Health
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America is leaving WHO. What does that mean for public health?
Today's Big Question Trump orders the withdrawal
By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published
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Why is the FDA slow to ban food additives?
Today's big question A legal loophole lets things slide
By Devika Rao, The Week US Published
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Is this the end of cigarettes?
Today's Big Question An FDA rule targets nicotine addiction
By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published
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The decline of the contraceptive pill
In the Spotlight Fears of the pill's side effects, stoked by social media, behind switch to fertility trackers – or no contraception at all
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Unprepared for a pandemic
Opinion What happens if bird flu evolves to spread among humans?
By William Falk Published
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The UK's first legal drug consumption room
The Explainer 'Potentially transformative moment in UK drugs policy' as The Thistle opens in Glasgow
By The Week UK Published
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The 'wild west' of unregulated cosmetic surgery in the UK
The Explainer Complaints soar as aesthetics industry, selling Botox and fillers, remains largely unregulated
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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What are the long-term effects of alcohol?
It's not just cancer
By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published
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How close are we to a norovirus vaccine?
Today's Big Question A new Moderna trial raises hopes of vanquishing a stomach bug that sickens millions a year
By David Faris Published
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Kidney stones are affecting children far more than they once did
Under the radar Salt may be to blame
By Devika Rao, The Week US Published
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Naltrexone: the wonder drug for alcoholism
The pill is said to have a high success rate in reducing alcohol cravings with few side effects
By Richard Windsor, The Week UK Published
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'Restricting what an agent can know and respond to reduces its competitiveness'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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HMPV is spreading in China but there's no need to worry
The Explainer Respiratory illness is common in winter
By Devika Rao, The Week US Published
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Walking pneumonia cases are picking up pace
The explainer Another respiratory illness to be wary of
By Devika Rao, The Week US Published
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