Worth reading: Measles, heroin, and unsafe chicken

A few of the recent pieces I've liked:

Tara C. Smith at Slate: Measles is Horrible

Jason Cherkis in the Huffington Post: Dying to Be Free ("There’s A Treatment For Heroin Addiction That Actually Works. Why Aren’t We Using It?")

Sara Ainsworth at RH Reality Check: Lawyers for Fetuses? Yes, It’s Absurd, But It’s Worse Than You Realize

Wil S. Hylton in the New Yorker: A Bug in the System: Why last night's chicken made you sick

Sarah Goodyear at Citylab: More Women Ride Mass Transit Than Men. Shouldn't Transit Agencies Be Catering to Them?

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