Mythology of ‘Patient Zero’ and how AIDS virus traveled to the United States is all wrong; The startling rise in oral cancer in men, and what it says about our changing sexual habits; Newt Gingrich is the new face of a controversial opioid addiction therapy; What you need to know about those new, deadly heart-surgery infections; National Cancer Institute researcher was months late in notifying authorities about deaths; A major update relaxes screen time rules for some kids;
 
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Mythology of ‘Patient Zero’ and how AIDS virus traveled to the United States is all wrong
Researchers say DNA evidence shows HIV was circulating within U.S. borders long before Patient Zero became infected.
The startling rise in oral cancer in men, and what it says about our changing sexual habits
The most dramatic increases were in throat cancer and tongue cancer, according to FAIR Health.
 
Newt Gingrich is the new face of a controversial opioid addiction therapy
Former House speaker Newt Gingrich joins former White House adviser Anthony Kapel “Van” Jones on stage on Monday to discuss the nation's opioid addiction crisis.
 
What you need to know about those new, deadly heart-surgery infections
Answers to patients' questions about the risk of infection from open-chest bypass surgeries.
 
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The little girl who battled a brain tumor, featured in a Washington Post story, has died
Eden Oyelola briefly took part in a clinical trial testing an immunotherapy drug against aggressive tumors.
 
National Cancer Institute researcher was months late in notifying authorities about deaths
Patients in a lymphoma clinical trial died of fungal infections that might have been linked to their experimental treatment.
 
A major update relaxes screen time rules for some kids
In general, the new digital media use guidelines are much more generous than in the past.
 
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