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 Every year, tons of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and other drugs flow around the world ​Read More  ABC News: Health ​Health 

 The Pentagon has stepped back from the policy that requires all troops get the flu shot every year by introducing exemptions for reservists and proclaiming that the shot is only necessary in some circumstances for all service members ​Read More  ABC News: Health ​Health 

 Ecuador’s plans to offer dozens of blocks of land for oil exploration for more than $47 billion has prompted opposition from seven Indigenous peoples in the Amazon ​Read More  ABC News: Health ​Health 

 New government data shows another decline in sexually transmitted disease rates for U.S. adults, but also a continued rise in syphilis in newborns ​Read More  ABC News: Health ​Health 

 The leaders of Denmark and Greenland are offering their apologies for their governments' roles in the mistreatment of Greenlandic Indigenous girls and women ​Read More  ABC News: Health ​Health 

 Government scientists say infection rates from drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” have been increasing dramatically ​Read More  ABC News: Health ​Health 

 The number of reported cholera cases is increasing in Darfur and over 3,000 people in Sudan have died in the past 14 months of civil war, according to the World Health Organization ​Read More  ABC News: Health ​Health 

 North Carolina Republican legislators have introduced criminal justice measures to toughen bail rules and evaluate offenders for mental health issues ​Read More  ABC News: Health ​Health 

 The Trump administration is ending the federal government’s annual report on hunger in America, saying it had become “overly politicized″ and ”rife with inaccuracies ​Read More  ABC News: Health ​Health