
By BY DONALD G. MCNEIL JR. AND ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2OCEv8N

The outbreak began with a passenger who disembarked in Hong Kong on January 25, and tested positive 6 days later.
That kind of overprescribing raises risks for everyone, experts say, as bacteria gain more chances to mutate around the life-saving drugs.
Gastrointestinal bleeding in patients taking blood thinners for an irregular heartbeat should prompt doctors to check for colon cancer, a new study advises.
Two million more Americans didn't seek health care from late 2016 through 2017 because they couldn't afford it and/or lacked insurance, new research shows.