drink Use Birth Control?

Forty percent of births in America are unintended, which can lead to unhealthier babies and kids. But is treating every woman as "pre-pregnant" the answer?

Francie Diep

Social Justice

Needle Exchanges Work—Now Let’s Bring Them to the Suburbs and Countryside

Volunteers in inner cities launched the United States' first needle exchange programs, but now the need has moved to suburban and rural America.

Francie Diep