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FILE - In this 1989 file photo, a razor blade is used to divide the contents of a five-dollar vile of crack, a smokable, purified form of cocaine, at a crack house in the South Bronx section of New York. In the 20th century, abuse outbreaks of cocaine, heroin, and other drugs like methamphetamine, would emerge and then fall back. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Opioid Epidemic Shares Similarities With the Past

by Mike Stobbe AP Medical WriterOctober 29, 2017

FILE - In this Aug. 27, 2010 file photo, a nurse practitioner prepares a flu vaccination in Rockville, Md. A puzzling study of U.S. pregnancies suggests that women who received back-to-back flu shots between 2010 and 2012 _ after a new swine flu vaccine came out _ more often had miscarriages. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Flu Vaccine, Miscarriages Linked in Study

by Mike Stobbe AP Medical WriterSeptember 14, 2017

Falls Are Taking a Rising Toll on Elderly Brains

by Mike Stobbe AP Medical WriterMarch 16, 2017

FILE - This 2006 file photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Aedes aegypti mosquito in the process of acquiring a blood meal from a human host. The Zika virus is transmitted to people primarily through the bite of an infected Aedes aegypti species mosquito. A U.S. study of Zika-infected pregnancies found that 6 percent of them ended in birth defects. The rate was nearly twice as high for women infected early in pregnancy. It's the first published research on outcomes in the United States, and the authors say the findings echo what's been reported in Brazil and other countries with Zika outbreaks. (James Gathany/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP, File)

Birth Defect Seen in 6% Of U.S. Zika Pregnancies

by Mike Stobbe AP Medical WriterDecember 15, 2016

This Monday, Jan. 25, 2016 photo shows a room inside a funeral home in Saginaw, Mich. According to a study by the government released on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, life expectancy in the United States has fallen for the first time in more than 20 years. (Katy Kildee/The Saginaw News - MLive.com via AP)

Life Expectancy Falls in the U.S.

by Mike Stobbe AP Medical WriterDecember 9, 2016

FILE - In this July 26, 2016 file photo, a newborn baby with microcephaly rests at a maternity ward of the University Hospital in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Researchers say the severe birth defect caused by Zika infection may not be apparent at birth but develop months afterward, further confirmation that the virus can cause unseen damage to developing babies. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio, File)

Zika-Caused Birth Defect May Be Seen Only After Birth

by Mike Stobbe AP Medical WriterNovember 22, 2016

This image made available by Merck in October 2016 shows a vial and package for their GARDASIL 9 human papillomavirus vaccine. On Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, a government panel said preteens need only get two doses of HPV vaccine instead of three _ a move some hope will raise languishing HPV vaccination rates. Health officials say fewer than a third of 13-year-old U.S. boys and girls get all the necessary shots to protect them against human papillomaviruses (Merck via AP)

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Panel: Preteens Need Only 2 HPV Shots, Not 3, as Thought Prior

by Mike Stobbe AP Medical WriterOctober 20, 2016

FILE - In this June 26, 2012 file photo, two women converse in New York. The nation's obesity epidemic continues to grow, led by an alarming increase among women. For the first time, more than 4 in 10 U.S. women are obese, according to statistics released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday, June 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Four in 10 U.S. Women Are Obese

by Mike Stobbe AP Medical WriterJune 8, 2016

A bottle of Folic Acid is photographed, Wednesday, May 11, 2016, in New York. A new study suggests it may be possible too much folic acid during pregnancy could increase the risk of autism in the child. Experts note study is small and raises more questions than answers. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Study Links Excess Folate And Autism

by Mike Stobbe AP Medical WriterMay 12, 2016

Alyssa Travino, center, of Edinburg, Texas, wears a birth control bill box costume during a Planned Parenthood rally on the steps of the Texas Capitol,Thursday, March 7, 2013, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Zika May Alter Abortion Debate

by Mike Stobbe AP Medical WriterMay 12, 2016