Is That A Brown Recluse Spider Bite Or Skin Cancer?
Skin lesions are often misdiagnosed as a brown recluse spider bite when they're actually a tick bite or MRSA or even skin cancer. Here's how to tell the difference.
Health & Safety
A Bit More Vitamin D Might Help Prevent Colds And Flu
An analysis finds that if you're deficient in vitamin D, taking a supplement might cut your risk of respiratory infections. But there's disagreement on what's considered deficient.
China Blacklists Carfentanil, Closing A Deadly Loophole
The opioid carfentanil is roughly 10,000 times more potent than morphine — but until now, it hasn't been a controlled substance in China.
Germ History: Milkmaids Inspire Vaccines, But The Germs Keep Coming
After milkmaids helped discover vaccination, we spent the next 150 years learning how to keep ourselves safe from germs. By the 1960s, we thought the battle was finally over. If only!
Broad Institute Wins Big Battle Over CRISPR Gene-Editing Patent
CRISPR technology is already worth billions of dollars, investors say. This ruling seems to affirm the biggest piece of the pie goes to the Broad, over patent rival University of California, Berkeley.
Shorter Enrollment Period For Obamacare Proposed By Administration
The White House is proposing changes to the Affordable Care Act to stabilize the insurance market as Congress moves to repeal and replace the sweeping health care law.
Scientists May Have Solved The Mystery Of Nodding Syndrome
For decades, scientists suspected that the parasite responsible for river blindness might be causing a rare form of epilepsy. Now they have evidence.
For Food Manufacturers, 'Sell By' Labels May Have Reached Their Expiration Date
Those "expiration" labels on packaged food may confuse consumers and dupe them into throwing good food in the trash. Two major food industry associations want to change that and are proposing reforms.
Feeling Way More Stressed Out? You're Not Alone
A January poll finds that people's stress levels have spiked since August, with two-thirds of people saying they're worried about the future of the nation.
Another Big Health Insurer Loosens Rules For Covering Addiction Treatment
Doctors treating people addicted to opioids often need approval from insurers before giving drugs that ease withdrawal. The delay can be risky for patients. Insurers are starting to come around.