ConsumersHealth JournalismWebMD Summer of Mosquito Swarms May Be on Horizon It's been a warmer and wetter spring across the country which could mean swarms of…Bara VaidaMay 25, 2019
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FeaturedHealth JournalismPolicy Will Abortion Foes Prevail? In my latest update for CQ Researcher on abortion laws, I take a look at…Bara VaidaJuly 14, 2018
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Health JournalismNational Institutes of Health NIH’s Francis Collins Talks About the Opioid Crisis In 2016, opioids were involved in 42,249 deaths, five times higher than 1999. That figure…Bara VaidaMarch 15, 2018