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Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters Why Is MERS So Contagious?
Amid an outbreak of the deadly virus in South Korea, virologists are piecing together an understanding of a new but familiar respiratory illness.
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Rick Wilking / Reuters The Hospitals That Overcharge Patients by 1,000 Percent
If you thought a burst appendix was painful, wait until you see the bill.
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Christopher Black / WHO / Reuters A Liberian Hospital After Ebola
In the wake of the epidemic, Liberian healthcare facilities have overhauled the way they handle infectious disease. But as resources and attention wane, can the country’s health system sustain these changes?
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dsy88 / Shutterstock Doctors' Secret Language for Assisted Suicide
In most states, where euthanasia is illegal, physicians can offer only hints and euphemisms for patients to interpret.
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Sacura / Shutterstock Is Depression a Symptom of Parkinson's Disease?
A new study suggests depression is an early manifestation of the neurodegenerative disease, not just a byproduct of being chronically ill.
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Bill Gates's Quest to Determine Why Children Are Dying
An interview with Gates about why so many newborns die in developing countries, and what he thinks he can do about it
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Larry Downing/Reuters The Trials of John Roberts
Supreme Court cases on gay marriage and the Affordable Care Act test the chief justice's commitment to judicial restraint.
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