Everyone pays the high cost of diabetes
Jeff Tyler Mar 7, 2013
New research says diabetes cost the nation a record $245 billion in 2012, up more than 40 percent in the past five years.
Viral outbreak! The CDC has an app for that
Eve Troeh Mar 1, 2013
You can identify the source of an outbreak, based on actual cases investigated by the Centers for Disease Control.
Attack of the mosquito! Bugs beat DEET
Rebecca Morelle Feb 21, 2013
New research indicates that the main protection against the mosquito, DEET, may not be as effective as originally thought.
Flu season could cost economy billions
Sarah Gardner Jan 10, 2013
CDC says bad flu outbreak may cost employers $10 billion in health care costs alone.
The bitter pill of globalization
Kai Ryssdal Jan 7, 2013
A robust global economy spreads wealth -- and pandemics like the flu, SARS, even the plague.
Funding the fight against malaria
Amy Scott Sep 17, 2012
Public health experts discuss a new way to bring down the cost of treatment.
West Nile virus hits Dallas, Texas
Christopher Werth Aug 17, 2012
The city of Dallas Texas has authorized the first aerial spraying of pesticides since the 1960s to stop an outbreak of West Nile virus. Dallas County has seen nearly 200 cases of the mosquito born illness and ten deaths.
The growth of the genetic testing industry
David Brancaccio Mar 12, 2012
A new study that predicts that Americans could be spending $25 billion a year by the end of this decade on genetics testing. It's believed that the prospect of being able to sequence whole genomes at an affordable cost now is really a gamechanger.
