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Your ZIP Code Might Determine How Long You Live—and the Difference Could Be Decades

Where you live is closely tied to your health

Where you live is closely tied to your health

A firefighter displays a dose of naloxone, which the department uses to treat opioid overdoses, in Rockford, Ill., on July 14, 2017.

New Government Estimates Offer Early Hope That Drug Overdose Deaths Are Waning

'It's a good hint of what's coming'

'It's a good hint of what's coming'

An ashtray filled with cigarettes butts on an outdoor smoking stand.

A Flurry of States Have Raised Their Smoking Ages. But Big Tobacco's Involvement Has Some Health Groups Uneasy

Texas is the latest

Texas is the latest

A Million New STIs Are Contracted Every Day, the WHO Says

This one is the most common

This one is the most common

A patron drinks a beverage called Apples & Oranges at Getaway, an alcohol-free bar in Brooklyn.

Why Alcohol Companies Are Betting on Non-Alcoholic 'Booze'

The future looks a lot drier

The future looks a lot drier

Your Bottled Water Probably Has Plastic In It. Should You Worry?

Unfortunately, bottled water is just the start

Unfortunately, bottled water is just the start

Margeaux Hartline, dressed as a handmaid, protests against a ban on nearly all abortions outside of the Alabama State House in Montgomery, Ala., on May 14, 2019.

Alabama's Abortion Ban Isn't Only About Abortion. Opponents Are Afraid it May Drive Doctors Out of the State

And endanger women's health care

And endanger women's health care