The Philippines Is Fighting One Of The World's Worst Measles Outbreaks As health workers in the Philippines continue to try to contain the outbreak, a botched vaccination campaign against dengue is making their job harder. Jason Beaubien
Migrant Processing Center Temporarily Closing After 'Flu-Related' Outbreak The McAllen, Texas, facility is the same one where a 16-year-old Guatemalan boy became ill last week, and died after he was transferred to another Border Patrol station. John Burnett
Anti-Abortion Rights Groups Push GOP To Rethink Rape And Incest Exceptions After Alabama passed a restrictive abortion law, anti-abortion rights groups are asking Republican officials to "reconsider decades-old talking points." Sarah McCammon
Scientists Modify Viruses With CRISPR To Create New Weapon Against Superbugs Superbugs are bacteria that can beat modern medicine's most powerful drugs. So doctors are racing to find new ways to fight back, such as developing "living antibiotics." Rob Stein
Computerized Model Reveals Details Of How Human Cells Divide The nonprofit Allen Institute in Seattle has produced a visualization of human cell division that promises to be useful for professional scientists and curious amateurs alike. Richard Harris
Another measles outbreak spreads, this time in Seattle area A seventh person was diagnosed with measles on Tuesday. Paige Browning
The Struggle To Hire And Keep Doctors In Rural Areas Means Patients Go Without Care A new generation of family physicians wants a work-life balance. But practicing in a small town is a 24/7 job, which is worsening the ongoing doctor shortage in rural America. Kirk Siegler
Fungus detected at Seattle Children's, prompting operating room closures A potentially harmful fungus has been detected at Seattle Children’s Hospital, prompting officials to shut down affected operating rooms. KUOW Staff
Locking up mentally ill, drug addicted people results in jail deaths, new report says The practice of locking up people who are chronically sick, mentally ill or drug addicted in under-resourced city, county and regional jails in... Austin Jenkins
When LA's Air Got Better, Kids' Asthma Cases Dropped New cases of asthma dropped dramatically in Los Angeles communities where air quality improved the most over 20 years. The results illustrate health benefits from pollution control. Richard Harris
