How Worried Should We Be About Lassa Fever?
The tropical virus has killed a man who returned to New Jersey from Liberia this month. But chances that he could have spread the disease are remote.
Health & Safety
Tea Tuesdays: Tea-Drinking Tips For A Longer Life
Researchers studying the Blue Zones, five regions around the world with lots of centenarians, have come up with this rule: "Drink coffee for breakfast, tea in the afternoon, wine at 5 p.m."
Tea Tuesdays: Butter Up That Tea, Tibetan-Style
Yak butter tea is often referred to as the national drink of Tibet. It's been consumed in the Himalayas for centuries and helped inspire the Bulletproof Coffee craze in the U.S.
Tea Tuesdays: Matcha-maker, Matcha-maker, Make Me Some Tea
Matcha green tea is taking off in America, but the Japanese have been drinking it for eight centuries. What happens when commercialism meets tradition?
So For Halloween You're Dressing Up As ... A Sexy Ebola Nurse?
Why are infectious disease costumes even a thing? It's actually a relatively new development in Halloween history, but there are precedents. See: Plague Doctor mask, Venice.
New Mothers Get A New Kind Of Care In Rural Nigeria
Local clinics may have "no staff and no stuff." Big hospitals are hard to reach. But when community health workers come to live in a village, there's a change for the better.
Multiple Sclerosis Patients Stressed Out By Soaring Drug Costs
The cost of medication to treat multiple sclerosis has risen much faster than inflation, even for older drugs. Patients and insurers say manufacturers' subsidy programs have helped, but not enough.
In America's Heartland, Heroin Crisis Is Hitting Too Close To Home
Midwestern and Southwestern states struggle with an influx of heroin being sold for cheap by Mexican cartels. In one community, a spike in heroin-related deaths has everyone on high alert.
Your Roommate In The Nursing Home Might Be A Bedbug
If you're in a medical facility, bedbugs should not be on your worry list. But infestations of the bloodsucking insects in nursing homes and hospitals are on the rise.
Game For Ancient Grain: Palestinians Find Freekeh Again
The young, roasted form of wheat has been eaten in the Middle East for millennia. But over time many Palestinians replaced it with rice. Now it's becoming a nutritious, native food worthy of pride.