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Lifting the ban on federal funding for syringe exchange programs would be a long-awaited victory for public health advocates.

Outrage at the public health threat posed by anti-vaxxers is necessary, but we also need to scrutinize Big Pharma.

The World Health Organization says nearly 5,000 people have now died from Ebola out of 10,000 known cases.

One lesson we should take away from the first US Ebola case is that the health care we extend to the still-uninsured may be our own.

In today's On the News segment: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces the first case of Ebola in the US, and more.

The Infectious Diseases Society of America's 2006 Lyme disease guideline panel has undercut its credibility by allowing financial interests to exclude divergent medical evidence.

Two Congressional Democrats are unveiling legislation this morning that would restart the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's gun violence research efforts.

Reforms tackling the skyrocketing numbers of heroin and opiate-related overdoses are slowly coming; in the meantime, many, including Truthout Reporter Mike Ludwig, are sharing skills to keep their friends …

The NISVS survey and CDC report reach beyond mere numbers and is the first national study to ask questions designed to illuminate some of the context of victimization.

It raises significant concerns about oversight of the burgeoning quality improvement industry.