First-year doctors will be allowed to work 24-hour shifts starting in July; Yellow fever outbreak in Brazil worries U.S. officials; Obamacare repeal guts crucial public health funds; Surgeons were told to stop prescribing so many painkillers. The results were remarkable.; Arthritis afflicts about 1 in 4 adults in the U.S., CDC report finds; Surge in human cases of deadly bird flu is prompting alarm;     First-year doctors will be allowed to work 24-hour shifts starting in July New professional standards will lengthen the consecutive hours that first-year doctors may work. By Lenny Bernstein  •  Read more » Deadly fungal infection that doctors have been fearing now reported in U.S. Since federal health officials alerted U.S. clinicians last June, 35 cases of the infection have been reported. By Lena H. Sun  •  Read more »   Yellow fever outbreak in Brazil worries U.S. officials The rising number of domestic cases in Brazil could result in cases in the United States, especially along Gulf Coast and in Puerto Rico. By Lena H. Sun  •  Read more »   Obamacare repeal guts crucial public health funds The latest GOP health-care plan would eliminate funds for fundamental public health programs of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, from prevention of bioterrorism and disease outbreaks to immunizations and heart disease screening. By Lena H. Sun  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Surgeons were told to stop prescribing so many painkillers. The results were remarkable. Educating surgeons about their patients' opioid use helped cut prescriptions by more than half. By Lenny Bernstein  •  Read more »   Arthritis afflicts about 1 in 4 adults in the U.S., CDC report finds Arthritis is not just a disease of the elderly; many working-age people suffer from the condition. By Jia Naqvi  •  Read more »   Surge in human cases of deadly bird flu is prompting alarm The H7N9 bird flu has the greatest potential to trigger a pandemic if it begins to spread readily among people, experts warn. By Lena H. Sun  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Recommended for you   Health, Science & Environment News Alerts Get immediate email on health, science or environment news. You can also sign up for email alerts on: Politics, World News, Economy/Business, Technology, Entertainment or Sports at washingtonpost.com/newsletters. Sign Up »         Share To Your Health:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for To Your Health. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2017 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071