Disease Experts Are Better Than the Covid-19 Contrarians: Opinion April 24, 2020 By Noah Smith, Bloomberg Opinion One of the most vexing questions in life is: Should you trust the experts? The fundamental conundrum is that sometimes...
Workers on Coronavirus Front Lines Fear Protections Are Inadequate March 9, 2020 By John Shiffman, Marisa Taylor and Joseph Tanfani As coronavirus cases exploded across the world, federal medical workers tasked with screening incoming passengers at U.S. airports grew alarmed:...
Vaping Lung Injury Cases Down; Link to Vitamin E Acetate Reinforced December 24, 2019 By Robert Langreth Most patients stricken in a wave of vaping-related injuries had vitamin E acetate in their lungs, U.S. health officials found,...
What is Known, Unknown About Lung Illnesses Linked to Vaping October 11, 2019 Government public health officials are continuing to advise people to stop e-cigarette or vaping products, especially with THC, the main...
Who Is Most at Risk for Opioid Death and How to Help Them: Columbia Research November 30, 2017 Just over 60 percent of individuals who died from an opioid overdose had been diagnosed with a chronic pain condition,...
Insurance Commissioner: Overdose Death Rate High in Louisiana September 29, 2016 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Louisiana’s drug overdose death rate exceeds the national average, the Louisiana Department...