Health

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Anti-vaccine sentiment is spilling over into veterinary medicine, making some owners hesitant to vaccinate their pets, even for fatal diseases like rabies.

A Somali hospital ward packed with gasping children shows how war, climate and mistrust of vaccines is fueling the disease’s return.

Inside the effort to pull minors from ‘the Blade,’ one of the most notorious sex-trafficking corridors in the United States.

Treating baby wraps with a mosquito repellent shows promising protection against a top killer of children.

Genetic material pulled from 13 teeth found in a grave in Lithuania revealed infectious diseases that felled the French emperor’s troops as they withdrew from Russia.

Genetic material pulled from 13 teeth found in a grave in Lithuania revealed infectious diseases that felled the French emperor’s troops as they withdrew from Russia.

The main difference is that most Americans don’t confront the full cost of their coverage.