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• 1 in 3 Americans Now Live in Areas Where Indoor Masks Advised, CDC Says

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• 1 in 5 Americans Has an STD: CDC

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• 1 in 5 Hospitalized NYC COVID-19 Patients Needed ICU Care

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• 25 Million Kids Missed Routine Vaccinations Worldwide in 2021

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• 3 Big Pharmacy Chains Must Pay $650 Million to Ohio Counties for Role in Opioid Crisis

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• 3 LA County Deaths Show Flea-Borne Typhus Is on the Rise

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• 4 in 10 Transgender Women Have HIV: CDC

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• Add Gum Disease to List of Risk Factors for Severe COVID-19

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• After Editor-in-Chief's Resignation, JAMA Journals Outline Steps to Address Racism

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• America Facing Shortage of Infectious Disease Doctors

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• Anti-Vaxxers Mounting Internet Campaigns Against COVID-19 Shots

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• Any COVID Infection Leaves Strong Antibody Levels in Kids

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• Appeals Court Backs Florida's Ban on School Mask Mandates

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• Appendicitis Often Spotted Later in Black Patients

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• Are You Feeling 'Pandemic Fatigue'?

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• Arthritic Hands: What Works (and Doesn't) to Ease the Pain?

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• Arthritis? Back Pain? Medical Pot May Help You Avoid Opioid Painkillers

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• As Deaths Continue in Italy, a Lesson for the United States

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• As in Adults, Minority Kids Hit Hardest by COVID-19

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• As Monkeypox Cases Spike, U.S. Orders More Vaccine, Boosts Testing

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• As New COVID Variants Emerge, Do You Need to 'Double Mask'?

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• As Olympics Begin, Tokyo Posts Highest Number of New COVID Cases in Six Months

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• As Omicron Rages, How Important Are Case Counts Anymore?

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• As Omicron Spreads, Child Hospitalizations Climb 30% in Past Week

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• As Pot Legalization Spreads, More Teens Are Lighting Up

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• As Schools Reopen, Many Students, Staff Live With High-Risk Family Member

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• As Segregation Rises in Communities, So Do Cancer Death Rates

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• As States Reopen, What Is 'Contact Tracing' and How Does it Work?

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• As Tough Flu Season Looms, CDC Hopes for More Flu Shots Among Minorities

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• As U.S. Decides Who Gets COVID Vaccine Next, More Infectious Strain Seen in Britain

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• As U.S. Vaccinations Rise, Hospitals Ease Restrictions on Visitors

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• Asian-Americans Less Likely to Survive Cardiac Arrest Despite Equal CPR Efforts

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• Asthma Isn't a Risk Factor for Worsening COVID-19: Study

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• Asthma May Not Boost Odds of Severe COVID-19

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• AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine Tied to Rare Cases of Low Blood Platelets

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• AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine Trial Restarts

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• AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Shows Good Results in Late Trials

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• Astronauts at Risk of 'Space Anemia'

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• Asymptomatic Coronavirus Carriers Can Shed Virus on Surfaces: Study

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• At One Hospital, ICU Workers' PPE May Have Kept Coronavirus at Bay

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• At Same PSA Levels, Black Men Still More Likely to Get Prostate Cancer Than Whites

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• At-Home Care of Painful Endometriosis

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• Attending Church Might Lengthen Black Men's Lives

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• Aumenta un subtipo de la variante Delta en Reino Unido

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• Average COVID Hospital Bill for U.S. Seniors Nearly $22,000

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• Average Hospital Bed Has a Big Carbon Footprint

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• Avoiding Opioids, Many Patients in Pain Get Gabapentin Instead. Does It Work?

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• 'Awareness' Under C-Section Anesthesia May Be Less Rare Than Thought

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• B 11/21 -- Which Kids With COVID Will Get Very Sick?

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• B 8/11 -- U.S. Opioid Prescriptions Are Declining

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• Babies, Toddlers Produce Stronger Immune Response to COVID Than Adults

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• Baby's Immune System Is Tougher Than You Think

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• Baby's Meningitis Case Highlights Growing Danger of Antibiotic Resistance

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• Backyard Chicken Coops Pose Threat of 'Viral Spillover' to People

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• Bacteria Risk Spurs Recall of 8 Million Laundress Products

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• Bacterial Blood Infections Tied to Heightened Colon Cancer Risk

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• Bacterial Infections to Blame for 1 in Every 8 Deaths Worldwide

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• Bans on Evictions, Utility Shutoffs Are Curbing COVID Infections: Study

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• Barnacles Inspire a Better Way to Seal Off Wounds

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• Bats Don't Get Cancer, and Scientists Are Closer to Understanding Why

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• Battle Over School Mask Mandates Heats Up

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• Bedside COVID-19 Test Faster Than Standard PCR Test

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• Bedside Manner Even More Important for Hospital Patients Admitted Via the ER

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• Benefits of Social Distancing Outweigh Economic Toll: Study

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• Best Foot Forward: Tips to Keeping Feet Healthy

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• Biden Administration Buys More Monoclonal Antibody Treatments to Ward Off Shortage

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• Biden Administration Launches Office for Long COVID Research

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• Biden Administration May Declare Monkeypox a Public Health Emergency

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• Biden Administration Will Stop Sending Out Free COVID Tests on Friday

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• Biden Outlines Measures to Fight Omicron, Pleads With Americans to Get Vaccinated

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• Biden Tests Negative for COVID Again, Leaves Isolation

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• Biden Tests Positive for COVID

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• Biden to Address Nation Tuesday on Omicron Response, Outlook

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• Biden to Announce Plan to Battle Omicron, Delta Variants This Winter

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• Biden to Fight Omicron With 500 Million Free COVID Tests, Military Aid to Hospitals

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• Biden to Lift Pandemic Rule Restricting Immigrants at Land Border

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• Biden to Strengthen Push for Vaccine Mandates in New COVID Plan

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• Biden's New HIV/AIDS Strategy Calls Racism a Roadblock to Victory

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• Big Changes Are Coming to U.S. Health Care as Pandemic Emergencies Expire

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• Big Drop Seen in Kids Getting Opioids After Surgery

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• Big Weight Loss May Help Prevent Severe COVID-19

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• Big Worry for Folks Heading to Hospital: Who'll Care for My Pet?

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• Biggest Driver of Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Water

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• Bike-Linked Head Injuries Plummet for U.S. Kids, But Not Adults

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• Bill Clinton Discharged From Hospital After Recovery From Sepsis

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• Bill Clinton Expected to Be Discharged From Hospital on Sunday

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• BinaxNOW Test Catches COVID Infection in Many People, Study Shows

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• Biological Secrets of the Woman Who Can't Feel Pain

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• Bird Flu in Chilean Man Shows Virus Adapting to Human Spread

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• Bird Flu Outbreak Killed New England Harbor Seals, Raising Alarms for Humans

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• Birth Defects Tied to Rise in Lifelong Cancer Risk

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• Black Americans Less Likely to Get Lifesaving Heart Treatments

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• Black Americans Less Likely to Lose Hearing as They Age

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• Black Americans Less Likely to Receive Lifesaving CPR: Study

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• Black Americans Often Face Discrimination in Health Care

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• Black Americans' Risk for MS May Be Higher Than Thought

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• Black Americans Suffer More From Heart Disease: The AHA Wants to Change That

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• Black Americans Would Reap Biggest Health Boon From Cleaner Air

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• Black Americans, Mexican Americans Develop Diabetes Earlier in Life

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• Black and White Women Share the Same Genetic Risk for Breast Cancer

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• Black Babies Born Through Fertility Treatments Face Worse Survival Than White Infants: Study

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• Black Cancer Patients Frailer Than Their Peers

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• Black Cancer Patients Much More Prone to Chemo-Linked Heart Trouble

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• Black Cancer Survivors Often Face Added Challenges: Study

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• Black Children Hit Especially Hard by COVID-19 Inflammatory Syndrome

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• Black Kids at Higher Odds for ADHD

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• Black Kids Face Higher Odds of Post-Op Complications Than White Kids

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• Black Men Get Better Outcomes From Radiation Rx for Prostate Cancer

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• Black Men Less Likely to Get Best Prostate Cancer Treatments

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• Black Men Less Likely to Get Follow-Up MRI When Test Suggests Prostate Cancer

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• Black Men Less Likely to Get Monkeypox Vaccine

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• Black Nursing Home Residents More Likely to Need Hospital Care

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• Black Parents Most Hesitant About COVID Vaccines for Kids: Poll

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• Black Patients 42% More Likely to Die After High-Risk Surgery Than White Patients

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• Black Patients Face Greater Risks From Leg Artery Blockages

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• Black Patients Fare Worse After Angioplasty

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• Black Patients Fare Worse With Deadly Lung Disease Pulmonary Fibrosis

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• Black Patients Less Happy With Care After Knee, Hip Replacement

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• Black Patients Less Likely to Get High-Tech Prostate Cancer Therapy

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• Black Patients Less Likely to Get Into Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trials

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• Black Patients More Likely to Be Physically Restrained During ER Visits

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• Black Patients More Likely to Get Riskier Heart Surgeries

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• Black Patients More Likely to Need Emergency Surgery for Colon Cancer

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• Black Patients More Likely to Trust Medical Videos When Black Doctor, Patient Is in It

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• Black Patients Wait Longer Than Whites for Alzheimer's Diagnosis

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• Black Patients With A-Fib Less Likely to Get Blood Thinners

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• Black Patients With Brain Tumors Less Likely to Get Surgery Than Whites

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• Black Patients With Dementia Are Less Likely to Get Appropriate Meds: Study

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• Black Patients With Early-Stage Colon Cancer Get Worse Care Than Whites: Study

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• Black Stroke Survivors Less Likely to Get Treated for Complications

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• Black Women Are Dying of COVID at Much Higher Rates Than White Men

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• Black Women at Higher Heart Risk During Pregnancy

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• Black Women Die of Breast Cancer at Younger Ages. Should They Be Screened Earlier?

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• Black Women Have Triple the Odds for Lymphedema After Breast Cancer Surgery

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• Black Women Less Likely to Get Laparoscopic Fibroid Surgeries

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• Black Women More Prone to Postmenopausal Weight Gain Than White Women

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• Black, Hispanic Americans Less Likely to Get Bystander CPR

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• Black, Hispanic COVID Patients Less Likely to Get Antiviral Paxlovid

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• Black, Hispanic Patients Less Likely to Get Crucial Care After Heart Attack

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• Black, Hispanic Patients Often Get Worse Hospital Care After Cardiac Arrest

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• Black, Hispanic Patients With Severe Allergies Less Likely to Get Allergy Shots

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• Blacks, Asians More Likely Than Whites to Have Severe COVID

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• Blacks, Hispanics Account for More Than Half of COVID Deaths: Study

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• Blacks, Hispanics at Higher Risk of COVID Death in U.S. Nursing Homes

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• Blood Count May Offer Clues to Treatment of COVID-19: Study

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• Blood Donors' Gender Doesn't Affect Outcomes for Recipients

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• Blood Oxygen Tests Can Be Inaccurate for Black Patients, Raising COVID Risks: Study

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• Blood Pressure Meds Can Affect COVID-19 Care

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• Blood Pressure Meds Could Improve Survival in COVID-19 Patients

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• Blood Test Could Spot Those at Highest Risk for Severe COVID-19

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• Blood Test Looks at Patients' Whole Genome to Spot Rare Inherited Diseases

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• Blood Test Might Spot Most Dangerous COVID-19 Cases

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• Blood Test Might Spot Pancreatic Cancer Early

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• Blood Test Shows Promise at Catching Cancers Early

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• Blood Tests for Long COVID Could Lead to Better Treatments

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• Blood Thickness May Play Role in Risk of COVID Death

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• Blood Type May Predict Which Cancer Patients Are Prone to Clots

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• Blood Yields Clue to Why COVID-19 Is Tougher on Men

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• 'Boarding' Patients for Days, Weeks in Crowded ERs Is Common Now

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• Bout With Omicron Provides Little Immunity Against Reinfection

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• Brain, Nervous System Affected in 1 in 3 Cases of Severe COVID-19

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• Brazilian Man Is Free of HIV After Drug Treatment, Researchers Say

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• 'Breakthrough' COVID Infections After Vaccination Are Rare: CDC

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• Breast Cancer Treatment Comes Later, Lasts Longer for Black Women

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• Breast Cancer's Spread Is More Likely in Black Women, Study Finds

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• Breast Pain Doesn't Always Mean Cancer: When to Get a Mammogram

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• Breathlessness With 'Long COVID' May Point to Heart Damage

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• Bright Side: Sunnier Areas Have Lower COVID-19 Death Rates

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• Britain Investigates Possible Presence of Poliovirus in London

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• British Studies Show Vaccines Weaken Against Omicron, But Boosters Help

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• British, Chinese COVID-19 Vaccine Trials Show Promise

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• Brush With Common Cold Might Help Protect Against COVID-19

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• California Cases Show Home-Grown Leprosy Is Still a Threat

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• California to Pay Reparations to Victims of Forced Sterilization

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• Can Adults Get RSV?

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• Can CBD Help Curb COVID? Maybe, But More Study Needed

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• Can COVID Transmit Easily on Crowded School Buses?

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• Can Flotation Tanks Ease Chronic Pain?

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• Can Food From an Infected Cook Give You COVID-19?

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• Can Llama Antibodies Fight COVID in Humans? New Research Says They Might

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• Can Mindfulness Help Ease Migraine?

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• Can Wearables Track the Severity of COVID Symptoms?

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• Can You Eat Your Way to Fewer Migraines?

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• Can You Get Monkeypox at the Gym?

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• Can You Still Get COVID Tests for Free?

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• Canada Surpasses U.S. COVID Vaccination Rates

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• Canada's Menthol Cigarette Ban Boosted Quit Rates: Would the Same Happen in U.S.?

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• Cancer Care Tougher to Access in U.S. If English Second Language

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• Cancer in Hispanics: Good News and Bad

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• Cancer Is More Lethal For Black and Hispanic Children: Report

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• Cancer Patients Avoiding Pot, Even as Rules on Use Relax

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• Cardiac Arrest During Childbirth Is Rare, But Some Women Face Higher Risks

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• Cases of Children's Severe COVID-Linked Illness Were Worse in Second Wave

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• Cases of Coronavirus Moving From Mink to People Confirmed by CDC

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• Cases of Potentially Deadly Parechovirus in Infants Are Surging

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• Cats Injured in Wildfires at High Risk for Blood Clots

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• CBD Oil Won't Ease Pain After Kidney Stone Treatment

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• CBD Products Gain Following Among Fibromyalgia Patients

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• CBD: How Much Pain Relief Is Real and How Much Is Placebo?

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• CDC Advisors Recommend Masks in Hospitals Without Naming Type

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• CDC Director Warns of Dire Winter Ahead for COVID Hospitalizations, Deaths

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• CDC Investigating Case of Monkeypox in Traveler From Nigeria

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• CDC Investigating E. Coli Outbreak in Michigan, Ohio

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• CDC Investigating Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Flour

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• CDC Issues New Guidance on Prescribed Opioids for Pain

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• CDC Issues Warning as Two African Countries Fight Spread of Marburg Virus

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• CDC Launches Forecasting Center for Infectious Diseases

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• CDC Lifts Warning on Cruise Ship Travel

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• CDC Lowers Estimate of Omicron’s Prevalence in U.S.

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• CDC Now Says Vaccinated Should Be Tested After COVID Exposure, Even Without Symptoms

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• CDC Panel Signs Off on Pfizer Vaccine for Younger Kids

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• CDC Pushes Hard on Vaccination for Pregnant Women in New Advisory

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• CDC Raises Alarm About Meningitis Threat to Patients Visiting Mexican Surgical Clinics

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• CDC Reports First American With New Bird Flu, Says Risk to Public Low

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• CDC Reports No New Mpox Cases in Over a Week for First Time Since Outbreak Began

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• CDC Says 3 Feet of Social Distancing Now OK in Most Classrooms

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• CDC Shrinks COVID Quarantine Time, Advises Against Holiday Travel

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• CDC Supports 'Test-to-Stay' Strategy for Schools

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• CDC Urges Flu Shots as Survey Shows Half of Americans Don't Plan on It

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• CDC Warns of Coming Omicron Wave

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• CDC Warns of Dangerous Virus Infecting Babies in Multiple States

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• CDC Warns of Possible Severe Flu Season Ahead

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• CDC Warns of Rare Bacterial Infections From Dentists' Water Lines

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• CDC Warns of Rise in RSV Cases Among Young Children, Infants

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• CDC Warns of Rise of Drug-Resistant Shigella Bacteria

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• CDC Will Recommend an Antibiotic After Sex to Help Prevent Sexually Transmitted Infections

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• CDC Will Test New Areas for Polio in Wastewater

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• CDC's Expert Panel OKs Omicron-Specific Booster Shots From Pfizer, Moderna

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• Celebrate Autumn Traditions Without Raising Your COVID Risk

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• Cellphone Tracking Can Help Predict Pandemic's Spread

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• Cellphones Are 'Trojan Horses' for Viruses, Study Finds

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• Certain Cancer Treatments May Heighten Danger From COVID-19

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• Certain Cancers on the Rise Among Hispanic Americans

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• Certain Sickle Cell Disease Traits Can Raise Odds for Severe COVID

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• Cheap Antidepressant Might Help Keep COVID Patients Out of Hospital

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• Cheap Steroid Could Slash COVID-19 Death Risk

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• Cheap, Effective Ventilator Made From Ambulance 'Resuscitation Bags'

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• Child Cancers Are Rare, But Here Are Signs to Look For

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• Chinese Man Hospitalized With H5N6 Bird Flu

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• Climate Change Making 218 Infectious Diseases Even Worse

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• Climate Change Will Make Pandemics Like COVID More Likely: Report

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• Clues to Rare Disorder Affecting Kids With COVID-19

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• Clues to Why COVID-19 Hits Men Harder Than Women

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• Cluster Headaches Often Joined by Other Illnesses

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• Cluster of Symptoms Common in People First Diagnosed With MS

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• Cold War Antiseptic May Be Valuable Germ Fighter

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• College Campuses Are COVID 'Superspreaders,' Study Finds

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• Colleges in 50 States Seeing COVID Cases on Campus

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• Colon Cancer Death Rates Are Falling Among the Young — But Only for Whites

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• Common Form of Liver Cancer on the Rise in Rural America

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• Common Lung Function Test Often Misses Emphysema in Black Patients

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• Common MS Meds Might Be Less Effective in Black Patients

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• Common, Crucial Medical Device Often Gives Wrong Readings for Black Patients

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• Communities of Color Struggling to Get Vaccines to Those in Need

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• Confusion, Seizures: People Hospitalized After Taking Veterinary Drug for COVID

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• Congress Passes Pandemic Economic Relief Package

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• Connecticut Man's Illness Suggests Recurrent Case of COVID-19 Is Possible

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• Conservatorships Keep the Homeless in Psychiatric Wards Too Long: Study

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• Contact Tracing Useless Unless It's Speedy: Study

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• Converting Hotels to Rooms for Homeless People Curbed COVID's Spread

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• Coping With Cancer and COVID During the Holidays

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• Coronavirus Antibodies Appear to Stop Reinfection for Months

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• Coronavirus Can Infect, Inflame the Thyroid

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• Coronavirus Cases Plateauing in Sun Belt, Spiking in the Midwest

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• Coronavirus Doesn't Favor Crowded Cities, Study Shows

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• Coronavirus Found in Human Feces Up to 7 Months After Infection

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• Coronavirus Hangs Around Even After Symptoms Subside

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• Coronavirus Immunity Might Last at Least 6 Months

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• Coronavirus in a Cough: Tests Show Masks Stopping the Spread

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• Coronavirus Most Contagious Soon After Infection

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• Coronavirus on a Plane: One Flight's History Outlines the Risk

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• Coronavirus Takes Aim at Fat Cells, Study Shows

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• Coronavirus Was Already Spreading in U.S. in January: Study

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• Coronaviruses Can Survive on Frozen Meat for a Month

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• Cost of Being Black in America: 1.6 Million Extra Deaths Over Two Decades

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• Costs Would Keep 1 in 7 Americans From Seeking COVID-19 Treatment

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• Could a Quick Breathalyzer Test for COVID-19 Be on the Way?

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• Could a Warming Climate Bring Yellow Fever to America?

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• Could Americans Get to COVID Herd Immunity by Late Spring?

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• Could an App Help Kids With Severe Ear Condition Avoid Surgery?

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• Could an Injected Electrode Control Your Pain Without Drugs?

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• Could Binge Drinking Set Your Heart Rhythm Off-Kilter?

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• Could Coffee, Veggies Lower Your Odds for COVID-19?

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• Could COVID Be Eradicated Someday? Maybe, Experts Say

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• Could COVID-19 Trigger Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in the Young?

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• Could Dentures Raise Your Odds for Pneumonia?

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• Could Electrode 'Pulses' Cut Back, Leg Pain Without Drugs?

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• Could Face Shields Replace Masks in Preventing COVID-19?

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• Could Folks Suffer From 'Long Colds,' Similar to Long COVID?

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• Could Gene Therapy Cure Sickle Cell Disease? Two New Studies Raise Hopes

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• Could Gene Therapy Help Cure Sickle Cell Disease?

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• Could Herpes Viruses Help Drive Type 2 Diabetes?

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• Could High Pollen Levels Trigger Pelvic Pain?

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• Could High-Dose Folic Acid Raise COVID Risks?

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• Could Hospital Visit Records Help Docs Spot ADHD, Autism Early?

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• Could Interferon Drugs Help Fight COVID-19?

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• Could Lower Testosterone Help Men Ward Off COVID-19?

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• Could Men's Testosterone Play Role in COVID Survival?

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• Could Sharks Help Fight the Coronavirus of the Future?

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• Could Survivors' Blood Help Patients Battling COVID-19? Trials May Tell

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• Could the 'Alzheimer's Gene' Raise Risks for Severe COVID-19?

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• Could the Neck Be to Blame for Common Headaches?

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• Could Your Blood Type Raise Your Odds for Stroke?

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• Could Your Genes Guard You From the Symptoms of COVID Infection?

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• Could Your Mask Be a Kind of Vaccine Against COVID-19?

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• Could Zinc Help Fight COVID-19?

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• COVID Antibodies Found in Less Than 10% of Americans

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• COVID Antibodies From Vaccination Are Almost 3 Times Higher Than From Infection

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• COVID Anxieties Still High for Americans: Poll

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• COVID Booster Cuts Death Rate by 90%, Israeli Study Finds

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• COVID Boosters Raise Antibody Levels by 85% in Nursing Home Residents

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• COVID Boosters Targeted to Latest Variants Could Be Ready After Labor Day

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• COVID Can Affect Brains of Hospitalized Kids

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• COVID Can Be More Deadly for Hospitalized Trauma Patients

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• COVID Can Leave People With Lingering Nerve Damage

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• COVID Can 'Rebound' After Treatment With Paxlovid, CDC Says

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• COVID Cases Climb in the Midwest as British Variant Takes Hold in U.S.

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• COVID Cases Could Double by Biden's Inauguration: Study

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• COVID Cases Reach 500 Million Worldwide

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• COVID Cases Surge Again in U.S. Nursing Homes

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• COVID Caused Biggest Drop in U.S. Life Expectancy Since World War II

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• COVID Conflicts Are Putting Big Strains on Relationships

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• COVID Could Harm Men's Sperm Months After Infection

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• COVID Crisis Has Stalled Fight Against HIV/AIDS

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• COVID Death Toll Passes 4 Million Globally

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• COVID Death Toll Tops 5 Million Worldwide

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• COVID Deaths Cluster in Poorly Vaccinated Communities

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• COVID Deaths Continue to Decline in U.S.

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• COVID Drove 23% Spike in U.S. Deaths In 2020

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• COVID Drove Biggest Drop in U.S. Life Expectancy Since World War II

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• COVID Drug Paxlovid Might Also Fight Long COVID

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• COVID Falls From America's #1 Killer to #7 by June

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• COVID Has Killed More Americans Than the Spanish Flu Did in 1918

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• COVID Hits Young Adults Harder Than Thought: Study

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• COVID Hospitalizations Rising in Kids Too Young for Vaccine

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• COVID in Kids: The Most Telling Symptoms

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• COVID in Pregnancy Won't Affect Obstetric Outcomes: Study

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• COVID Infection Raises a Child's Odds for Type 1 Diabetes by 72%

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• COVID Infection Unlikely From Hospital Surfaces: Study

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• COVID May Be Tied to Rise in Brain Infections in Children

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• COVID May Have Been Circulating in LA Months Earlier Than Believed

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• COVID May Trigger Heart Condition in Young Athletes

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• COVID Meds Appear to Work Against BA.2 Omicron Variant

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• COVID Might Raise Odds for Immune Disorders Like Crohn's, Alopecia

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• COVID More Lethal for People Living With HIV

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• COVID No More Deadly for People With Asthma, Large Study Shows

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• COVID Origins Tied to Raccoon Dogs Sold at Wuhan Market

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• COVID Pandemic May Have Driven a Flu Strain Into Extinction

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• COVID Pandemic Shortened U.S. Life Expectancy by More Than a Year

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• COVID Pandemic Slowed Progress Against Antibiotic-Resistant 'Superbugs'

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• COVID Patient Survival Falls When Local Area Has Higher Caseload: Study

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• COVID Plus 'Bleeding' Stroke Doubles a Patient's Death Risk

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• COVID Rapid Test Makers Struggling to Meet Demand

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• COVID Rebound Not Limited to Those Who Took Paxlovid

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• COVID Reinfections Are Now Common. Will Getting a Booster Even Help?

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• COVID Shots' Effect Fades, But Boosters Bring Protection Back: Study

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• COVID Spreads Quickly in Crowded Homes, Poor Neighborhoods

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• COVID Survivors' Plasma Might Prevent Worsening Illness in Older Patients: Study

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• COVID Symptoms Haunt Nearly Half of Hospitalized Patients a Year Later

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• COVID Threatens the 3 out of 4 Americans Who Can't Work From Home

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• 'COVID Toe' Lesions Probably Not Caused by COVID-19, Studies Find

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• COVID Triggered More Cases of Deadly Sepsis During Pandemic Than Thought

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• COVID Vaccination Provides Better Protection Than Prior Infection: Study

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• COVID Vaccine Advised for Alzheimer's Patients, Their Caregivers

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• COVID Vaccine Boosters Crucial for Some Cancer Patients: Study

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• COVID Vaccine Boosts Protection, Even After Prior Infection: Study

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• COVID Vaccine Rollout Could Begin Mid-December, Fauci Says

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• COVID Vaccine Won't Raise Stroke Risk

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• COVID Vaccines Cut Odds of Hospitalization By Two-Thirds

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• COVID Vaccines Offer Good Protection for People Living With HIV

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• COVID Vaccines Saved 20 Million Lives Worldwide in First Year

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• COVID Vaccines’ Power Fades With Time, But Still Protective: Study

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• COVID Variant Tied to Heart Inflammation in Cats, Dogs

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• COVID Virus Is Evolving Three Times Faster in Deer Versus Humans

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• COVID Virus’ Incubation Time Gets Shorter With Each New Variant

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• COVID Was a Leading Cause of Death for 2020, 2021

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• COVID Widespread Among Iowa Deer

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• COVID-19 Antibodies Decline Quickly in Donated Plasma: Study

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• COVID-19 Appears to Have No Lasting Impact on College Athletes' Hearts

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• COVID-19 Cases Drop in Warm Weather, But Not Much

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• COVID-19 Caused U.S. Life Expectancy to Drop by 1 Full Year

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• COVID-19 Concerns Shouldn't Shut Down Police Brutality Protests: Health Experts

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• COVID-19 Deaths Have Already Left 1.2 Million Americans Grieving

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• COVID-19 Fears Had Sick, Injured Americans Avoiding ERs

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• COVID-19 Fears Stop Americans From Seeking Help for Heart Emergencies

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• COVID-19 ICU Patients Have High Risk of Clots, Research Shows

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• COVID-19 Ills No Greater for Those With Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis

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• COVID-19 Immunity Might Last at Least 8 Months: Study

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• COVID-19 Is Far More Lethal, Damaging Than Flu, Data Shows

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• COVID-19 Is Tougher on Older Men, and Scientists May Now Know Why

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• COVID-19 Jitters Shouldn't Keep You From the Emergency Room

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• COVID-19 May Have Spread Between Humans, Deer

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• COVID-19 May Strike More Cats Than Believed

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• COVID-19 May Trigger High Blood Sugar, Raising Death Risk: Study

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• COVID-19 May Trigger Long-Term Thyroid Issues: Study

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• COVID-19 Not Likely to Be Transmitted by Breast Milk: Study

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• COVID-19 Patients Rarely Survive Cardiac Arrest: Study

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• COVID-19 Precautions Extend to Car Seats, Seat Belts

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• COVID-19 Prevention Might Translate Into Record Low Flu Rates: CDC

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• COVID-19 Still Rare in Kids, But Far From Harmless: Study

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• COVID-19 'Super Spreaders' Quickly Fill Room With Virus -- But Masks Help

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• COVID-19 Takes Heavy Toll on Kidneys

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• COVID-19 Tied to Blood Clots; Blood Thinners Could Boost Survival

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• COVID-19 Tied to Raised Risk of Post-Op Death: Study

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• COVID-19 Typically Mild for Babies: Study

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• CRISPR Therapy Fights Rare Disease Where Protein Clogs Organs

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• Critics Slam Updated Infection Control Recommendations for Hospitals

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• Crowded Emergency Rooms Cost Lives: Study

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• Curbing Opioid Prescriptions Won't Raise Suicide Rates: Study

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• Current Monkeypox Outbreak Is Showing Different Symptoms

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• Daily Average of COVID Hospitalizations in US Hits 100,000

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• Dangerous Germs Floating on Microplastics in Ocean Wind Up in Food, Water

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• Dangerous Parasite That Can Infect People Now Found in U.S. Foxes

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• Deadly Aneurysm-Linked Strokes Are Rising, Especially Among Black Americans

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• Deadly Listeria Outbreak Linked to Ice Cream

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• Deaths Linked to High Blood Pressure in Pregnant Women Are Soaring

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• Debunking Myths That Have Some Parents Resisting COVID Vaccines for Teens

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• Deer Can Shed Coronavirus for 5 Days After Infection

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• Deer Carry COVID Variants No Longer Seen in People

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• Delirium May Be Only Sign of Severe COVID in Elderly: Study

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• 'Delta Plus' Variant Surfaces in 8 U.S. States

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• Delta Variant Convinced Many to Get Vaccinated: Poll

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• Delta Variant Has Americans' Stress Levels Rising Again: Poll

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• Delta Variant Now Fueling 99% of U.S. COVID Cases

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• Delta Variant Subtype on Rise in U.K.

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• Delta Variant Ups Risk of Stillbirth, Death During Pregnancy, Reports Show

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• Demand for Monkeypox Vaccine Overwhelms U.S. Cities

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• Dementia Patients Wind up in the ER 1.4 Million Times a Year, Study Shows

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• Dental Practices Rebound as U.S. Dentists Look Forward to COVID Vaccine

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• Depression in Youth Ups Odds for Adult Illnesses: Study

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• Depression May Hinder Recovery From Narrowed Arteries

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• Depression Rates Rise for Minority Youth in States With Anti-LGBT Legislation

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• Depression, Anxiety Hit Minorities Hardest During Pandemic

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• Despite Medical Advances, People With HIV Still Live Shorter, Sicker Lives

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• Despite Reopening, Britain Sees 6 Straight Days of Declines in COVID Cases

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• Despite Setbacks, Reason for Hope Against COVID as 2020 Ends

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• Despite Stress of Pandemic, U.S. Suicide Rate Dropped in 2020

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• Despite Threat of Lyme Disease, Tick Control Lags Across U.S.

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• Dexamethasone Can Help the Sickest COVID Patients Survive. So Why Are Too Few Getting It?

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• Diabetes Is Deadlier for Black Americans: Study

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• Did Columbus Really Introduce Syphilis to Europe?

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• Did Obamacare Expand Access to Insurance for Minorities? In Some U.S. States, Hardly at All

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• Did Pandemic Lockdowns Worsen the Epidemic of Opioid Abuse?

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• Did People Smoke More or Less During the Pandemic?

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• Did the New Coronavirus Come From Pangolins? New Study Says It's Possible

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• Did Vlad the Impaler, Inspiration for Dracula, Shed Tears of Blood?

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• Dirtier Air May Bring More COVID-19 Deaths

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• Dirty Air Could Raise COVID Risks for People With Asthma, COPD

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• Disappointment and Hope From Two HIV Prevention Trials

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• Discovery Could Explain Why Black Americans More Prone to Colon Cancer

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• Discrimination at Work Could Raise Blood Pressure

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• Disease That Permanently Bends Fingers Could Have Origins in Neanderthal Genes

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• Diversity Still Elusive in America's Medical Schools

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• DNA Sensor Can Spot When COVID Is Contagious

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• Do Minority Kids Face More Danger During Surgeries?

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• Do Not Use At-Home COVID Test Swabs in the Throat: FDA

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• Do Ordinary Eyeglasses Offer Protection Against COVID-19?

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• Do Steroid Injections Worsen Arthritic Knees?

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• Do Women or Men Make the Best Doctors?

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• Do You Feel Old? It Could Be Aging You

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• Do You Live in a U.S. Opioid OD Hotspot?

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• Doctors Answer Your Questions About RSV

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• Doctors' Choice of Anesthesia Could Help Curb Climate Change

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• Doctors Devise Safer Alternative to Opioids During, After Surgeries

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• Doctors May Be Overprescribing Opioids After Surgeries

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• Doctors Often Miss Signs of Type 1 Diabetes in Kids

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• Doctors Often Prescribe Antidepressants for Pain, But Do They Really Work?

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• Doctors Pulled Live Worm From Australian Woman's Brain

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• Does an Arthritis Drug Help Patients Battling Severe COVID? It Depends on the Study

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• Does Medical Marijuana Help or Harm Kids With Cancer?

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• Does Prior Omicron Infection Shield Against Future Infection? Maybe Not

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• Does Race Affect the Odds of Developing MS?

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• Do-It-Yourself COVID Tests Work Fine, Without the Discomfort: Study

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• Double Lung Transplants Save Lives of Sickest COVID Patients

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• Double Trouble: Wildfire Smoke Could Boost Odds for COVID's Spread

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• 'Double-Masking' It? Proper Fit Is Crucial, Study Finds

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• Dozens of Mammals May Be at Risk for Coronavirus Infection

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• Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo Will Replace Fauci to Lead National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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• Drop in Life Expectancy From COVID Much Worse for Black, Hispanic Americans

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• Drug Long Used for Alcoholism Might Fight Severe COVID-19

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• Drug Might Stop Heart Trouble Linked to Sickle Cell Anemia

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• Drug Shows Promise Against Rare Condition That Stunts Kids' Growth

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• During and After Surgery, Pot Users Need More Anesthesia, Painkillers: Study

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• During Droughts, Many Poor Americans Will Lack Clean Tap Water: Study

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• Early CDC COVID Tests Were Not Only Contaminated, But Flawed: Report

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• Early Dialysis Doesn't Improve Outcomes With Acute Kidney Failure

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• Early Promise for COVID Vaccine Taken as Pill

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• Early Promise for Therapy Against Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

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• Early Results Show Moderna's COVID Vaccine Safe, Effective in Older People

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• Early Strain of COVID-19 Spread Fast Because First Symptom Was Cough: Study

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• Early Trial Offers New Hope for People With Hemophilia

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• Early U.S. Vaccine Rollout Saved 140,000 Lives, Prevented 3 Million COVID Cases

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• Effectiveness of Antiviral Drugs Against Monkeypox Uncertain: Study

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• Emergency Care Vs. Urgent Care: What's the Difference?

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• Empty Stadiums, COVID Fears: How Will It Affect Olympic Athletes?

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• Endometriosis: It's Not Just Painful Periods

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• Epidural in Delivery Not Linked to Autism: Study

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• ERs Are Flooded With Kids in Mental Health Crisis, U.S. Doctors' Groups Warn

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• ERs Can Boost Efforts to Stamp Out Opioid Addiction

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• Estrogen, Testosterone Deficiencies May Raise Risk of Rotator Cuff Tears

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• EU Says Europe Out of 'Emergency' Phase of Pandemic

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• Even Before Pandemic, One-Third of U.S. Adults Went Without Dental Care

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• Even Delta Variant Can't Evade Vaccine-Linked Antibodies: Study

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• Even in Kindergarten, White Kids More Likely to Join Extracurricular Activities

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• Even Mild COVID Illness May Induce Long-Lasting Antibody Response

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• Even T. Rex Had Bone Trouble

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• Even When Cancer Is in Remission, Patients' Risks of Severe COVID Rise

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• Even When Stroke Centers Are Near, Black Americans Often Lack Access

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• Even When Undergoing Treatment, People With MS Gain From COVID Vaccines

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• Even With Mild COVID, Obesity May Mean Worse Symptoms

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• Even With PPE, Risk of COVID-19 Still High for Frontline Workers

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• Even Without Symptoms, COVID Infection Raises Risks for Trauma Patients

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• Eviction Bans Helped Stop COVID's Spread in Cities: Study

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• Exercise Helps Ease Arm, Shoulder Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery

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• Exercise May Be a Buffer Against Pneumonia

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• Exercise Might Boost Your Tolerance for Pain

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• Exercise No Threat to People With an Inherited Form of Enlarged Heart

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• Exhaled 'Aerosols' Spread Coronavirus Up to 13 Feet, Shoes Carry Virus, Too

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• Experiences of Racism Tied to Worsening Memory, Thinking in Older Black Americans

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• Experimental Drug Could Cut Migraine Frequency

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• Experimental Drug Shows Promise Against Lupus

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• Experts Issue Guidelines on Diabetes-Linked Nerve Damage

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• Extra Antibiotic With Hip, Knee Replacement Won't Prevent Infections: Study

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• Extra Pounds Could Bring More Painful Joints

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• Extreme Heat Hits Poorer Neighborhoods Harder

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• Extreme Heat Taxes the Brain, and Some Face Higher Risks

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• Extremely Low Incidence of COVID Hospitalization After Vaccine, Boosters: Study

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• Face Masks Can Help Prevent Viral Spread, but They Aren't Perfect: Study

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• Face Masks, Yes, But Don't Forget Hand-Washing Too

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• Face Shields No Good as Substitute for Masks, Study Shows

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• Face Shields No Match for COVID Spread

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• Far Too Few People of Color in U.S. Pancreatic Cancer Trials

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• Fast-Food Companies Spending More on Ads Aimed at Youth

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• Fat Around Your Heart Could Be Especially Deadly

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• Fat Injections Might Ease Pain of Plantar Fasciitis

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• Fatal Opioid ODs Keep Rising in Black Americans

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• Fauci 'Cautiously Optimistic' for COVID-19 Vaccine by Year's End

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• Fauci Supports NFL's Tough New COVID Policy

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• Fauci Tests Positive for COVID, Has Mild Symptoms

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• Fauci Warns of Another Surge of COVID Cases After Thanksgiving Travel

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• FDA Advisors Say New Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease is Safe

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• FDA Advisors to Weigh New Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Anemia

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• FDA Advisory Panel to Meet on COVID Booster Shots

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• FDA Approves First Breath Test for COVID

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• FDA Approves First Pill for Fecal Transplant Therapy

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• FDA Approves First Rapid COVID Test for Home Use

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• FDA Approves First RSV Vaccine

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• FDA Approves Omicron-Specific Booster Shots From Pfizer, Moderna

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• FDA Approves RSV Vaccine for Pregnant Women to Help Shield Newborns

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• FDA Finds Contamination Issues at Eye Drops Plant

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• FDA Gives OK to Merck's Antiviral At-Home COVID Pill

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• FDA OKs First Over-the-Counter Home Test for COVID-19

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• FDA OKs Pfizer Pill as First At-Home COVID Treatment

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• FDA OKs Virtual Reality System to Ease Back Pain

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• FDA Panel Backs First RSV Vaccine Given in Pregnancy to Protect Infants

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• FDA Panel Mulls Merck's COVID Antiviral Pill

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• FDA Panel OKs Pfizer Booster Shot for  People 65 or Older, But Not Younger

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• FDA Panel to Vote on First RSV Vaccine Given in Pregnancy to Protect Infants

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• FDA Poised to Ban Menthol Cigarettes

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• FDA Proposes Tougher Rules for Tattoo Providers to Curb Contaminated Inks

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• FDA Stretches Monkeypox Vaccine Supply by Authorizing Smaller Doses

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• FDA Warns Against Overuse of TPOXX Monkeypox Drug

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• FDA Warns of U.S. Norovirus Cases Linked to Canadian Oysters

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• FDA Will Begin to Regulate Thousands of Lab Tests

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• FDA-Mandated Tweak to Common Rx Painkillers May Have Saved Lives

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• Fear of Losing Health Insurance Keeps 1 in 6 U.S. Workers in Their Jobs

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• Fecal Transplant Treatments Could Transmit Monkeypox, FDA Warns

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• Fever, Fatigue: Scientists Pinpoint the Brain's 'Sickness Center'

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• Few Countries Do Well Caring for the Dying

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• Few Dental Patients Regret Having a Root Canal: Study

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• Few Kids Seeing a Dentist Have COVID-19, Study Finds

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• Few People Get Infected Heart Devices Removed, Despite Benefit

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• Few U.S. Workers Know About COVID Sick Leave Protections

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• Fewer American Adults Are Getting Malignant Brain Tumors

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• Fewer Kids May Be Carrying Coronavirus Without Symptoms Than Believed: Study

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• Fewer Painful Procedures Could Help Preemies' Brain Development: Study

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• Fewer Recurrent Strokes Now in Mexican Americans

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• Fewer Suicide-Related ER Visits in COVID Era, and That Has Experts Worried

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• Fewer Surprise Bills: Most U.S. Hospitals Now Transparent on Prices

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• Fewer U.S. Women Aware of Their Heart Risks

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• Final Coronavirus Vaccine Trials Get Underway

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• Finding a Doctor Is Tough and Getting Tougher in Rural America

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• First 10 Days After Hospital Discharge Especially Risky for COVID Survivors

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• First Case of COVID-19 Triggering Recurrent Clots in Patient's Arm

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• First FDA-Approved Fecal-Based Treatment Helps Fight a Tough Superbug

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• First Human Challenge Trial Shows How COVID-19 Strikes

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• First Needle-Free COVID Vaccines Get OK in India, China

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• First U.S. Monkeypox Death Reported in Texas

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• First U.S. Omicron Case Reported in California

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• First U.S. Polio Case in Nearly a Decade Reported in New York

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• Fixing a Painful Joint Problem Won't Ease Mental Health Ills, Study Finds

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• Flakes Are Falling Again: Here's the Safe Way to Shovel Snow

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• Flat-Footed: What Works Best to Fix 'Fallen Arches'?

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• 'Flattening the Curve' Saves More Lives Than Thought

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• Flesh-Eating Bacteria Cases Spike in Florida County After Hurricane Ian

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• Flesh-Eating Bacteria Kills 3 People in Connecticut, New York

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• Flipping the Odds: Turning Patients Prone Helps Fight COVID-19

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• Florida Company Recalls All Ice Cream Products Over Possible Listeria Contamination

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• Florida Man Dies from Brain-Eating Amoeba Infection

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• Flu Has Started Early and With a Punch: CDC

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• Flu Shot Even More Important During Pandemic: Expert

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• Flu Shot Season Is Here: Why You (and Your Kids) Need One

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• Flu Shots for Kids Protect Everybody, Study Shows

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• Flu Vaccine No Match for Circulating Variants This Season

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• Flu Virus Can Travel on Dust Particles. Does the Same Hold True for Coronavirus?

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• Flu, RSV, COVID: Shield Yourself From the 'Tripledemic' This Holiday

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• Flushing a Public Toilet? Be Sure to Wear a Mask

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• Following Infection Outbreak, Experts Offer Guidance on Safe Use of Eyedrops

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• For Amputees, a New Kind of Surgery May Allow Better Control, Sensation

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• For Back Pain, Earlier Is Better for Physical Therapy

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• For Black Americans, Personal Resilience Plays Big Part in Heart Health

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• For COVID-19 Survivors, Virus Test 1 Month Out May Be Needed

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• For Kids in Poorer Neighborhoods, a Move Can Ease Asthma

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• For Many Pregnant Women, COVID-19 Has Prolonged Effect

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• For 'Near Poor' Seniors, Medicaid 'Cliff' Could Keep Health Care Out of Reach

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• For People With PAD, Exercise Can Be Tough But Rewarding

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• For Stressed-Out Black Americans, Mental Health Care Often Hard to Come By

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• For Survivors, COVID-Related Heart, Lung Issues Can Ease Over Time

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• For the Best Stroke Care, Where You Live Matters

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• Forehead Thermometers May Miss Fevers in Black Patients

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• Four Teachers in Same Florida County Die of COVID-19 Within 24 Hours

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• Free COVID Tests, Treatments for Uninsured Americans Cut for Lack of Funding

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• Frequent Hand-Washing Tough on Those With Eczema

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• Gastro Symptoms of Menopause May Vary by Race

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• Gay Community Most Vulnerable to Monkeypox Threat, Vaccines Available Soon: CDC

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• Gay Men Are Cutting Back on Sex to Avoid Monkeypox

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• Gen X, Millennials in Worse Health Than Prior Generations at Same Age

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• Gene Could Explain Why Some Women Don't Need Pain Relief in Childbirth

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• Gene Could Lower HIV Levels in Some People of African Descent

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• Gene Could Predispose Some Black Patients to Alzheimer's

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• Gene Differences Could Have Black Patients Undergoing Unnecessary Biopsies

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• Gene Editing Technique Corrects Sickle Cell Disease in Mice

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• Gene Study Shows How Coronavirus Swept Through the Diamond Princess

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• Gene That Shielded Some Against Black Death May Be Helping, Harming People Today

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• Gene Therapy Could Be Big Advance Against Hemophilia

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• Gene Therapy May Reverse Hurler Syndrome, a Rare and Severe Illness in Kids

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• Gene Therapy Used for First Time to Correct Fatal Illness Before Birth

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• Gene-Based Embryo Selection: Are 'Designer Babies' on the Horizon?

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• Genes Could Raise COVID Risks for People With Down Syndrome

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• Genes Help Explain Role of Race in Prostate Cancer Risk

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• Genetic Research May Help Identify Causes of Stillbirth

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• Genetic Sign of Aging Linked to Risk of Fatal COVID

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• Geneticists Probe Origins of Painful Cluster Headaches

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• Gene-Tweaked Stem Cells Offer Hope Against Sickle Cell Disease

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• Germs Love Two Skin 'Hot Spots' on Your Body

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• Get COVID-19 Vaccines to Poor Nations Instead of Making Booster Shots: WHO

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• Get Pain Relief With the Most Common Arthritis Medications

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• Getting a Pacemaker Can Raise Odds for Opioid Abuse

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• Getting Rid of Neck Pain: 6 Ways to Feel Better

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• Getting Vaccine After Infection Might Curb Long COVID

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• Ginkgo: Safety and Uses

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• Give Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients Blood Thinners to Help Save Lives: Study

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• Giving Birth During the Pandemic? Facts You Need to Know

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• Global Consortium Finds Genes That Drive Severe COVID-19

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• Good News, Bad News on Black Americans and Cancer

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• Got Arthritis Pain? What State You Live In May Matter

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• Got PAD? Income, Race Could Affect Outcomes Such as Amputation

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• Got Sciatica? Stay Active and Start Early on Physical Therapy

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• Got Your COVID Vaccine? Don't Stop Being Cautious, Experts Say

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• Gun Homicides Rose Sharply During Pandemic, Black Men Most Affected

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• Gun Violence Wreaks Havoc on Lives of Survivors, Their Families

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• Gut Microbes Could Play Role in HIV Infection

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• Had COVID or Gotten Vaccine? Hospitalization Is 'Extremely Uncommon'

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• Half of COVID Survivors Struggle With Depression: Study

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• Half of People Infected With Omicron May Not Have Known It: Study

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• Have to Travel During Spring Break? Here's How to Stay Safe

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• Having Kids Around Might Shield You From Severe COVID: Study

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• He Watched His Hospitalized Son Battle COVID-Linked Illness

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• Health Care Workers More Likely to Catch COVID at Home, Not Workplace

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• Health Care Workers Were At Highest COVID Risk in Workplace

---

• Health Experts Support End to Masks, Tests for Air Travel

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• Healthy Levels of Vitamin D May Boost Breast Cancer Outcomes

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• Heart Anatomy May Put Blacks at Higher Stroke Risk

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• Heart Attack Cases at ERs Fall by Half – Are COVID Fears to Blame?

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• Heart Damage Seen in Many Hospitalized COVID Patients: Study

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• Heart Defects Don't Increase Risk of Severe COVID-19

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• Heart Disease Targets Black Americans and Poverty, Unemployment Are Big Reasons Why

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• Heart Inflammation Very Rare After COVID Vaccination

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• Heart Risk Factors Show Up Earlier in U.S. Black Women

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• Heart Surgery Leads to Long-Term Opioid Use for Some

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• Heart Troubles Ease Over Time in Kids With MIS-C

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• Hepatitis B Shots Advised for All U.S. Adults Under 60

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• Hepatitis C Can Kill, But Too Many Can't Access the Cure

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• Hepatitis C Treatments: A Comprehensive Guide

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• Herd Immunity for Americans May Be an Elusive Goal, Experts Say

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• High Blood Levels of Cadmium May Be Tied to Worse COVID-19

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• High Blood Pressure Doubles Odds That COVID Will Be Severe

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• High Blood Sugar Ups COVID Risks, Even in Non-Diabetics

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• High Demand for At-Home COVID Tests Could Hamper Supply, Abbott Says

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• High Viral Loads Make Kids 'Silent Spreaders' of COVID-19

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• High Vitamin D Levels May Help Prevent COVID-19, Especially in Black Patients

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• Higher Maternal Death Rates Among Black Women Tied to Racism, Sexism, UN Says

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• Highly Inbred, French Bulldogs Face Higher Odds for 20 Health Issues

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• High-Profile Police Brutality Cases Harm Black Americans' Mental Health: Study

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• High-Tech Drug Infusion Pumps in Hospitals Vulnerable to Damage, Hackers

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• High-Tech Rings Are Tracking COVID-19 'Warning Signs'

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• High-Tech Socks Could Prevent Falls in At-Risk Patients

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• His Debilitating Back Pain Lasted Decades, Until a New Implant Changed Everything

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• Hispanic, Black Americans on Dialysis Face Higher Risks for Dangerous Infections

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• Hispanics Wait Half-Hour Longer in ER When Chest Pain Strikes

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• HIV May Not Worsen COVID-19 Outlook

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• HIV Rates Fall Among Gay White Americans, But Not Minorities

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• Home Drug Infusions Can Be Dangerous, But Many Home Care Staff Aren't Trained

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• Homeless Shelters Are 'TinderBoxes' for Coronavirus, Studies Show

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• Hormonal Breast Cancer Therapy May Work Differently, Depending on Patient's Race

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• Hospitalizations for Spikes in Blood Pressure Are on the Rise

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• Hospitalizations for Teens With Eating Disorders Rose Sharply During Pandemic

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• Hospitalizing the Unvaccinated Has Cost U.S. Nearly $6 Billion

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• Hospitals Are Rationing COVID Pills, Infusions as Cases Rise

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• Hospitals Full, Doctors Treated Her Severe COVID-19 at Home

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• Hospitals: One Reason COVID Is More Lethal for Black Americans

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• Hot Days Can Send Even Younger Folks to the ER

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• Hot Stuff: Spicy Foods Can't Harm You, Can They?

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• How 4 U.S. Cities Helped Slow Coronavirus Spread

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• How Bad Was COVID in Your State? Governor's Party Affiliation Was Key

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• How 'Bleeding' Stroke Affects Brain May Depend on Your Race

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• How Climate Change Could Put More MS Patients in Danger

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• How Contact Lenses Affect Your Risk of COVID-19

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• How Dangerous Is Coronavirus to the Middle-Aged?

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• How Do You Get Hepatitis C? Here’s What to Know

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• How Easily Can Singing Spread COVID-19?

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• How Easily Does Coronavirus Spread at Home?

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• How Effective (and Safe) Is Shoulder Surgery?

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• How Hospitals Can Cut Patients' Falls

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• How Important Is Sex as Women Age?

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• How Insurance Plans Keep Black Patients From Cancer Care

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• How Long Do Lockdowns Keep People at Home?

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• How Long Do People Want to Live?

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• How Many Days Do COVID Antibodies Stick Around?

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• How Moving the Homeless to Hotels During the Pandemic Helps Everyone

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• How Much Should the Delta Variant Worry You?

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• How Much Will That Hip Replacement Cost? Many Hospitals Still Aren't Saying

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• How One Hospital Kept COVID Transmissions at Nearly Zero

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• How One Patient's Battle With COVID-19 Changed U.S. Testing Protocols

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• How Phone Calls Could Boost Survival for Heart Failure Patients

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• How the COVID Virus Sneaks Past Immune Defenses

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• How the Pandemic Changed Breast Cancer Care

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• How the Pandemic Is Changing Summer Camp

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• How to Care for a New Body Piercing

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• How to Get Rid of a Toothache: The Best Remedies

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• How to Talk to Your Doctor About Arthritis Pain

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• How Well Do Americans Know the Facts About COVID-19?

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• How Worried Should the World Be About Bird Flu in Humans?

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• How Worried Should You Be About New Reports on Polio?

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• HPV 'Herd Immunity' Now Helping Vaccinated, Unvaccinated Women

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• HPV Infection Tied to Higher Odds of Premature Delivery

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• HPV Vaccination Could Rid U.S. of Most Mouth, Throat Cancers in Men

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• HPV Vaccination Rises in States That Don't Require Parental Consent

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• HRT Might Help Older Women Ward Off Recurrent UTIs

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• Huge Study Shows Masks Do Indeed Limit Coronavirus Spread

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• Humans Pass Coronavirus to Deer, Creating Reservoir for Variants

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• Hundreds of Overseas Flights Canceled After Mask Rules Dropped

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• Hurricanes Leave Rise in Hospitalizations in Their Wake

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• Hurricanes Threaten Many U.S. Coastal Hospitals With Serious Flooding

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• Hypertension in Pregnancy Is Getting More Common for Gen Z Women

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• ICU Bed Shortages Could Mean More COVID-19  Deaths

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• If Protections Expire, COVID Patients Could Soon Face Big Medical Bills

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• If You Already Had COVID, Do You Need the COVID Vaccine?

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• If You've Had COVID, One Vaccine Jab Will Do: Study

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• Illinois Mandated 'Stay-at-Home' Orders, Nearby Iowa Didn't: Here's What Happened

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• Immune System May 'Remember' Infections From Previous Coronaviruses

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• Immune System T-Cells Can Fight Off Omicron

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• Immunity After COVID-19 Illness May Last at Least 1 Year

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• Immunocompromised? Why the COVID-19 Vaccine Might Still Protect You

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• Impact of Racism Could Slow Recovery After Heart Attack

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• In 10 Years, COVID-19 Could Be 'Just the Sniffles'

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• In 16 States, 35% or More Residents Now Obese: CDC

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• In Animal Studies, Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Spinal Cord Injury Pain

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• In Early Days of Outbreak, Access to Mpox Vaccine Varied by Race

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• In Face of Tripledemic, CVS and Walgreens Limit Purchases of Kids' Pain Meds

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• In Florida County Where 3 Teachers Died, School Board Member Pleads for Safeguards

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• In Global Study, Tougher Mask Laws Linked to Fewer COVID Deaths

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• In Medieval Times, Plagues 'Sped Up' With Each New Outbreak

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• In Newly Discovered Case, a Coronavirus Has Jumped From Dog to Human

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• In NYC at Least, Routine Child Vaccinations Rebound After Lockdown

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• In Rare Case, COVID-19 Test Caused Spinal Fluid Leak

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• In Rare Cases, Blood Transfusion Might Cause Brain Hemorrhage

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• In Rare Cases, Monkeypox Can Trigger Dangerous Brain Inflammation

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• In Rare Cases, People Can Get COVID After Vaccination

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• In Some Cases, COVID-19 May Harm the Brain

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• In Study, Reminder Letters Helped Doctors Make Safer Choices Prescribing Opioids

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• In the COVID Era, Dental Appointments Won't Be the Same

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• In U.S., Minority Communities More Likely to Have Water Contaminated by Toxic Metals

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• Infusion of Certain Immune Cells May Help in Severe Coronavirus Cases

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• Inhaled COVID Vaccine Shows Promise in Animal Trials

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• Injected 'Hydrogel' May Be New Option Against Back Pain

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• Insight Into Why a Prostate Cancer Therapy Works Better for Black Men

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• Insights Into Genes Driving Epilepsy Could Help With Treatment

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• Interferon Shot Might Keep COVID-19 Patients Out of the Hospital

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• Interventions Boost Abstinence, Condom Use Among Black Teens: Study

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• Is a Really Bad Flu Season on the Way?

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• Is a 'Twindemic' of COVID-19 and Flu Coming This Fall?

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• Is Arthritis Pain Relief as Close as Your Spice Rack?

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• Is Child's Tummy Pain a Serious Concern? Poll Finds Many Parents Unsure

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• Is COVID-19 Causing More People to Suffer Heart Attacks at Home?

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• Is Flu Ready for a Comeback? Get Your Shot

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• Is It COVID, Flu or RSV? New At-Home Test May Tell

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• Is It COVID? Early Signs May Differ by Age, Gender

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• Is It Safe to Have Surgery Soon After a COVID Diagnosis?

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• Is It Time to End Universal Masking in Hospitals, Clinics?  Many Experts Think So

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• Is Surgery for Sciatica Really Worth It?

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• Is Telemedicine Closing the 'Race Gap' in Primary Care?

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• Is the ‘Delta Plus’ COVID Variant a New Concern?

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• Is the First Cure for Advanced Rabies Near?

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• Is the Mumps Vaccine Becoming Less Effective?

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• Is Your Child at Risk for Asthma?

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• It Can Take Weeks for Some Patients With Severe COVID to Recover Consciousness

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• It's Getting Tougher to Find Spanish-Language Mental Health Services in U.S.

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• It's Tick Season: Protect Yourself From Lyme Disease

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• I've Lost My Sense of Smell: Is It COVID?

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• Jail Dims Hopes for Recovery for Young People With Mental Illness

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• Jailing, Arrest Practices Are Fueling COVID-19 Spread: Study

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• JAMA Journals' Editor-in-Chief Steps Down After Deputy's Racism Comments

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• 'Jeopardy' Host Alex Trebek Tells Fans Cancer Treatments Are 'Paying Off'

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• Jergens Moisturizer Recalled Due to Bacteria Risk

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• Join the Chorus: Singing Can Be Safe During Pandemic

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• Judge Rules Against Florida's Ban on School Mask Mandates

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• Just 1 in 5 Americans Struggling With Opioid Misuse Gets Meds That Can Help

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• Just 2 Kids Worldwide Are Known to Have This Rare Genetic Disease. Their Parents United for a Cure

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• Keeping Same Nurse for All Home Health Care May Be Crucial for Dementia Patients

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• Key Facts You Need to Know About Monkeypox

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• Key to Battling UTIs May Lie in 'Good' Germs Within the Bladder

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• Kidney Failure Often a COVID-19 Complication

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• Kidney Stones Can Be Excruciating. New Treatment Blasts Them Away, No Anesthesia Needed

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• Kidney Transplant Patients at High Risk of Fatal COVID-19: Study

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• Kidney Transplant Safe When Organ Donor Has COVID: Study

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• Kids' Access to Insulin Pumps: Race, Income Matters

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• Kids at 2 Utah Day Cares Easily Spread COVID to Families

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• Kids Can Carry High, Infectious Levels of COVID Coronavirus

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• Kids 'Efficient' Transmitters as COVID-19 Raced Through a Georgia Summer Camp

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• Kids' Hospitalizations Accompany Rising Unemployment Rates: Study

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• Kids Much Less Prone to Coronavirus Infection Than Adults: Study

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• Kids' Robust Immune Systems May Shield Them From COVID-19: Study

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• Kids With Uncontrolled Asthma at Higher Odds for Severe COVID-19

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• Kids, Teens Usually Have Mild COVID-19 Infections, Rarely Fatal Ones: Study

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• Knee Replacement More Challenging in People With Sickle Cell

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• Knee, Shoulder Surgeries Without Opioids? It's Possible, Study Finds

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• Knowing What to Expect May Help After Sexual Assault

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• Kroger, Walmart Hike Prices on COVID At-Home Tests

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• L.A. Is First Major School District to Mandate Vaccines for Students 12 and Up

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• L.A.'s Oil Wells Could Be Harming Citizens' Health

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• LA County Coronavirus Infections Are Up to 55 Times That of Reported Cases

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• La COVID más un ACV hemorrágico duplican el riesgo de muerte de un paciente

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• Lab Experiments Show How Masks Could Protect Against COVID-19

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• Lab-Made Heart Valves Can Grow Along With Youngest Heart Patients

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• Language Barriers Hold Back Many Asian Americans From Good Health Care

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• Language Barriers Keep 25 million in U.S. From Good Health Care

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• Language Can Make the Difference Between Home, Hospital Care: Study

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• Large-Scale Pandemics Aren't as Rare as You Think: Study

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• Laughter As Medicine: Clowns Help Hospitalized Kids Cope

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• Lead Poisoning Plus Systemic Racism Are Harming Black Kids' Test Scores

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• Legacy of Racist Neighborhood 'Redlining': Fewer Healthy Green Spaces Today

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• Leprosy on the Rise in Florida: An Expert Answers Your Questions

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• Less Social Distancing in Areas With More Trump Supporters: Study

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• Less Than 1% of People Who've Had Severe COVID Get Re-Infected

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• Less Than Three-Quarters of March Madness Fans Wore Masks Properly

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• Life Expectancy Could Decline Worldwide Due to COVID-19

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• Life Span of Native Americans Fell by Almost 5 Years During Pandemic

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• Lifetime of Stress Tied to Big Rise in Cancer Risk

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• Limited-Seating Football Games Don't Seem to Spread COVID: Study

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• Little Progress in Boosting Numbers of Black American Doctors

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• Liver Cirrhosis Much More Deadly for Black Americans

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• Lockdowns Cut Air Pollution, But Poorer Neighborhoods Benefited Less

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• Long COVID Often Brings Another Issue: Stigma

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• Long COVID, Big Bills: Grim Legacy of Even Short Hospital Stays

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• Long Distance to Care Can Mean Worse Outcomes for Young Cancer Patients

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• Longer, Worse COVID Leaves Stronger Antibodies: Study

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• Long-Haul COVID Can Include Chronic Fatigue: Study

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• Long-Haul COVID in Kids Typically Ends Within 3 Months: Study

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• Long-Haul COVID Symptoms Common, Rise With Severity of Illness

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• Long-Haul COVID Symptoms? Getting Vaccine Won't Make You Feel Worse, Study Finds

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• Long-Lasting Immunity Seems to Follow Serious COVID Cases

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• Long-Term Heart Inflammation Strikes 1 in 8 Hospitalized COVID Patients

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• Looking for Accurate Info on Mpox? Maybe Avoid TikTok

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• Los Angeles Passes Country's Strictest Vaccine Mandate

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• Loss of Smell May Signal Milder Case of COVID-19: Study

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• Loss of Smell More Common in COVID-19 Than Thought

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• Lost Sense of Smell Returns for Almost All COVID Survivors

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• Low Risk of Mom Passing COVID to Newborn

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• Low Risk That Scientists Can Pass Coronavirus to North American Bats

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• Low Vaccination Rates Put U.S. at High Risk of New Mpox Outbreaks

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• Low Vitamin D Could Raise Diabetes Risk for Black Americans

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• Low Vitamin D Levels Tied to Higher Odds for Severe COVID

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• Low-Dose CT Scans Can Diagnose Appendicitis

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• Lung Cancer Survival Continues to Improve, But Not for All

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• Lupus More Deadly for Asian and Hispanic Americans: Study

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• Lying Prone Can Help Hospitalized COVID Patients, But Many Can't Sustain It

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• Madonna Hospitalized With 'Serious' Infection; Postpones Tour

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• Major Drug Shortages Not Likely After Tornado Damages Pfizer Plant, FDA says

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• Major Gene Study Spots DNA Tied to Autism, Other Disorders

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• Major Medical Groups Urge Americans to Wear Face Masks

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• Major Trial of Monkeypox Treatment TPOXX to Launch in Africa

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• Majority of Workers at America's Nursing Homes Unvaccinated Against Flu, COVID

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• Making Sure You Don't Get RSV This Winter: An Expert Offers Tips

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• Many Americans Don't See Links Between Racism,  Health Outcomes: Poll

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• Many At-Risk Kids With COVID Can Be Cared for at Home

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• Many Black Men Missed Out on Prostate Cancer Care During Pandemic

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• Many Blacks, Hispanics Believe They'll Get Worse Care If Dementia Strikes

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• Many Blood Cancer Patients Get Little Protection From COVID Vaccine

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• Many Cases of 'Penicillin Allergy' Might Be Mistaken

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• Many Clinics Are Selling Ketamine as Bogus 'Cure' for Illnesses

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• Many COVID-19 Patients Given Useless Antibiotics: Study

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• Many Dentists Still Giving Patients Addictive Opioid Painkillers

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• Many Face Months of Lingering Symptoms After COVID Hospital Discharge

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• Many Health Care Workers Who Have Coronavirus Don't Have Symptoms: Study

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• Many Hospital Workers Infected With Coronavirus Don't Show Symptoms

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• Many Hospitalized COVID Patients Will Need Longer-Term Care at Home

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• Many Hospitals Ignore Directives of Organ Transplant Waiting Lists: Study

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• Many Kids Who Develop Severe COVID-Linked Syndrome Have Neurologic Symptoms

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• Many More Older Americans Willing to Get COVID Vaccine: Poll

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• Many Older Adults Confused About Proper Use of Antibiotics: Poll

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• Many Older Americans With Heart Failure Take 10 or More Meds

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• Many Pre-Surgery Tests Are Useless, So Why Are Hospitals Still Using Them?

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• Many Psychiatric Patients Are Getting Risky Drug Gabapentin 'Off-Label'

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• Many Recovering COVID Patients Show Signs of Long-Term Organ Damage

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• Many States Move to Ban Vaccine Mandates, Passports in Public Schools

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• Many Strains of a Dangerous Foodborne Bacteria Are Now Antibiotic-Resistant

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• Many Turn to Weed to Ease Chronic Pain in States Where It's Legal

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• Many U.S. Health Care Workers Face Harassment, Burnout

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• Many U.S. Homes Too Cramped to Stop COVID-19's Spread

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• Many U.S. Parents Avoid Vaccine Talks With Child's Doctor

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• Many Using Cannabis for Pain Take Opioids, Too

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• Marijuana Users May Feel More Post-Surgery Pain: Study

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• Marijuana Users More Prone to Infections After Knee, Shoulder Surgeries

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• Mask Mandates in Schools Curb Infections, CDC Studies Show

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• Mask Wearing Declines, Even as COVID-19 Touches More U.S. Lives: Poll

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• Masking Up Again? Here's What Protects Best

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• Maskless Tourists Could Pass COVID-19 to Wild Gorillas

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• Masks and Summer Heat: Not a Great Mix, But Experts Have Tips

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• Masks at the Gym: Uncomfortable But Not Unsafe, Study Finds

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• Masks Cut Distance Coronavirus Travels in Half, Study Finds

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• Masks Vital to Stopping COVID at Gyms, Studies Show

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• Masks, Video Calls: Pandemic Is Hampering Communication for Those With Hearing Problems

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• Massachusetts Man Has Monkeypox, Following Clusters in Europe

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• Medical Marijuana May Offer Safe Pain Relief for Cancer Patients

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• Medical Mistrust Fuels Vaccine Hesitancy Among Hispanics

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• Medical Pot May Help Many Battle Insomnia, Pain and Stress: Study

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• Melanoma an Even More Deadly Disease in Black Men

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• Memory Troubles? Your Race Could Affect How Soon You Get Diagnosis, Treatment

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• Men Offered Surgery More Often Than Women When Carpal Tunnel Strikes

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• Meningitis Cases Rising Among Gay Men With HIV

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• Menopause Might Worsen Jaw Pain in Women

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• Men's Genital Bacteria Help Predict Partners' Risk for Vaginal Infection: Study

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• Mental Health Issues Linked to Higher Risk of Breakthrough COVID Infections

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• Meth Overdose Deaths Are Surging in America, With Minorities Most at Risk

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• Mexican Americans Face Higher Odds for Liver Cancer With Each New Generation

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• Middle-Aged Americans Report More Pain Than Seniors

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• Migraine? Reach for Prescription Meds, Not Ibuprofen

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• Mild COVID-19 Often Appears With Only Gastro Symptoms: Study

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• Mindfulness Can Help Ease Pain, and Scientists Think They Know How

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• Minorities Bore the Brunt of U.S. COVID Deaths: Study

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• Minorities Hit Hardest by COVID-19, Study Confirms

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• Minorities Miss Out on Brain-Imaging Studies for Alzheimer's

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• Minorities, Women Are Shortchanged When It Comes to Statins

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• Minority Patients Less Likely to Get Newer Alzheimer's Meds

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• Minutes Mean Months: Getting Stroke Care Fast Is Vital, Study Confirms

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• Mission Possible: Tips for Safe Grocery Shopping During the Pandemic

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• Mississippi Health System Buckles Under 'Astounding' Rise in COVID Cases

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• Mix n' Match COVID Vaccine Strategy Works Well: Study

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• Moderate Use of Hair Relaxers Won't Raise Black Women's Cancer Risk: Study

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• Moderna COVID Vaccine Offers Protection for at Least 6 Months: Study

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• Moderna Says Its Booster Protects Well Against Omicron

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• Moderna Says Its Combo Vaccine Effective Against Omicron

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• Moderna Says Updated Vaccine Tackles Omicron

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• Moderna Vaccine May Shield More Against Breakthrough Infections Than Pfizer: Study

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• Monkeypox Can Be Passed On Even Before Symptoms Appear

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• Monkeypox Can Harm the Heart

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• Monkeypox Case Confirmed in U.S. Resident, Threat of Spread Is Low

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• Monkeypox Cases May Finally Be Ebbing, With Declines Seen in Europe, WHO Says

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• Monkeypox Cases Rising Slowly in the U.S., CDC Says

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• Monkeypox in Kids, Teens Is Rare and Seldom Severe: CDC

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• Monkeypox May Get New Name to Curb Stigma

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• Monkeypox May Sometimes Spread Through the Air

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• Monkeypox Not the Next Pandemic, WHO Expert Says

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• Monkeypox Renamed MPox Amid Racism Concerns

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• Monoclonal Antibody Might Help Prevent Malaria

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• Monoclonal Antibody Rx for COVID Can Be Safely Given by Injection: Study

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• Monthly Injections Might Lower Bleeding in People With Hemophilia

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• Months After New Rule, More Than Half of U.S. Hospitals Still Don't Disclose Prices Online

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• More Americans Gaining Access to Opioid Addiction Treatment, But Race Matters

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• More Cancer Patients Got Palliative Care After Obamacare

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• More Cases in E. Coli Outbreak Tied to Wendy's Restaurant Lettuce

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• More Cases of Monkeypox Emerge in Portugal as Outbreak Widens

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• More Clues to the Genes Behind Hearing Loss

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• More Clues to Why Kids Have Much Milder COVID-19

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• More COVID Casualties: Stroke Victims Who Put Off Treatment

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• More COVID-19 Patients in ICUs Are Surviving Now: Study

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• More Data Suggests New Coronavirus Variants Weaken Vaccines, Treatments

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• More Diverse Pool of Blood Donors Needed to Help Sickle Cell Patients

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• More Evidence Gene Therapy Might Cure Sickle Cell Disease

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• More Evidence Heart Risk From COVID Vaccine Is Very Low

---

• More Evidence Masks Slow COVID's Spread

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• More Evidence That Masks Help Shield You From Coronavirus

---

• More Flights Canceled as Omicron Continues to Hit Flight Crews

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• More Hospitalizations, ER Visits in Nursing Homes With Higher Levels of Black Residents

---

• More Infectious COVID Variant Likely Widespread in the U.S., Experts Say

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• More Kids Injured by Tiny Magnets After Sales Ban Was Lifted: Study

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• More Layers Are Better With Homemade Face Masks

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• More Mpox Cases Reported as Health Officials Fear a Summer Resurgence

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• More Opioids Doesn't Mean Less Chronic Pain: Study

---

• More Patients Turning to Medical Marijuana for Arthritis Pain

---

• More Pets May Be Getting COVID-19 Than Realized

---

• More Pot-Linked Poisoning Cases as Edibles' Popularity Booms

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• More Symptoms of Coronavirus: COVID Toes, Skin Rashes

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• More Than 200,000 Americans Have Lupus

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• More Than Half of Americans Know Someone Infected or Ill With COVID: Poll

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• More Than Half of Americans Plagued by Back, Leg Pain

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• More Than Three-Quarters of Americans 16 and Older Have Been Infected With COVID: CDC

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• Most Americans May Keep Wearing Masks, Distancing Even After Pandemic: Survey

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• Most Americans Oppose COVID Vaccine Mandates: Survey

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• Most Americans Would Skip Opioids After Surgery If They Could: Survey

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• Most Asymptomatic Coronavirus Cases Stay That Way, Cruise Ship Data Shows

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• Most Cancer Screenings Make Big Rebound After Pandemic Decline

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• Most Cases of Dementia in U.S. Seniors Go Undiagnosed: Study

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• Most College Athletes With Genetic Heart Trouble Can Safely Play Sports: Study

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• Most COVID Long-Haulers Still Having Symptoms 15 Months Later

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• Most Editors at Leading Medical Journals Are White, Study Finds

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• Most Injured Workers Resume Jobs After Recovery, But Finances Suffer

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• Most Knee Cracking Is Normal, Expert Says

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• Most Newborns of COVID-19-Infected Moms Fare Well

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• Most Severe COVID Cases Involve Neuro Issues, and They're More Often Fatal

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• Most Survivors of Severe COVID-19 Report Symptoms Many Weeks After 'Recovery'

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• Most Top U.S. Surgeons Are White and That's Not Changing

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• Most U.S. States Reopening as Coronavirus Cases Decline

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• Most Workers Report for Duty With Flu-Like Symptoms, Global Survey Shows

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• Mother and Son Draw Hope, Healing From Shared Cancer Treatment

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• Moving Away From Opioids to Treat Dental Pain

---

• Moving Monoclonal Antibody Treatments for COVID From Hospital to Home

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• Mpox Can Be Fatal for People With Advanced HIV

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• Muscle Relaxants for Back Pain Are Soaring: Are They Safe?

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• Music Could Be a Post-Op Panacea, Study Finds

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• Mutation Helps Coronavirus Infect More Human Cells, Study Shows

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• Narrow Hallways Ideal for Coronavirus Spread: Study

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• Navy Ship Outbreak Shows Most Young Aren't Spared COVID Symptoms

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• NBA Study Shows Post-COVID Viral Transmission Rare, Even With Positive Test

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• Nearly 1 in 3 U.S. Hospital Personnel Still Unvaccinated

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• Nearly 1 in 4 Hospital Patients Have Harmful Event During Their Stay

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• Nearly 200,000 COVID Home Tests Recalled Over False Positives

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• Nearly 3 in 10 U.S. Adults Say They Have a Disability

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• Nearly 59,000 Meatpacking Workers Caught COVID, While 269 Died: Report

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• Nearly 600,000 U.S. Kids Had COVID Last Week

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• Nearly 900,000 U.S. Kids Under 12 Have Gotten Their First COVID Shot

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• Nearly a Third of Young Black Americans Have High Blood Pressure

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• Nearly All Americans Who Got First COVID Shot Are Are Getting Their Second

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• Nearly Half of Coronavirus Infections May Be Asymptomatic

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• Need a New Liver? Your Survival Odds May Depend on Race

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• Need an At-Home COVID Test? Here's Help Finding and Using One

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• Need an IV or Stitches? Virtual Reality or Hypnosis Might Ease Pain

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• Need an Operation? Here's How COVID Has Changed Surgery

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• Negative COVID Test May Be Required After 5 Day's Isolation Among Asymptomatic

---

• Neighborhood Gun Violence Means Worse Mental Health for Kids

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• Neighborhoods May Matter When It Comes to Epilepsy

---

• Nerve 'Pulse' Therapy May Help Ease Sciatica

---

• 'Nerve Zap' Pain Treatment Could Cut Need for Opioids After Surgeries

---

• Nerve-Cooling Implant Could Ease Pain Without Opioids

---

• Nervous About Returning to Work? Take Precautions Against Coronavirus

---

• Neuro Symptoms of Long COVID May Persist for Months

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• Neurodevelopmental Issues Double in Babies Exposed to COVID in Womb: Study

---

• Neurologists' Group Issues Guidance to Families on Controversial Alzheimer's Drug

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• New Antibiotic Could Help Fight Resistant Staph Infections

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• New BA.2 COVID Subvariant Taking Hold in United States

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• New CDC Guidelines May Have Made Opioid Prescribing Safer

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• New Clues to Recent Hepatitis Outbreak in Kids

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• New Clues to Sudden Unexplained Deaths in Young Kids

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• New Coronavirus Can Also Infect Cells in the Mouth

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• New Coronavirus Can Infect Your Eyes as Well as Your Lungs

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• New Coronavirus Lingers in Penis and Could Cause Impotence

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• New Coronavirus Strain More Contagious, Scientists Say

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• New Coronavirus Variant Out of Brazil Now in 5 U.S. States

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• New COVID Cases Double in U.S. in Past Three Weeks

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• New COVID Cases Were 300% Higher This Labor Day Weekend Than Last Year

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• New COVID Variant EG.5 Now Dominant in U.S., CDC Says

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• New COVID Variant May Be Less Threatening Than First Feared

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• New COVID Variant XBB Is Gaining Ground Among Americans

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• New COVID-19 Tracking App May Find 'Hotspots' Across America

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• New Data Details Dangers of Delta Variant, Even for the Vaccinated

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• New Drug Halves Death Rate in Those With Severe COVID, Maker Claims

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• New Drug May Treat Rare Diseases That Make Exposure to Sunlight Painful

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• New Hope Against 'Incurable' Liver Disease That Kills Children

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• New Hope Against Painful Skin Issues Caused by Cancer Radiation Therapy

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• New Insights Into How COVID-19 Damages the Brain

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• New Lawsuit Filed by Family of Henrietta Lacks Over Unauthorized Use of Her Cells

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• New Malaria Case Reported in Florida Brings National Total to 8

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• New Omicron Subvariant Causing COVID-19 Spike in South Africa

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• New Omicron Subvariant Is Spreading in India, U.S.

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• New Research Links Another Gene to Alzheimer's Risk

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• New Research Shows COVID Vaccines Still Protect Against Severe Disease

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• New Review Claims First COVID Patient was Wuhan Market Vendor

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• New RSV Vaccine May Prevent Illness in Infants, Seniors

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• New Study Sheds Doubt on Notion Kids Aren't COVID-19 Spreaders

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• New Type of Antibiotic Could Fight Tough-to-Treat UTIs

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• New U.S. Coronavirus Cases Hit Another High

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• New U.S. COVID Vaccinations Climb for the Longest Stretch in Months

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• New U.S. Monkeypox Coordinator Named as California, Illinois Declare Public Health Emergencies

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• New Variants Mean COVID Vaccines, Tests May Need Tweaking: FDA

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• New Way to Blast Kidney Stones Can Be Done in Doctor's Office

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• New Weight-Loss Program Shows Promise Among Low-Income Americans

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• New White House Website Speeds Access to Free COVID Care

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• New Worry: 'Flurona,' When COVID Meets the Flu

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• New York City Rats Can Carry COVID Virus

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• New York Declares Emergency After Finding More Spread of Poliovirus

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• New York Reports 5 Omicron Cases, U.S. Total Rises to 9

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• New Yorkers Warned of Possible Community Spread of Polio

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• Newborn May Have Contracted Coronavirus in the Womb: Report

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• Newborns of Moms With COVID-19 Face Little Infection Risk: Study

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• Newer Diabetes Meds Might Not Work as Well in Black Patients

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• No Change in Number of Post-Op Opioid Prescriptions, But Dosages Drop

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• No Evidence Breastfeeding Can Transmit Coronavirus

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• No Evidence Coronavirus Spreads Through Food or Food Packaging: FDA

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• No Evidence Muscle Relaxants Can Ease Low Back Pain

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• No Genetic Damage to Kids of Those Exposed to Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster: Study

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• No Good Evidence on Accuracy of Coronavirus Antibody Tests: Study

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• No Lasting Damage to Lungs After COVID in Young Patients: Study

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• No Lasting Lung Damage After Full Recovery From COVID-19

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• No Link Seen Between COVID, Guillain-Barré Syndrome

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• No Side Effects From Your COVID Vaccine? Don't Worry, It's Still Working

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• No Sign COVID Raises Odds for Preterm Delivery, Stillbirths

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• No Sign Mild COVID in Pregnancy Can Harm Infant Brain

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• No Spectators to Be Allowed at Tokyo Olympic Games

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• Nonsurgical Treatment Works Well for Arthritic Thumbs

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• Non-White Kids With Recurrent Ear Infections Less Likely to Get Specialist Care

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• Normal Conversation Spreads Virus-Laden Droplets Beyond 6 Feet

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• Noses Might Be Kids' Secret Weapon Against COVID

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• Not Just COVID: Humans Pass Many Illnesses to Wild Animals

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• Not Just Keyboards: Many Types of Workers Can Develop Carpal Tunnel

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• Not-So-Happy-Birthdays: Parties Helped Spread COVID, Study Finds

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• NSAIDS, Steroids for Back Pain: Is Too Much of Them a Bad Thing?

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• Number of U.S. Kids Hospitalized With COVID Is Likely Overcounted: Study

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• Nurses Can Make the Difference for New Moms' Breastfeeding

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• Nursing Home Staff Closest to Patients Are Least Likely to Get COVID Vaccines

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• Nursing Homes Used COVID Meds Less Than Expected During Pandemic

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• NYC Opens First Monkeypox Vaccine Clinic in U.S.

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• Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion Helped Americans' Blood Pressure

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• Obesity Plays Role in Higher Breast Cancer Rates for Black Women

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• Odds for Emergency Room Visits Rise With Pot Use

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• Odds of Hospitalization, Death With COVID-19 Rise Steadily With Age: Study

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• Older Adults Turning to Pot for Common Health Problems

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• Older Black Americans Hit Hardest by Disability

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• Older Black Men Face Higher Risk of Death After Surgery

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• Older Patients at Risk When Dentists Prescribe Opioids

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• Omicron Cases Pass U.S. Peak Seen With Delta, But With Fewer Hospitalizations

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• Omicron Now Accounts for 73% of New COVID Cases: CDC

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• Omicron Resists Pfizer Vaccine But Causes Less Severe Disease: Study

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• Omicron Silver Lining: Fewer, Milder Cases of MIS-C in Kids

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• Omicron Spreading Through Africa Twice as Fast as Delta Did

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• Omicron Variant Spurs New York Officials to Recommend Masking Indoors

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• Omicron Wave Had 5 Times as Many Small Kids Hospitalized Compared to Delta

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• 'On Edge': Anxious Americans Line Up for Scarce Monkeypox Vaccines

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• One Big Reason Women May Be Less Prone to COVID-19

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• One Dose of Pfizer Vaccine May Be Enough for Folks Who've Had COVID

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• One Downside to Space Travel: Back Pain

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• One Reason It's Hotter in Poorer Neighborhoods: Fewer Trees

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• One-Third of Americans With Arthritis Get No Exercise

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• Only 1 in 4 Long COVID Sufferers Fully Recovered One Year Later

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• On-the-Road Help: 'Mobile Stroke Units' Are Saving People's Lives

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• Opioids After Dental Work May Be Dangerous

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• Out-of-Pocket Costs Delay Cancer Follow-Up Care, Even for the Insured

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• Out-of-Pocket Medical Bills for COVID-19 May Average $3,800 in 2021: Study

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• Over 140,000 U.S. Children Have Lost a Caregiver to COVID-19

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• Over Half of Police Killings Aren't Reported, Blacks Most Likely Victims

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• Overuse of Antibiotics in Kids Adds Millions to U.S. Health Care Costs

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• Pain After Heart Attack May Predict Long-Term Survival

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• Pain Is a Growing Threat to the Nation's Surgeons, New Research Reveals

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• Pain Relief in a FLASH: Radiation Treatments Lasting Seconds May Advance Cancer Care

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• Pancreatic Cancer Rates Rising Faster Among Women

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• Pandemic at a Tipping Point: WHO

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• Pandemic Causing Dangerous Delays in Care When Appendicitis Strikes Kids

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• 'Pandemic Fatigue' Setting in? Here's How to Stay Safe and Strong

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• Pandemic Fuels Interest in Careers in Infectious Disease

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• Pandemic Gave Clues to Cause of Rare Heart Condition in Kids

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• Pandemic Has ER Docs Stressed Out and Weary: Survey

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• Pandemic Has U.S. Hospitals Overwhelmed With Teens in Mental Crisis

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• Pandemic Having More Impact on U.S. Hospitals Than Thought: Study

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• Pandemic Is Adding to Teachers' Stress, and Quit Rates

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• Pandemic Is Devastating Low-Income Black Households

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• Pandemic Is Tied to Big Rise in U.S. Heart Deaths

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• Pandemic May Have Caused U.S. Spike in SIDS Deaths in Black Families

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• Pandemic Puts 'Outdated' Infection Control Practices Under Scrutiny

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• Pandemic Saw Rise in Opioid Prescriptions Given After Childbirth

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• Pandemic Tied to Higher Suicide Rate in Blacks, Lowered Rate in Whites: Study

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• Pandemic to Endemic: Is a New Normal Near?

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• Pandemic Unemployment Has Taken Its Own Deadly Toll

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• Pandemic-Linked Rise in Crime Hit America's Poor Neighborhoods Hardest

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• Pangolins Hold Clues to How COVID-19 Began -- and Might End

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• Parents of Hospitalized Kids Need More Info on Costs: Study

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• Parent's Skin-to-Skin Hug Does Ease a Baby's Pain, Brain Study Suggests

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• Parent's Words Key to Young Kids' Fears Around Vaccination

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• Parents, Arm Your Kids Against COVID-19 With Good Hand-Washing Habits

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• Patient Care Delayed at Large Hospital Chain After Ransomware Attack

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• Patients' Genes Raise Odds for Rare Brain Infection When Using Certain Meds

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• Patients Hospitalized With COVID Face Similar Risks, Regardless of Variant

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• Patients of Color Less Likely to Get Specialist Care Than White Patients

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• Patients With Sickle Cell Disease Often Overlooked for Life-Saving Kidney Transplants

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• Patient-to-Patient Transmission Not to Blame for Most C. Difficile Infections in Hospitals

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• Paxlovid Lowers Risk of Long COVID

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• Pediatricians' Group Urges That All Infants Get New RSV Shot

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• People Are Avoiding the ER During COVID-19 Crisis at Their Peril: Study

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• People Die When Hospital Bed Shortages Force Patients Out

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• People Exhale Less COVID Virus as Their Infection Wanes

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• People Mount Strong Immune Responses to Coronavirus, Boding Well for a Vaccine

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• People on Immune-Suppressing Meds Fare Equally Well With Severe COVID

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• People With Autism May Feel Pain More Intensely: Study

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• People With Cerebral Palsy Could Be in the Crosshairs of the Opioid Crisis

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• People With Intellectual Disabilities Are Being Hit Hard by COVID-19

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• People With Intellectual Disabilities at High Risk for Fatal COVID-19

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• People With Untreated HIV Being Hit Hardest by Monkeypox

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• Permanent Nerve Damage for Some COVID-19 Survivors

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• Pet Store Puppies Passing Drug-Resistant Bacteria to People

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• Pfizer Begins Trial of COVID Drug Paxlovid in Kids 6 to 17

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• Pfizer COVID Pill to Be Made, Sold Cheaply in 95 Poor Countries

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• Pfizer COVID Shots 73% Protective in Kids Under 5

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• Pfizer or Moderna? Head-to-Head Study Shows One Shot Has an Edge

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• Pfizer Says Final Data Shows COVID Pill Stays Strong Against Severe Illness

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• Pfizer Says Lower Dose of Its COVID Vaccine Protects Younger Children

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• Pfizer Says New COVID Pill Cut Severe Disease by 89%

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• Pfizer Says Omicron-Specific Vaccine Ready by March

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• Pfizer Shot May Help Fight COVID Variants in People Previously Infected

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• Pfizer to Ask FDA Soon for Approval of Its COVID Vaccine for Younger Children

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• Pfizer Vaccine Disappoints in Kids Ages 2 to 5

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• Pfizer Vaccine Is 90% Effective 3 Weeks After First Shot, Early Study Shows

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• Pfizer/Moderna Vaccine Protection: 64% at First Dose, 94% at Second

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• Pfizer's COVID Vaccine Shows 'Robust' Results in Early Trial

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• Pharmacy Exec Behind Meningitis Outbreak Gets Longer Prison Sentence

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• Physicians Say Faulty Oxygen Devices Put Lives in Peril

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• Physics Shows Why 20 Seconds Is Right for Hand-Washing

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• 'Pink Eye' Often a Symptom of COVID-19, and Infection Via Tears Possible

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• Plane Wastewater Study Shows How COVID Travel Restrictions Failed

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• Plasma Injection Therapy May Be Useless Against Achilles Tendon Pain

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• Plasma Therapy Aids Recovery in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients

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• Playing Football, Hockey in High School Ups Odds for Stimulant Abuse

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• Pneumonia More Deadly Than Hip Fractures for Hospitalized Seniors

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• Poll Charts U.S. Parents' Biggest Worries During Pandemic

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• Poll Finds COVID Low on Parents' Summer Camp Checklist

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• Poll Finds Herd Immunity in U.S. Possible by Summer

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• Poll: Most Americans Over 50 Suffer Some Type of Joint Pain

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• Pollen Peril: Sneezin' Season May Up COVID Risk

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• Polluted Air Linked to Dangerous Antibiotic Resistance

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• Pooch Power: Therapy Dogs Bring Quick Relief in the ER

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• Poorer Schools Could Bring Higher Dementia Rates Many Decades Later

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• Poorly Managed Diabetes Raises Odds for More Severe COVID

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• Pope Francis Discharged From Hospital, Leads Palm Sunday Service

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• Post-COVID Risk for Blood Clot Lasts at Least 6 Months

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• Post-Op Deaths Decline for Cancer Patients, But Blacks Still More Vulnerable

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• Poverty Might Raise Black Kids' Health Risks as Early as Age 5

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• Precautions Even More Important With New Coronavirus Variant: Experts

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• Preemie Babies End Up Hospitalized More as Kids

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• Pregnant Women Need to Guard Against Coronavirus

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• Pregnant Women Need to Guard Against Coronavirus

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• Pregnant Women With COVID-19 at High Risk for Complications

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• PrEP Implant That Protects Against HIV Could Be Near

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• Prescription Steroids Can Pose Dangers for Sickle Cell Patients

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• Primary Care Visits Shorter, More Prone to Error for Non-White Patients: Study

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• Prior COVID Infection May Shield You From Another for at Least 10 Months

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• Prior COVID Won't Shield Kids From Omicron, But Vaccine Might

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• Prior Exposure to Common Cold Won't Shield You From COVID: Study

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• Prison Time Shortens Life Spans for Black Americans, But Not Whites

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• Progress Against Stillbirths Has Stalled in U.S.

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• Protecting Wildlife Key to Preventing the Next Big Pandemic

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• Provincetown Outbreak Shows Delta Can Spread Among Vaccinated, But Cases Are Mild

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• Public Lost Trust in CDC During COVID Crisis: Poll

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• Putting Hospitalized COVID Patients on Their Belly May Not Be a Good Idea After All

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• Quieter ORs May Make for Happier Kids After Surgery

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• Race Affects Outcomes for Young Heart Transplant Patients

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• Race Could Matter When It Comes to Parkinson's Severity

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• 'Race Gap' in U.S. Heart Health Has Changed Little in 20 Years: Report

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• Race Matters in Stroke Survival, Study Finds

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• Race Plays Big Role in Whether Kids Learn to Swim

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• Race Plays Huge Role in Dementia Risk

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• Race Plays Role in Kids' Food Allergies: Study

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• Race, Gender Matter in Receiving Timely Heart Attack Care

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• Race, Income Affect Your Risk for a Food Allergy

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• Race, Income Big Factors in Deaths After U.S. Hurricanes

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• Race, Income Can Be Roadblocks to Recovery From Depression

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• Race, Income Can Determine Blood Cancer Outcomes, Studies Show

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• Race, Income Keeps Many Families From Letting Kids Play Sports

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• Race, Neighborhood Affects How Long You'll Live After Heart Attack

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• Racial Discrimination Raises Risk for Childhood Obesity

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• Racism's Effects Are Harming the Hearts of Black Americans

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• Racist 'Redlining' Policies Leave Legacy of Stroke for Black Americans

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• Rare 'Breakthrough' COVID Infections in Vaccinated Are Milder: Study

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• Rare Cases of Monkeypox Diagnosed in Britain

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• Rare Tumor Slows, But Won't Stop Young Drama Teacher

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• Rare, Deadly Bacterial Illness Is Now in United States, CDC Warns

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• Rate of Preterm Births Is Higher for Black Americans

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• Rates of Child Hospitalization Similar Between COVID-19, Flu: Study

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• Real-World Studies Show Pfizer Vaccine Shields Against COVID Variants

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• Real-World Study Shows Power of Pfizer, Moderna Vaccines to Prevent COVID

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• Recent Monkeypox Symptoms Differ From Those of Prior Outbreaks

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• Record High COVID Cases and Deaths Reported in Florida

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• Record Number of COVID-19 Hospitalizations Seen in Florida

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• Rectal Pill May Give Days-Long Protection Against HIV: Study

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• Red Cross Issues Call for More Blood Plasma to Treat COVID Patients

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• Red Cross Warns of Severe Blood Shortage

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• Redlining May Raise Heart Failure Risk Among Black Americans

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• Reduced Drinking May Improve Veterans' Chronic Pain

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• Regeneron Says Its Antibody Cocktail Likely Weakened by Omicron Variant

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• Remdesivir Will Not Be Enough to Curb COVID-19, Study Finds

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• Repeat Infections With COVID-19 May Become the Norm

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• Report Finds World Ill-Prepared for Next Pandemic

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• Report Shows Arizona Man Infected His Dog, Cat With COVID-19

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• 'Rerouting' Brain Blood Flow: Old Technique Could Be New Advance Against Strokes

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• Research Reveals Cause of Deadly Disease Affecting Native American Kids

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• Research Reveals Why COVID Pneumonia Is More Deadly

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• Researchers Explore New Nonaddictive Means of Fighting Pain

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• Researchers Latch Onto the Leech's Genome

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• Researchers Seek Antiviral Pill That Would Ease COVID Severity

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• Reusing Contact Lenses Raises Odds for Rare Eye Infection

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• Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug May Fight Severe COVID-19, Early Data Show

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• Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Might Help Save Hospitalized COVID Patients

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• Rise in U.K. COVID Cases Closely Watched by U.S. Health Officials

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• Rising COVID Hospitalizations, New Variants Have Americans on Edge

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• Rising Obesity Levels Put Americans at Risk During Pandemic: CDC

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• Risk of Long COVID Falls by Half in 'Breakthrough' Cases

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• Risks for Heart Failure Rise in Rural America

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• Routine Ventilation of Surgical Patients Won't Raise COVID Transmission Risk

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• RSV in Infancy Could Raise a Child's Risk for Asthma

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• RSV Is Common, Dangerous Infection: What Parents Need to Know

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• RSV Respiratory Illnesses Rising for Babies, Experts Warn

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• RSV Vaccine Given in Pregnancy to Help Shield Newborns Receives Full U.S. Approval

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• Rugby Injuries Last Long After Pros, Amateurs Stop Playing: Study

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• Rural Hospitals' ERs Just as Effective as Urban Ones: Study

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• Saline IV Drip Just as Good as Pricier Options in Hospital ICUs: Study

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• Saliva Equals Nasal Swab for COVID Test Accuracy

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• Saliva-Based COVID-19 Test Might Be Alternative to Deep Nasal Swab

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• San Francisco, N.Y. State Declare Monkeypox Public Health Emergencies

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• Scans Reveal How COVID-19 Can Harm the Brain

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• School COVID Outbreaks Drop When Adults Wear Masks, Study Finds

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• School Segregation Tied to Problem Drinking Among Black Youth

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• Schools Can Reopen Safely If Precautions in Place, Australian Study Shows

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• Schools, Day Care Not a Big Factor in Kids Getting COVID: Study

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• Sciatica: What Is It, and How Can You Ease the Pain?

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• Science Brings Shortcut to Spotting 50 Rare Genetic Diseases

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• Science Reveals Cause of Smell Loss in COVID-19

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• Scientists Discover Why Blood Type May Matter for COVID Infection

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• Scientists Gain Insight Into How COVID Harms the Heart

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• Scientists Pinpoint Origins of the Black Death

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• Scientists Spot Clues to Why Omicron Infections Are Milder

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• Scientists Test Safest Way Driver, Passengers Can Avoid COVID Spread

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• Scientists Watch Pain in the Brain to Decode Its Secrets

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• Screening Often Misses Endometrial Cancer in Black Women

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• Scrolling, Staring at Screens Could Give You 'Tech Neck'

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• Second Omicron Case Reported in Man Who Traveled to NYC Anime Convention

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• Secondhand Smoke Is Sending Kids to the ER

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• Segregation Has Close Ties With Lead Poisoning in Black American Kids

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• Segregation, Poverty Tied to Worse Outcomes for Black Lung Cancer Patients

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• Seniors Urged to Get Flu Shots as U.S. Cases Rise

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• Seniors, Here Are the Meds That Can Harm Your Driving Skills

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• Sepsis Almost Killed Jake Tapper's Daughter, Alice. Now, She's Working to Keep Others Safe

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• Sepsis Raises Odds for Heart Failure After Hospital Discharge

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• Serotonin May Play Big Role in Long COVID

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• Setting Time Limits on Opioid Prescriptions Might Reduce Misuse

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• Seven States Join Pact to Speed Coronavirus Testing

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• Severe COVID for People Under 45: Who's Most at Risk?

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• Severe COVID-19 Raises Odds for Dangerous Heart Conditions 10-Fold

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• Severe Mental Illnesses Often Overlooked at Hospital Admission: Study

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• Severe Opioid Overdoses Rose by Nearly a Third During Pandemic

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• Severe Seizures Are Rising, Especially Among Minorities

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• Sex of Fetus May Matter When COVID Strikes in Pregnancy

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• Sheltering at Home? Take Steps to Prevent Injuries From Falls

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• Shorter COVID Quarantine for College Athletes a Good Idea, Study Finds

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• Should All U.S. Newborns Undergo Genomic Testing?

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• Should You Send Your Kid to Summer Camp? Expert Offers Advice

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• Should You Take a Painkiller Before Your COVID Vaccine?

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• Shoulder Pain Can Plague Wheelchair Users, But Their Own Fat Cells Could Be Cure

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• Sick? You'll Need Multiple Tests to Rule Out COVID

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• Sickle Cell Gene Therapy Can Cure, But Costs Almost $3 Million. Who Will Pay?

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• Sickle Cell Puts Black Patients at Higher Risk for Severe COVID

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• 'Silent' COVID-19 More Widespread Than Thought

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• 'Silent' COVID-19 Produces as Much Virus as in Patients With Symptoms: Study

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• Similar to Adults, Obesity Raises Kids' Odds for Severe COVID-19

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• Simple Antibiotic Switch for Pneumonia Patients Could Prevent Hospital Infection

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• Singing Without a Face Mask Can Spread COVID-19

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• Skeletons May Put Blame on Vikings for Smallpox' Spread

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• Skin Lightening Products Carry Dangers, But Many Users Are Unaware of Risks: Study

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• Skip Costume Contact Lenses This Halloween

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• Sleep Apnea Raises Odds for Severe COVID-19

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• Sleep Apnea Tied to Raised Diabetes Risk in Black Americans

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• Sleep Troubles Hit Health Care Workers During Pandemic

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• 'Slow Walkers' at Higher Odds for Severe COVID-19

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• Small Study Supports Donor Plasma Therapy for Severe COVID-19

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• Small Study Supports TPOXX as Monkeypox Treatment

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• Smaller Blood Draws for Lab Tests Reduce Need for Transfusions

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• Smartphone Apps Might Track, Slow Spread of COVID-19

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• SmartWatches Detect Viral Infection Before Symptoms Surface in Study

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• Smell, Taste Loss Less Likely With Newer COVID Variants: Study

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• Smile When You Get That COVID Vaccine, It'll Hurt Less

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• Smoggy Air Might Help Spur Sinusitis

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• Smoking a Big Stroke Risk for Blacks

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• Social Distancing Probably Stopped 2020 Outbreak of Paralyzing Disorder in Kids

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• Some Americans Can't Access Telemedicine, Study Shows

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• Some At-Home Tests May Miss Omicron in Early Stages of Infection

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• Some COVID-19 Patients Stricken by Guillain-Barre Syndrome

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• Some Kids With Type 1 Diabetes Face High Risk of Severe COVID-19

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• Some Long Haul COVID Patients Are Feeling Better After Vaccination

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• Some Myeloma Patients Get No Protection From COVID-19 Vaccines

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• Some Republicans Calling for 'Natural Immunity' Exception to COVID Vaccines

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• Sometimes Hair Loss in Women Can Point to Bigger Health Issues

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• Southern California Is Origin of New COVID-19 Variant

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• Space Travel Takes Toll on Astronauts' Blood, Bone

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• Special Therapy Brings Relief to Patients With Chronic Back Pain

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• Speech Alone May Spread COVID-19, Study Shows

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• Spinal Cord Stimulation May Ease Diabetic Neuropathy

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• Standard Tests May Underestimate Severity of Sleep Apnea in Black Patients

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• Started Early, Drug Combo Eases Fatigue of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Study

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• States Start to Loosen Restrictions as U.S. COVID Cases Level Off

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• STDs May Be More Common Than Thought Among U.S. High School Kids

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• 'Stepped' Approach to Exercise Can Help With Arthritic Knees

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• Still Feeling Nervous About Holiday Gatherings? Survey Finds You're Not Alone

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• Stool Samples From the 1980s Hold Clues to Fighting HIV Today

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• Stop Using Ivermectin Veterinary Drug to Treat COVID, FDA Urges

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• Straight Talk From Front-Line Experts on Wearing a Mask

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• Strep Infections Surged This Winter

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• Stressed, Exhausted: Frontline Workers Faced Big Mental Strain in Pandemic

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• Stroke Can Leave Folks Thinking One Hand Is Bigger Than the Other

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• Strokes Hitting COVID Patients Are More Severe: Study

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• Strong Blood Thinners May Help COVID Patients, But Degree of Illness Is Key

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• Stubbed Your Toe? Only Real Swear Words Help Dull the Pain

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• Stuck at Home, Suffering With COVID? Experts Offer Guidance on Care

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• Studies Show COVID-19 Can Infect and Harm Digestive Organs

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• Studies Show Power of Pfizer Vaccine Starts to Wane After Two Months

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• Study Casts Doubt on 'Early Warning' System for Kidney Patients

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• Study Confirms Effectiveness of Mpox Vaccine

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• Study Confirms Effectiveness of Newer Arthritis Meds

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• Study Confirms Minorities Face Higher Odds of COVID-19: Study

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• Study Confirms Restaurants, Bars Are COVID Infection Hotspots

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• Study Debunks Notion That Statin Meds Trigger Muscle Aches

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• Study Delivers More Evidence of a Mental Health Crisis Among Teens, Particularly Girls

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• Study of Former NFL Players Shows Race Differences in Chronic Pain

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• Study Pushes Back Smallpox Origins Another 2,000 Years

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• Study Reveals How Coronavirus Travels Indoors

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• Study Shows Social Distancing Does Cut Your Odds for COVID-19

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• Study Shows Young COVID Survivors Can Get Reinfected

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• Study Spots People at High Risk of Severe Breakthrough COVID

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• Study Suggests a Better Blood Thinner Could Be Near

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• Study Suggests COVID Vaccine Booster Shots Will Be Needed

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• Study Tracks Course of COVID Infection, Transmission in Individual Patients

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• Study Zeroes in on How Zika Virus Is Passed From Mom to Fetus

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• Sudden Obsessions, Tantrums: What Is PANS in Kids?

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• Suicide Rates Declining for White Americans, But Not for Minorities

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• Summer Bug Bite? Expert Gives Answers on Care

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• Summer Skin Care Tips for Those With Darker Skin

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• Summer Swim? Watch Out for 'Swimmer's Ear'

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• 'Superbug' Fungus Spreads Among Vulnerable in Two U.S. Cities

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• Surge in Severe Strep Cases in Kids Was Really a Return to Normal: CDC

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• Surge of U.S. Military Medical Personnel to Ease Medical Worker Shortages

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• Surgery Soon? Use These 3 Tips to Manage Post-Surgical Pain

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• Surgery? One Type of Anesthesia Is Preferable During COVID-19 Outbreak

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• Surgical Patients Allergic to Penicillin Have Another Safe Alternative

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• Survey Finds Racism Against Asians Common in Medical Field

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• Survey Finds U.S. Parents Split on COVID Vaccination for Kids Under 12

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• Survivors of Severe COVID Face Doubled Risk for Death a Year Later

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• Survivors of Severe COVID Face Higher Odds for Another Hospitalization Soon After

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• Swine Coronavirus Could Jump to People, Researchers Warn

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• Take Steps to Protect Your Feet This Winter

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• Taking a Shot at Pain Relief After Knee Replacement

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• TB Cases Declined in U.S. During Pandemic

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• Teachers Main Drivers of School COVID Outbreaks, So Vaccinations Needed: Study

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• Teachers' Unions, Doctors Agree: Vaccines, Masks Crucial for Return-to-School

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• Teasing People About Weight Can Help Bring on Eating Disorders

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• Teens Can Donate Blood, But May Need Iron Supplements After

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• 'Telestroke' Care at Hospitals Is Boosting Patient Outcomes

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• Ten Years On, Gene Therapy Still Beating Most Cases of 'Bubble Boy' Immune Disease

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• Terrifying Delirium Can Strike Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients

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• Testing Entire Genome Twice as Good at Spotting Genetic Disorders as Targeted Tests Are

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• Testosterone Might Influence COVID Severity in Men

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• Texas Governor Has Breakthrough COVID Infection

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• Texas Mother Transmitted COVID-19 to Unborn Baby: Study

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• That Cough or Sneeze Behind You Might Not Be COVID: Study

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• The 'Great Resignation' Is Taking a Toll on U.S. Health Care

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• The High Cost of Living With Sickle Cell Disease

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• 'The Last of Us': How Likely Is a Fungal Apocalypse?

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• 'The Lockdowns Worked,' Experts Say, But Did America Reopen Too Soon?

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• The Most Common Arthritis Symptoms You Should Know

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• The Most Common Back Surgeries, Explained

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• The New COVID Antiviral Pills: What You Need to Know

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• Their Jobs May Put Black Americans at Greater COVID Risk

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• There May Be 6 Types of COVID-19

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• There Might Be a Perfect Indoor Humidity to Curb COVID Spread

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• There's Bad News, Good News on Coronavirus' Spread in Cats

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• Think You Need an Opioid? Here Are Questions to Ask Your Doctor

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• Threatening Eye Condition Rare After COVID Infection

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• Three New Studies Suggest Omicron Triggers Milder Illness Than Delta

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• Tick Talk: Know Your Risks This Summer

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• Tick-Borne Illness Babesiosis Spreads to New U.S. States

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• 'Time Is Brain': More Americans Waiting Longer for Best Care After Stroke

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• Time Spent in ICU Linked to Higher Odds for Suicide Later

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• Tingling, Burning in Your Feet? Common Condition May Be the Cause

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• Tips for 'Stomaching' the Holidays If You Have IBS

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• Tips to Making a Highly Effective COVID Mask at Home

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• Today's Homeless Are Getting 'Trench Fever,' Infamous from WW I

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• Today's Seasonal Flu May Descend From 1918 Pandemic Strain

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• Too Few Kids With Sickle Cell Anemia Get Screened for Stroke Risk

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• Too Few Minorities in U.S. Health Care Workforce: Report

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• Too Little Vitamin D Might Raise Odds of Coronavirus Infection

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• Too Many Fertility Specialists Still Use a Painful, Useless Procedure: Study

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• Too Soon to Tell if Omicron Will End Pandemic: Fauci

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• Touching Your Face Is a Coronavirus Danger: Tips to Help You Stop

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• 'Tough Guy' Mentality Keeps Athletes in Denial About Pain

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• TPOXX Is the Only Monkeypox Treatment -- If You Can Get It

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• Track Viruses, Not Animal Carriers, to Prevent Future Pandemics

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• Transfusions of COVID Survivor Blood a Safe Treatment for Patients

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• Trauma of Racism Fuels High Blood Pressure Among Black Americans: Study

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• Tree Rings Show Hurricanes Becoming Wetter, Longer, More Dangerous

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• Trials Find Full-Dose Blood Thinners May Harm, Not Help, COVID Patients in ICU

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• Troubling Rise Seen in Both COVID, RSV Cases Among Children

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• Troubling Signs TB Is Gaining Resistance Against Combo Antibiotics

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• Trump Was Much Sicker With COVID-19 Than Was Revealed

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• TSA Extends Mask Mandate for U.S. Travelers to January

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• TV Remotes, Nurse Call Buttons: Where Coronavirus Lingers in Nursing Homes

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• Two Bird Flu Cases in Cambodia Did Not Spread Person-to-Person

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• Two More Brands of Eyedrops Recalled Over Infection Risks

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• Two New Omicron Subvariants Fueling COVID Infections in New York State

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• Two Out of Three California Prison Inmates Said Yes to COVID Vaccine

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• Two Vaccines May Soon Shield Seniors Against RSV

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• Two-Thirds of Americans Say Their Lives Have Been Affected by Addiction: Poll

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• Two-Thirds of Mild COVID Cases Leave Long-Term Symptoms

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• U.K. Variant Won't Trigger More Severe COVID, Studies Find

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• U.S. Army Reports Progress on COVID Vaccine That Fights All Variants

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• U.S. Blood Supply Is Safe From Coronavirus, Study Finds

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• U.S. Breaks Another Daily Record for New Cases, With More Than 75,000 Infections

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• U.S. Breast Cancer Death Rates Continue to Fall

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• U.S. Coronavirus Hospitalizations Spiking in South, West

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• U.S. COVID Cases Fell 60% Since September, But Vigilance Still Needed: Health Officials

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• U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Pass Last Winter's Peak

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• U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Reach Record High as California Hospitals Run Out of Oxygen

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• U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Rise for Fourth Straight Week

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• U.S. COVID Outlook Shows Big Improvement by July

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• U.S. COVID Vaccine Rollout Saved 279,000 Lives: Study

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• U.S. COVID-19 Cases Now Top 40 Million

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• U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Passes 800,000

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• U.S. Declares Monkeypox a Public Health Emergency

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• U.S. Doctors on the Frontlines of Hepatitis Outbreak Striking Kids

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• U.S. Flu Vaccinations Hit New Record High This Season

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• U.S. Heart Deaths Linked to Obesity Have Tripled in 20 Years

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• U.S. Hispanics at High Heart Disease Risk and Many Go Untreated: Report

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• U.S. Hospitals Are Getting Safer for Patients, Study Finds

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• U.S. Hospitals Under Strain as ER Wait Times Lengthen

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• U.S. Insurers Must Cover 8 COVID At-Home Tests a Month: White House

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• U.S. Issues Toughest Travel Alert for Britain As COVID Cases There Climb

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• U.S. Livestock, Pet Industries Pose Disease Threat to People

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• U.S. Mails Out Some COVID Tests That are About to Expire

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• U.S. Marines Study Finds Getting COVID Won't Protect Young People From Reinfection

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• U.S. Maternal Mortality Rates Have More Than Doubled in Two Decades

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• U.S. May Soon See Sharp Drop in Omicron Cases, Experts Say

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• U.S. Medical Schools' Faculty Still Lack Diversity: Study

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• U.S. Men's Race, Residence Could Raise Odds for Fatal Prostate Cancer

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• U.S. Monkeypox Cases Are Declining

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• U.S. Monkeypox Cases Decline, But Health Officials Worry About Reaching Minorities

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• U.S. Monkeypox Cases Now at 21, Two Strains Identified

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• U.S. National Park Service Issues Mask Mandate

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• U.S. Nursing Homes Are Understaffed, But Minority Communities Have It Worst

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• U.S. Resumes Free COVID Test Program

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• U.S. Schools Can Reopen, With Safeguards in Place: CDC

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• U.S. Sees Decline in Sepsis Deaths, But Some Americans More Vulnerable

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• U.S. STD Cases Spiked During Pandemic

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• U.S. Study Finds COVID-19 Seldom Severe in Kids

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• U.S. Surgery Rates Rebounded Quickly After Pandemic Shutdowns

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• U.S. to Buy $1 Billion Worth of Rapid COVID Tests

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• U.S. to End Mpox Public Health Emergency in January

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• U.S. to Lift Travel Restrictions for Southern African Countries

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• U.S. to Release Flu Meds From National Stockpile to Ease Shortages

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• U.S. to Require Negative COVID Test For Chinese Visitor Entry

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• U.S. to Spend $3.2 Billion to Help Develop Antiviral Pills for COVID

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• U.S. Tuberculosis Cases Rose in 2022: CDC

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• 'Unbearable': 3 Patients Tell of Monkeypox Ordeal

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• Unpaid Time Off Work Rose 50% During Pandemic

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• Unvaccinated Kids Were Twice as Likely to End up in Hospital During Omicron Surge

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• Up to 50,000 U.S. Kids May Be Hospitalized With COVID-19 by Year's End

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• Up to 60% of Teens in Some U.S. Schools Used E-Cigs: Study

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• Upper Back Pain: Causes and How to Treat It

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• Urgent Care or the ER? Which Should You Choose?

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• US to Send Out 800,000 Doses of Monkeypox Vaccine

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• USDA Cracks Down on Salmonella in Breaded Stuffed Raw Chicken Products

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• Use Facebook a Lot? You're More Likely to Be Unvaccinated

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• Use of Hair Straighteners Tied to Doubling of Risk for Uterine Cancer

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• Using Meds to Manage Your Arthritis Pain: An Overview

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• Uterine Cancer Rates Have Been Rising, and New Study Suggests Why

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• VA Hospitals Offer Quality Surgical Care: Review

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• VA Study Shows Black Men Twice as Likely to Develop Prostate Cancer as Whites

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• Vaccinated Have 1 in 13,000 Chance of Breakthrough Case Needing Hospitalization

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• Vaccinated Teachers, Students Can Skip Masks This Fall: CDC

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• Vaccinations Start to Climb in States Hit Hard by Delta Variant

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• Vaccine Makers Already Testing Their Shots Against Omicron Variant

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• Vaccine Rollout Could Have Americans Back to Normalcy by Summer, Expert Says

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• Vaccines Don't Shield Against Long COVID, But May Ease Symptoms

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• Vaccines' Power Against COVID Hospitalization Fades in Elderly: Study

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• Vaccines, Boosters Should Protect Against Severe COVID, Even With Omicron: Fauci

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• Vaping Could Raise Teens' Odds for Severe COVID

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• Very Little Spread of Coronavirus at Kids' Day Camps: Study

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• Very Low COVID Infection Rate Among Dental Hygienists: Study

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• Vials Found in Lab Contained Vaccine, not Smallpox Virus: CDC

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• Vials With Smallpox Labels Found at Vaccine Lab in Pennsylvania: CDC

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• Vietnamese Pangolins Carry COVID-Like Coronavirus

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• Vision Problems Are On the Decline for American Seniors

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• Visiting a 'Dental Fear' Clinic Can Help Improve a Child's Smile

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• Vitamin D Deficiency Common in Young Black, Hispanic Americans

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• Vitamin D May Lower Black Women's Odds for COVID-19

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• Vitamin D Supplements Won't Shield You From COVID-19, Studies Find

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• Warm Water Danger: What to Know About Flesh-Eating Bacteria

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• Warming Climate Could Bring Flesh-Eating Bacteria to More U.S. Waters

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• Watch Their Backs -- Don't Overload Those Schoolbags

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• Wearing a Mask Doesn't Cause CO2 Poisoning

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• Weather and Arthritis: Is There Really a Connection?

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• 'Weekend Effect' Affects Survival Odds for Rural Stroke Patients

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• Weight-Loss Surgery Has Long-Term Benefits for Pain, Mobility

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• Wendy's Pulls Lettuce From Sandwiches Over Possible Link to E. Coli Outbreak

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• What Anesthesia Works Best for Hip Fracture Surgery?

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• What Are Back Spasms, and Can They Be Treated?

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• What Does 'Long COVID' Look Like in Kids?

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• What Is Endometriosis, and How Is It Treated?

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• What Is Monkeypox, and How Worried Should Americans Be?

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• What Jobs Are Toughest on the Knees?

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• What Keeps Dr. Anthony Fauci Awake at Night

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• What Parents Need to Know About Cronobacter Bacteria in Baby Formula

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• What People With Sickle Cell Disease Need to Know About COVID-19

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• What People With Type 1 Diabetes Need to Know About COVID-19

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• What to Know About XBB, the New COVID Variant

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• What Was More Deadly for New Yorkers – COVID-19 or the 1918 Flu?

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• What Will COVID-19 Look Like Years From Now?

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• What Works Best to Ease Migraines?

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• What Works Best to Ease Recurrent Ear Infections in Kids?

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• What You Need to Know About the COVID Vaccine

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• What You Need to Know About the New Variant of COVID-19

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• What's 'Code Blue'? New Study Finds Some Hospital Staff Mistake Emergency Codes

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• What's in the Water? Maybe Germs That Could Harm You

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• What's Killing Detainees at U.S. ICE Facilities?

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• What's the Best DIY Face Mask Against COVID-19?

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• 'What's Wrong With Me?' Young COVID Survivors Battle Long-Haul Symptoms

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• When a Nurse Becomes a COVID Patient: Her Tough Road Back

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• When Black Americans Encounter Police Violence, High Anxiety Often Follows

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• When Cancer Strikes Those Under 40, Race Matters

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• When Cancer Strikes Twice, Black Americans Face Higher Death Rates

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• When Cancer Strikes, Who's at Higher Risk for Suicide?

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• When Cardiac Deaths Rose During Pandemic, Minorities Suffered Most

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• When Cities Get a Pro Sports Team, Flu Deaths Rise

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• When Health Care Access Is Equal, Race Gap in Prostate Cancer Survival Vanishes

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• When Pot Is Legal, Prescriptions for Pain, Depression, Anxiety and Sleep Drop: Study

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• When Rural Hospitals Close, Nearby Hospitals Suffer

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• When Stroke Team Comes to Patients, Outcomes Improve

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• When Will You Go Gray? Your Race Matters

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• When, Where Was the First Case of COVID-19?

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• Where You Live Could Predict Your Survival After Heart Attack

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• Whether or Not You Get Heart-Healthy Statins May Depend on Race

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• Which Americans Live Longest? Race, Region May Be Key

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• Which Animals Are Also Vulnerable to COVID Infection?

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• Which Exercise Regimen Works Best to Ease Lower Back Pain?

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• Which Kids Are at Highest Risk From COVID?

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• Which Kids Are Most Vulnerable to Severe COVID-19?

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• Which Symptoms Point to Severe COVID-19? Doctors Issue New Update

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• White House Finalizes Plan to Send Americans Free COVID Rapid Tests

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• White House Moves to Make COVID Antiviral Pills More Widely Available

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• White House Outlines Effort to Vaccinate Young as Schools Start to Reopen

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• White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki Has COVID-19

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• White House Takes More Steps to Boost Supply of Rapid at-Home COVID Tests

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• White House to Give Schools 10 Million Free COVID Tests Every Month

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• White House 'Winter Preparedness Plan' Revives Free At-Home COVID Test Program

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• White Men's Grip on U.S. Health Care May Be Slipping

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• White Women Tend to Get Better Pain Management After Childbirth

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• WHO Approves First Long-Acting Device to Shield Women From HIV

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• WHO Approves First Malaria Vaccine, a Lifesaver for Children Worldwide

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• WHO Declares Monkeypox a Global Health Emergency

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• WHO Experts to Decide if Monkeypox Is a Global Emergency

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