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Health Archive

Archives for June 2014

Health Care
Why birth control shouldn’t require a prescriptionWhy birth control shouldn’t require a prescription
Health Care

Birth control pills are available without a co-pay. They should be available over the counter, too.

By Adrianna McIntyre
Health
How deadly viruses stay one step ahead of usHow deadly viruses stay one step ahead of us
Health

They evolve so darned fast. Here’s why.

By Susannah Locke
Health Care
Cigarettes today are deadlier than everCigarettes today are deadlier than ever
Health Care

These aren’t your grandma’s cigarettes. They’re worse.

By Adrianna McIntyre
Health
Anthrax: dozens possibly exposed, none ill yetAnthrax: dozens possibly exposed, none ill yet
Health

Why people are studying anthrax, and how things can go wrong

By Susannah Locke

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