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If there’s a youth vaping ‘epidemic,’ where’s the moral panic over youth drinking and pot-smoking?

Casey Given -

July 25, 2019 8:18 pm

Discarded syringes lay near near train tracks in Philadelphia, Monday, July 31, 2017. According to the Council of Economic Advisers report, more than 50,000 Americans died of a drug overdose in 2015, of which 63 percent reportedly involved opioids. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Drug overdose deaths see first decline in decades

Cassidy Morrison -

July 17, 2019 4:28 pm

The American Heart Association announced on Oct.9 a new way to think about heart disease risks as Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome, or CKM. (iStock)

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CDC presses doctors for help in solving mysterious illness causing paralysis in children

Kimberly Leonard -

July 9, 2019 6:04 pm

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Suicide rate peaks to highest since World War II

Zach Halaschak -

June 20, 2019 1:30 pm

FILE - In this undated colorized transmission electron micrograph file image made available by the CDC shows an Ebola virus virion. Health authorities are investigating nine suspected cases of Ebola in a remote corner of northern Congo, including two deaths, the country's health minister said Friday May 12, 2017.

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Two more cases of Ebola confirmed in Uganda as outbreak spreads

Regina Barton -

June 12, 2019 5:45 pm

In this Monday, Feb. 11, 2019 photo, confiscated drugs and alcohol are stored inside the anti-drug department at the main police headquarters in Gaza City. An opioid crisis has quietly spread in the Gaza Strip, trapping thousands of people in the hell of addiction and adding another layer of misery to the blockaded and impoverished coastal territory.

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More than half of opioid abusers are also binge drinkers, government data shows

Cassidy Morrison -

June 11, 2019 4:01 am

U.S. Marines with Mobility Assault Company, 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, 2d Marine Division, clear a room as part of a close quarters training during Exercise Bold Quest 21.2 at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Ind., Nov. 15, 2021. The exercise is a joint and multinational operational assessment and demonstration to improve technical and procedural tactical-level sensor-to-shooter interoperability.

Healthcare

More parents are spacing out vaccines, a practice doctors say is risky

Cassidy Morrison -

June 8, 2019 4:00 am

In this Friday, May 17, 2019 photo, Starr Roden, left, a registered nurse and immunization outreach coordinator with the Knox County Health Department, administers a vaccination to Jonathan Detweiler, 6, at the facility in Mount Vernon, Ohio.

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HHS Secretary Alex Azar urges people to vaccinate as measles cases surpass 1,000

Cassidy Morrison -

June 5, 2019 9:03 pm

Thomas Frieden, center, leaves Brooklyn federal court, Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, in New York.

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Former CDC director pleads guilty to disorderly conduct in sex abuse case

Zach Halaschak -

June 4, 2019 8:29 pm

Healthcare

Confirmed measles cases rise to 981, most in 27 years

Cassidy Morrison -

June 3, 2019 3:39 pm

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If there’s a youth vaping ‘epidemic,’ where’s the moral panic over youth drinking and pot-smoking?

Drug overdose deaths see first decline in decades

CDC presses doctors for help in solving mysterious illness causing paralysis in children

Suicide rate peaks to highest since World War II

Two more cases of Ebola confirmed in Uganda as outbreak spreads

More than half of opioid abusers are also binge drinkers, government data shows

More parents are spacing out vaccines, a practice doctors say is risky

HHS Secretary Alex Azar urges people to vaccinate as measles cases surpass 1,000

Former CDC director pleads guilty to disorderly conduct in sex abuse case

Confirmed measles cases rise to 981, most in 27 years

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