Sharlene Adams rode three buses to get to an East Baltimore medical supply store. Rachel Bluth/Capital News Service hide caption
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A recurring bone infection landed Robert Peace in the hospital five times after a 2004 car accident fractured a hip. He blames his readmissions on a lack of follow-up care. Doug Kapustin for Kaiser Health News hide caption
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says it's not clear whether Zika virus can spread through saliva. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Girls at dance practice during Season 1 of East Los High. Hulu hide caption
The problem of dangerously thin standards for fashion models has been debated for years. Marcin Kilarski/EyeEm/Getty Images hide caption
Gay and bisexual men were banned from donating blood over concern that HIV could contaminate the blood supply. Vesna Andjic/Getty Images hide caption
A girl cries while receiving a deworming pill in Managua, part of a campaign by the Nicaraguan Ministry of Health. Hector Retamal /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
The bacterium that causes syphilis is spread through sexual contact. It's easily cured with antibiotics, but can be hard to diagnose. CDC/Phanie/Science Source hide caption
"Smoking, you stink," reads a cigarette package in Spanish that was used in an anti-smoking campaign in Uruguay. Matilde Campodonico/AP hide caption
Dr. Leana Wen, Baltimore's health commissioner, is eager to see hospitals in the city pitch in on public health. Meredith Rizzo/NPR hide caption
In Maryland, A Change In How Hospitals Are Paid Boosts Public Health
New York City's health department launched the "Maybe the IUD" campaign this week, aimed at increasing awareness about the IUD as a highly effective and low-maintenance option for birth control. iStock hide caption