The CDC Defends Its New Anti-Opioid Ad Campaign
Experts thought the campaign wouldn't work, but the agency says it has its reasons.
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Viewfinder: Fighting Dengue in India
A man gestures while a municipal worker fumigates the area to prevent mosquitos from breeding in Chennai, India, on October 12th, 2017.
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.
The Congressional Bill That Puts Profit Over Public Health
The Regulatory Accountability Act would subject the rule-making process to red tape.
America’s Doctors Are Prescribing Fewer Opioids, but Still Three Times as Many as 18 Years Ago
Progress against overprescribing is real, but spotty.
White House Names a New CDC Director
Appointee Brenda Fitzgerald is the former commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Health.
Americans Are Buying More—and More Lethal—Guns
Domestic firearm production increased dramatically beginning in 2005.
Five Things You Need to Know About America’s Fentanyl Epidemic
Fentanyl, the painkiller that’s more powerful than morphine, oxycodone, and heroin, has become an especially worrisome chapter in…