Archives: Morning Breakouts

Researchers have found that having an older sibling can help protect younger ones from things such as allergies and hay fever. Also in the news, a study on SIDS and the law overhauling U.S. chemical safety rules.

It's possible, one scientist says. But no one should start to panic yet. In other oncology news, the president signed a law to document and track cancer clusters around the country, a New Hampshire task force investigates a cluster in its state and several prominent cancer centers announced they'll collaborate with a biopharmaceutical company to help accelerate research on new, life-saving therapies.

While U.S. law limits trade in key ingredients used to make fentanyl, the chemicals are unregulated in China or by United Nations policing conventions. Meanwhile, as the opioid crisis grips the nation, there's a push for doctors to prescribe alternative pain treatments, a hard-hit Maine town comes together to fight it and the surgeon general says the path to solving the problem is to think of opioid addiction in terms of illness rather than as a crime.