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A bacteria that triggers deadly diarrhea and is one of the most common causes of U.S. infectious disease deaths is caused, in part, by antibiotics. Clostridium difficile, or C-diff, is…
Starting on Wednesday, Facebook is rolling out a new feature for suicide prevention. The social media site is partnering with Now Matters Now, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Save.org and…
Follow Us: Get the Upshot in your Inbox FEB. 16, 2015 Jeremy N. Smith – The World Bank has made reducing transport deaths a major investment priority, and Michael Bloomberg…
As of February 6, 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has documented 121 cases of measles in 17 states and Washington D.C. – Graphics by Alissa Scheller for…
President Barack Obama’s nominee to serve as U.S. drug “czar” won unanimous approval in the Senate Monday as lawmakers vowed to curb an epidemic that results in more than 40,000…
The son of two Korean immigrant parents who once struggled to make ends meet, Robert Lee understood as a young child what it’s like to feel hungry. He eventually went…
A baby goat was beheaded and its twin was taken from a park where they had been in a pen, the Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals…
At least seven people have died after eating caramel apples that may have been infected with Listeria monocytogenes. Some 32 people have become infected with the deadly bacterium in 11…