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A Disease That Makes Children Age Rapidly Gets Closer to a Cure

A Disease That Makes Children Age Rapidly Gets Closer to...

Progress in the quest to help progeria patients suggests that gene editing techniques...

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Halting the Bird Flu Outbreak in Cows May Require Thinking Beyond Milk

Halting the Bird Flu Outbreak in Cows May Require Thinking...

A new study paints a complex picture of the outbreak, suggesting that the virus...

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A Blood Test Accurately Diagnosed Alzheimer’s 90% of the Time, Study Finds

A Blood Test Accurately Diagnosed Alzheimer’s 90% of the...

It was much more accurate than primary care doctors using cognitive tests and CT...

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F.D.A. Approves Blood Test for Colon Cancer Detection

F.D.A. Approves Blood Test for Colon Cancer Detection

While not a perfect alternative to colonoscopies, experts hope the test could lead...

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Pediatricians Warn Against Overuse of Tongue-Tie Surgeries

Pediatricians Warn Against Overuse of Tongue-Tie Surgeries

In a new report, the American Academy of Pediatrics said that breastfeeding problems...

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Rabies is Spreading in South African Seals, Scientists Say

Rabies is Spreading in South African Seals, Scientists...

The outbreak may be the first ever documented in marine mammals.

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For Epidemics to Cross Oceans, Viruses on Ships Had to Beat the Odds

For Epidemics to Cross Oceans, Viruses on Ships Had to...

In the era when people traveled by sailing ship and steamer, illnesses usually burned...

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Are Electric Cars Worth the Money?

Are Electric Cars Worth the Money?

They can be, but it depends on your driving habits. We break it down for you.

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Vaccines Significantly Reduce the Risk of Long Covid, Study Finds

Vaccines Significantly Reduce the Risk of Long Covid, Study...

In the first two years of the pandemic, the rate of long Covid was starkly lower...

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Long Covid and Vaccination: What You Need to Know

Long Covid and Vaccination: What You Need to Know

A new study adds to evidence that the shots can reduce the chances of developing...

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A Daily Pill to Prevent S.T.I.s? It May Work, Scientists Say.

A Daily Pill to Prevent S.T.I.s? It May Work, Scientists...

A common antibiotic, doxycycline, greatly reduced cases of syphilis, gonorrhea and...

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Peter Buxtun, Who Exposed Tuskegee Syphilis Study, Dies at 86

Peter Buxtun, Who Exposed Tuskegee Syphilis Study, Dies...

A Public Health Service employee, he turned whistle-blower after learning of decades-long...

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Ozempic and Weight Loss Drugs: Which Should You Choose?

Ozempic and Weight Loss Drugs: Which Should You Choose?

As patients consider drugs like Wegovy, Ozempic, Zepbound and Mounjaro to treat...

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Executives Depart Cassava, Maker of Disputed Alzheimer’s Drug

Executives Depart Cassava, Maker of Disputed Alzheimer’s...

The chief executive and a lead scientist stepped down weeks after a federal grand...

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No Contact America

No Contact America

Encouraged on social media, many Americans are estranging themselves from their...

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What Parents Should Know About Cord Blood Banking

What Parents Should Know About Cord Blood Banking

Millions of parents have paid to bank blood from their infants’ umbilical cords....