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  1. Health & Medicine

    Life Blood: Drug stops mothers’ bleeding after births

    A drug sometimes used to induce abortions can stem bleeding after childbirth.

    By Christen Brownlee
  2. Humans

    Smoke Out: Bartenders’ lungs appreciate ban

    Pub workers in Scotland breathed easier and showed better respiratory health shortly after a nationwide ban on smoking inside public spaces went into effect.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Health & Medicine

    Many infections tied to medical settings

    More than one-fourth of skin or muscle infections that require hospitalization originate from microbes acquired in a clinic, hospital, or other medical-care setting.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Health & Medicine

    Statins defend against fungus-caused sepsis

    Cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins might reduce the risk of dying from sepsis triggered by a fungal infection.