Scientists think the common cold may at last be beatable
(By Carl Zimmer for STAT) Time and again, Martin Moore’s children get sick with a cold. He hauls them to
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Emerging Health Issues
Tecentriq Wins Approval
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Roche’s new immunotherapy drug Tecentriq to be used in non-small cell lung cancer
Read MoreOrgan Donation And The Opioid Epidemic: ‘An Unexpected Life-Saving Legacy’
(By Martha Bebinger, WBUR for Kaiser Health News) On the final day of June 2015, Colin LePage rode waves of
Read MoreWhy Is The News About TB So Bad?
(By Rina Shalkh-Lasko for NPR) Many countries think of TB as a disease of the past and this lack of
Read MoreA big Alzheimer’s drug trial now wrapping up could offer real hope — or crush it
(By Damian Garde for STAT) Scientists at Eli Lilly are racing to wrap up a clinical trial on a drug
Read MoreSenator demands federal agencies limit use of prescription fentanyl
(By David Armstrong for STAT) A US senator is urging federal agencies to limit the use of a prescription version
Read MoreMany Localities Find Past Ambivalence On Mosquitos Hinders Zika Response
(By Emily Kopp for Kaiser Health News) As Zika skipped into Puerto Rico and then Florida this summer and threatened
Read MoreGot Zika? For Pregnant Women, Lab Constraints Mean It’s Often Hard To Know
(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) Houston-based Legacy Community Health Services, a federally qualified health center, is trying hard
Read MoreRehab For Addiction Usually Lasts 28 Days. But Why?
(By Ben Allen, WITF for Kaiser Health News) Louis Casanova is playing cards with a friend on the back deck
Read MoreFor cancer patients, newest treatments force the ultimate decision, with no room for error
(By Bob Tedeschi for STAT) GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Three weeks earlier she’d been done. Done with the chemo and the
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