Zika surfaces in Texas, likely to be first local transmission; Many LASIK patients may wind up with glare, halos or other visual symptoms, study suggests; Normal head size at birth doesn’t rule out microcephaly, Zika syndrome after birth; A consumer’s guide to the hottest field in cancer treatments — immunotherapy;
 
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White, rural drug users lack needle exchange programs to prevent HIV infections
This map shows which counties are most at risk of catastrophic new outbreaks of HIV and hepatitis B and C.
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Zika surfaces in Texas, likely to be first local transmission
With this case, south Texas could be the next place in the mainland U.S. with active local transmission.
 
Many LASIK patients may wind up with glare, halos or other visual symptoms, study suggests
Almost half of participants in a study of LASIK developed new visual symptoms after the surgery.
 
Normal head size at birth doesn’t rule out microcephaly, Zika syndrome after birth
The latest data show Zika-infected infants who were born with a normal head size and developed microcephaly months later.
 
A consumer’s guide to the hottest field in cancer treatments — immunotherapy
While confident that immunotherapy will play an increasing role in cancer treatment, researchers must overcome some obstacles.
 
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