Sydney Lupkin
You Can't Put That in There! A Look at Sex-Injury Data
Happy Valentine's Day! We went through nearly 450 sex injuries in the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System to find the most common reasons for a sex-related visit to the emergency room.
Pope Francis’s Mexico Visit Could Help Fuel Zika Outbreak
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has already issued a level 2 travel advisory for Mexico, warning visitors to the region to take precautions while urging women who are pregnant or who may become pregnant to stay away.
This Mental Illness Makes Mirrors Lie and Drives Patients to Suicide
Body dysmorphic disorder is more than vanity — it's compared to obsessive compulsive disorder, but with higher rates of depression and suicide.
Here’s What You Should Know About the Zika Virus
It came from Africa, it's spreading through the Americas, and it may turn out to be a big deal. What is Zika, what does it do to you, and how can you prevent exposure to it?
'Vast Majority' of Child and Adolescent Deaths Worldwide Are Preventable
Although some countries are making progress toward lower childhood mortality, others are failing to reduce preventable deaths from diarrheal disease, respiratory illnesses, and neonatal conditions, according a new report.
77 Percent of American Teens Now Believe It's Safe to Smoke Weed
A new report that examines national trends in drug use and mental health found that teens increasingly believe it isn't risky to occasionally use marijuana.
This Is How One Pot Smoker Learned That Weed Plays a Mysterious Role in Psychosis
Researchers have long suggested that cannabis users who are predisposed to mental disorders are more likely to develop psychosis symptoms. Devan Fuentes found this out the hard way.
Asperger Syndrome Seems More Prevalent Among Kids Who Identify as Opposite Gender
A small study that's the first of its kind in the United States suggests that children who identify as a gender other than they one they were born with are more likely to have Asperger syndrome than children in the general population.
Getting Birth Control Just Got Easier in Two US States — But Doctors Say It's Still Too Hard
Pharmacists in Oregon and California can now prescribe birth control, but some of America's top gynecologists want to know why it isn’t just sold over the counter.
Virus Suspected of Shrinking the Heads of Brazilian Babies Arrives in Puerto Rico
After prompting Brazilian officials to worry that it was causing babies to be born with abnormally small heads and brains, the Zika virus has turned up in Puerto Rico. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a travel advisory.
The Outbreaks of 2015: Ebola, MERS, and Measles at the Happiest Place on Earth
From the end of Ebola in West Africa to measles spreading at Disneyland, a grim medley of viral and bacterial infections made headlines this year.