Don’t Give Kids Cough Syrup Or Pain Meds That Contain Codeine, FDA Says
(By Rebecca Hersher for NPR) The Food and Drug Administration says children under 12 should not be given prescription medicines
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Emerging Health Issues
Trump Administration awards grants to states to combat opioid crisis
(Source – www.hhs.gov) April 19, 2017 Announcement Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, M.D. today announced that HHS will
Read MoreThis tech was meant to explore space. Can it also solve the mysteries of breast cancer?
(By Usha Leee McFarling for STAT) LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. — For decades, scientists here at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Read MoreA New Worry For Smokers’ Families: ‘Thirdhand Smoke’
(By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez for Kaiser Health News) Michael Miller, 44, does what most smokers do to protect his sons
Read MoreA rash of overdoses in West Virginia made national news. This is the story of the man who caused it
(By Andrew Joseph for STAT) AKRON, Ohio — Last May, a low-level drug dealer named Bruce Griggs was released from
Read MoreSafety Check on Imported Drugs
The Government Accountability Office released a report in December 2016 on the Food and Drug Administration’s oversight of foreign drug
Read MoreFacial-recognition software finds a new use: diagnosing genetic disorders
(By Kate Sheridan for STAT) Dr. Maximilian Muenke has a superpower: He can diagnose disease just by looking at a
Read MoreAnother Circle Of Hell: Surviving Opioids In The Fentanyl Era
(By Martha Bebinger, WBUR for Kaiser Health News) There’s a clear culprit in the rising drug overdose death count in
Read More6 key facts on antibiotic resistance
(By Mary Rechtoris for Becker’s Hospital Review) Rapidly increasing antibiotic resistance worries researchers spanning the globe as antibiotic-resistant infections impact
Read MorePreparing for the a Breakout Year for the Zika Virus
With 5,100 people in the United States already infected, Florida officials and federal public health experts are keeping a careful
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