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01Well

First-of-Its-Kind Vaccine Ushers in New Hope for Cancer Patients

Beyond melanoma, scientists are studying cancer vaccines for glioblastoma, pancreatic cancer and more.

Nina AgrawalOct 23

02Africa

Ebola Ward in Congo Burns After Residents Turn Against Medics

Several hundred people massed at the gates of a hospital to demand the body of a suspected Ebola victim. Violence broke out when staff refused the request.

Declan Walsh and Arlette BashiziMay 22

As the cost of health care has risen in recent years, many companies have passed a greater share of the costs to their workers.

03Business

Employers Shift Rising Health Care Costs Onto Millions of Workers

New surveys show that increases in premiums and deductibles are forcing people to forgo treatments or doctor’s visits while budgets are strained by higher food and gas prices.

Reed AbelsonOct 22

An emergency heat wave relief center in Bordeaux, France, this past June.

04Climate

Heat Waves Killed an Estimated 50,000 in European Cities, a Likely Record

This summer’s heat was the continent’s deadliest by far this century, according to new peer-reviewed estimates.

Raymond ZhongOct 22

05Science

Alzheimer’s Researchers Look at an Unusual Data Point: Head Shape

Could the geometry of our brains increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease? It’s a provocative question, but one that some scientists are beginning to explore.

Carolyn Y. JohnsonOct 22

The West Coast Health Alliance recounted its experience to Dr. Erica Schwartz, the C.D.C. director.

06Health

C.D.C. Ignored Request From States to Validate a New Measles Test

The agency replied two months later, saying it had “competing priorities,” officials from a coalition of Western states said.

Apoorva MandavilliOct 21

A (non-rabid) beaver in Maryland, where this summer a fisherman in Cunningham Falls State Park reported that he was bitten on the leg by a beaver that later tested positive for rabies.

07Science

Is Rabies Making a Comeback?

As several states report surges in animal cases, federal officials are warning about an apparent increase in human exposures.

Emily AnthesOct 21

08Magazine

The Proponents of ‘Dark Nutrition’ Think Everything You Know About Food Is Wrong

More Americans are rejecting everything they’ve been taught about food.

Sophie HaigneyOct 21

09Science

Why Drug Companies Are Rushing to Market Ketamine Medicines

Spurred on by the Trump administration’s embrace of psychedelic medicine, researchers are experimenting with new — and not so new — forms of the anesthetic.

Andrew JacobsOct 20

Nizamiye Hospital in Abuja, Nigeria, where the country’s first Ebola patient was admitted this week. An African health official said that if authorities could not come up with ways to stamp out the outbreak, “the whole continent can be affected.”

10Health

Ebola Outbreak in Africa Reaches Widest Expansion Ever

Health officials are urgently seeking answers about the origins of a case newly identified in Nigeria, the first in that West African nation.

Apoorva MandavilliOct 22