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FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2019, file photo, Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District biologist Nadja Reissen examines a mosquito in Salt Lake City. State and federal health officials are reporting a higher than usual number of deaths and illnesses from a rare, mosquito-borne virus this year. Eastern equine encephalitis has been diagnosed in a score of people in six states and several people have died so far this year. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Uptick seen in rare mosquito-borne virus in some US states

by Mike Stobbe Associated Press, and Jennifer McDermott Associated PressSeptember 22, 2019

NEW YORK — The number of U.S. deaths and illnesses from a rare mosquito-borne virus are higher than usual this year, health officials report.Eastern equine encephalitis has been diagnosed in 21 people in six states, and five people have died. The…

FILE - This July 3, 2018 file photo shows a Narcan nasal device which delivers naloxone in the Brooklyn borough of New York. On Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, health officials reported that prescriptions of the overdose-reversing drug naloxone are soaring, and experts say that could be a reason overdose deaths have stopped rising for the first time in nearly three decades. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Boom in overdose-reversing drug is tied to fewer drug deaths

by Mike Stobbe AP Medical WriterAugust 6, 2019

FILE - This Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016 file photo shows two overweight women in New York. On Tuesday, May 28, 2019, health officials are reporting fewer new cases of diabetes in U.S. adults _ even as obesity rates continue to climb. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

New U.S. diabetes cases decline but obesity still on the rise

by Mike Stobbe AP Medical WriterMay 28, 2019

Big firms blamed for drug woes

by Mike Stobbe Associated Press, and Emily Swanson Associated PressApril 25, 2019

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 9, 2018 file photo, Henry Beverly, 73, battles the flu while tended to by nurse Kathleen Burks at Upson Regional Medical Center in Thomaston, Ga. As of January 2019, the current flu season is shaping up to be gentler than last winter’s unusually brutal one, health officials say. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

This Flu Season Appears Milder

by Mike Stobbe AP Medical WriterJanuary 11, 2019

FILE - In this May 25, 2017 file photo, chemotherapy drugs are administered to a patient at a hospital in Chapel Hill, N.C. The U.S. cancer death rate has been falling between 1991 and 2016, and so far there’s little sign the decline is slowing, according to a report released on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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U.S. Cancer Death Rate Sees 25 Years of Decline

by Mike Stobbe AP Medical WriterJanuary 9, 2019

This March 2017 photo provided by Johns Hopkins University shows therapy dog Winnie at the university's hospital in Baltimore, Md. Therapy dogs who visit hospital patients can bring joy, affection, and _ superbug bacteria _ according to a new study by Johns Hopkins released Friday, Oct. 5, 2018. Casey Barton Behravesh of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it adds to the growing understanding that while interactions with pets and therapy animals can be beneficial, they can also carry risk. (Meghan Davis/Johns Hopkins University via AP)

Study: Therapy Dogs Can Spread Superbugs to Kids

by Mike Stobbe AP Medical WriterOctober 5, 2018

U.S. Teens Are Taking Fewer Risks with Health, But Drinking Less Milk

by Mike Stobbe AP Medical WriteJune 15, 2018

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018 file photo, a nurse prepares a flu shot at the Salvation Army in Atlanta. The U.S. government's Friday, Feb. 9, 2018 flu report showed the flu has further tightened its grip on the U.S. This season is now as intense as the swine flu epidemic nine years ago. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Flu Season Continues to Surge

by Mike Stobbe AP Medical WriterFebruary 9, 2018

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2014 file photo, Brenda Fitzgerald, Georgia Department of Public Health commissioner, left, and Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal respond to questions in Atlanta. U.S. officials announced that Fitzgerald, the director of the nation’s top public health agency has resigned because of financial conflicts of interest. On Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services officials said Fitzgerald’s complex financial interests had caused conflicts of interest that made it difficult to do her job. Alex Azar, who was sworn in as head of the department Monday, accepted her resignation. (AP Photo/David Tulis, File)

CDC Chief Quits Over Conflicts

by Mike Stobbe AP Medical WriterJanuary 31, 2018