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An original 1939 Ministry of Information

Globe Trot: No need to panic

International |  “Keep Calm and Carry On” is a good Monday slogan, and originally part of a 1939 British war propaganda campaign. But it actually never went public during…

C. Everett Koop
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Conviction and controversy

Health |  Man knows not his time: U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop

VULNERABLE: A 12-year-old Afghan boy suffering from polio waits for treatment at a Red Cross center in Kabul.
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The polio threat

Medicine |  Health workers are making a push to eradicate the virus worldwide, but Islamic militants threaten to end their work

Dr. Hannah Gay

Doctors cure Mississippi child's HIV infection

Health |  Scientists announced Sunday they may have successfully cured a child of HIV, a huge step forward in the effort to help children around the world from…

STD testing lab

Drug-resistant Gonorrhea raises pandemic threat

Health |  Gonorrhea, a highly drug-resistant sexually-transmitted disease, is on the rise in the United Kingdom, causing health officials to worry it might soon explode…

Jeanne Kelly in Rockdale, a community garden in Los Angeles.

Cultivating an urban wilderness

Food |  City-dwellers are transforming unused plots into miniature farmland

Secretary of State John Kerry

Midday Roundup: Defending your right to be stupid

Newsworthy |  Stupid is as stupid does. Secretary of State John Kerry, traveling overseas for the first time in his new role, declared himself a strong supporter of freedom…

Dr. C. Everett Koop in 2002

America's doctor promoted to eternal post

Obituary |  Former surgeon general Dr. C. Everett Koop, 96, long regarded as America’s doctor, passed away Monday at his home in Hanover, N.H.  By far the best…

The Plan B vending machine

Dispensing sodas, snacks, and death

Abortion |  No condom? No problem. Just pay a visit to the morning-after pill vending machine in the school nurse’s office.  And so the conversation will go for…

Yohana Bencosme is seen chopping carrots in the Liquiteria juice bar in the East Village section of Manhattan.

Juiced up

Food |  The latest health trend to go mainstream extols liquified fruits and vegetables

A child with spina bifida joins his Little League teammates for the playing of the national anthem.

A birth defect shouldn’t be a death sentence

Abortion |  I was born in 1965 with spina bifida, a birth defect that affects the development of the spine and lower extremities. It can vary in its severity—and my…

The Rev. Al Green

Signs and Wonders: Saying no to Obama, paradoxical polls, golf and taxes, vaccine worries

Newsworthy |  Let’s not stay together. There’s an old saying in Washington that if the president asks you to do something, you can’t say no. Soul legend (and now…

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