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What to know in global health this week: Japan has declared a flu epidemic with cases surging weeks earlier than usual. A virus outbreak in Senegal is a test of regional cooperation. Global life expectancy is rebounding, but not for everyone. And the Trump administration may be expanding its "global gag rule."

More than 40% of adults are obese in some states. New report details U.S. obesity epidemic and makes policy recommendations amid federal cuts to public health.

FDA approval of Apple Watch's hypertension alert represents a shift in personal and public health data. The longer and more continuously we can monitor patterns, the better able we are able to assess health, even if each individual measurement is imperfect.

Fulton County health officials traced 268 possible measles exposures after an outbreak tied to unvaccinated Georgia State student.

Poppy seeds come from the plant that produces opium and from which narcotics such as morphine and codeine are derived. During harvesting and processing, the seeds can become coated with the opium fluid.

Fulton County health officials traced 268 possible measles exposures after an outbreak tied to unvaccinated Georgia State student.

About 140,000 people across the state benefit from enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies. Cutting them would be more expensive for everyone in the long run.

Together Take Me Home, based at Emory University, delivers HIV tests through an easy-to-use website and integration with dating apps. It's funding was set to be cut, but that decision was reversed.

Nurses in California say nursing remains a noble calling, but many report feeling pressured to turn over beds and take on more patients, stress that can dissuade young people from entering the field and drive experienced nurses to leave or retire early.

Your Global Health Checkup: The chikungunya virus is spreading beyond the tropics, including in New York. People are dying of malaria after U.S. cuts in Cameroon aid. Some good news for elephants - and more.

Alison Young has covered health, science and environmental issues for most of her career, including as a CDC beat reporter during an earlier time of controversial change at the agency. She joins Healthbeat in another period of upheaval.

Your Global Health Checkup: A lower price for the new HIV prevention shot, food poisoning in Indonesian school lunches, more on Ebola in Congo, a tiny sandfly parasite, and the odds of another pandemic.

About 140,000 people across the state benefit from enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies. Cutting them would be more expensive for everyone in the long run.

Together Take Me Home, based at Emory University, delivers HIV tests through an easy-to-use website and integration with dating apps. It's funding was set to be cut, but that decision was reversed.

Your Global Health Checkup: The chikungunya virus is spreading beyond the tropics, including in New York. People are dying of malaria after U.S. cuts in Cameroon aid. Some good news for elephants - and more.

About 140,000 people across the state benefit from enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies. Cutting them would be more expensive for everyone in the long run.

Together Take Me Home, based at Emory University, delivers HIV tests through an easy-to-use website and integration with dating apps. It's funding was set to be cut, but that decision was reversed.

Alison Young has covered health, science and environmental issues for most of her career, including as a CDC beat reporter during an earlier time of controversial change at the agency. She joins Healthbeat in another period of upheaval.

Your Global Health Checkup: The chikungunya virus is spreading beyond the tropics, including in New York. People are dying of malaria after U.S. cuts in Cameroon aid. Some good news for elephants - and more.

Alison Young has covered health, science and environmental issues for most of her career, including as a CDC beat reporter during an earlier time of controversial change at the agency. She joins Healthbeat in another period of upheaval.

Nurses in California say nursing remains a noble calling, but many report feeling pressured to turn over beds and take on more patients, stress that can dissuade young people from entering the field and drive experienced nurses to leave or retire early.

After weeks of confusion over who could get a Covid shot, it's back to business as usual: You can get the vaccine at pharmacies without a prescription in Georgia.

Nurses in California say nursing remains a noble calling, but many report feeling pressured to turn over beds and take on more patients, stress that can dissuade young people from entering the field and drive experienced nurses to leave or retire early.