Carmen Heredia Rodriguez | Kaiser Health News

As the scientific community scrambles to find a drug that can effectively treat tens of thousands of patients sickened by a new respiratory virus, they are trying some surprising remedies: medicines targeting known killers like HIV, Ebola and malaria.

The Trump administration’s strategy works to end the AIDS/HIV problem here, but reduces efforts abroad.

President Donald Trump pledged during his State of the Union Address to eliminate HIV transmission within 10 years. It’s a goal long sought by public health advocates, but not an easy undertaking.

After steadily declining for more than two decades, deadly shootings are rising across the country, according to a new government report. The researchers also said that the number of suicides involving a firearm grew 21 percent between 2006 and 2016.