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• A Tropical Skin Infection Spread by Sand Flies Is Spreading in the U.S.

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• Access to Top Drugs Makes the Difference for Black Lung Cancer Patients

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• Across the U.S., Black Americans Breathe in Dirtier Air

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• Advances in Treatments Against Severe COVID-19 May Have Stalled

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• Advent of Electric Cars Is Already Improving Health

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• After Ian's Destruction: How to Safely Enter, Clean Flood-Damaged Homes

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• AI Could Predict a Nonsmoker's Risk for Lung Cancer

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• Air and Noise Pollution May Make You Vulnerable to Heart Failure

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• Air Pollutants, Metals Are Reaching The Placenta, Study Finds

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• Air Polluted With Wildfire Smoke Can Harm Animals, Too

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• Air Pollution Can Harm Kids' Hearts for a Lifetime

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• Air Pollution Exposure Before Birth May Harm Reproductive Development: Study

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• Air Pollution Is Causing Rise in Deaths, Disability Worldwide

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• Air Pollution Linked to 6 Million Premature Births in 1 Year

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• Air Pollution May Alter a Baby's Gut Microbiome

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• Air Pollution May Create U.S. 'Hot Spots' for Parkinson's Risk

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• Air Pollution May Do More Harm to Women Than Men

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• Air Pollution May Harm Older Women's Brains

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• Air Pollution Takes a Toll on Your Kidneys

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• Air Pollution Tied to Asthma in Young Kids

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• Amy Schumer's Son Recovering After Being Hospitalized With RSV

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• Asthma, Lower Grades, Homelessness: How Climate Change Will Harm America's Kids

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• Best Ways to Beat the Heat

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• Biden Administration Moves to Cut Methane Emissions That Threaten Climate, Health

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• Biden Announces New Lung Health Program for U.S. Veterans

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• Breathing in Coal-Based Pollution Could Be Especially Deadly: Study

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

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• Bystanders Can Make the Difference for a Drowning Child

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• California's Wildfires Caused Uptick in Skin Ailments

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• Cancer Care Costs U.S. $156 Billion Per Year; Drugs a Major Factor

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• Cancer Screening Fell Sharply Early in Pandemic, But Has Rebounded

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• Carbon Monoxide Deaths Soar During Power Outages

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• CDC Recommends RSV Shot for All Infants

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

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• Climate Change Already Causes 5 Million Extra Deaths Per Year

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• Climate Change Could Bring Heat 'Health Crisis' to U.S. Cities

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• Climate Change Is Already Harming Many Americans' Health: Report

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• Climate Change Is Spurring Malnutrition in Kids Worldwide

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• Climate Change Making 218 Infectious Diseases Even Worse

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• Climate Change May Bring More Fungal Lung Infections

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• Climate Change May Have Helped Emergence of New Coronavirus

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• Climate Change May Not Increase Allergies in Kids With Asthma: Study

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

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• Climate Change Worsens Wildfires, Bringing Poorer Health to All

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• Climate Change, Smog Could Mean More Preemie Babies: Study

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• Climate Change's Extreme Temperatures Could Mean More Heart Deaths

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• Climate Change's Hotter Days Could Bring More Alcohol, Drug Crises

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• 'Climate Trauma': Brain Changes Seen in Survivors of California's Deadliest Wildfire

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• Clinical Trial to Investigate Nitric Oxide Treatment of COVID-19

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• Clinical Trials Are Becoming More Diverse, But There's Still Work To Do

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• Cold Facts on Avoiding Snow and Ice Dangers

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• Cold Weather Exercise Could Burn More Fat

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• Coldplay Suspends Tour Over Chris Martin's 'Serious Lung Infection'

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• Colds, Bronchitis Cases Resurged After Texas Eased COVID Rules

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• Coming This Way: Huge Saharan Dust Plume Will Affect Americans' Health

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• Common Lung Function Test Often Misses Emphysema in Black Patients

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• Commuting on a Highway? Your Blood Pressure May Pay a Price

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• Company Reaches $479 Million Settlement Over Defects in CPAP Machines

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• Controlled Fires Cut Wildfire Risk by 60%, Study Shows

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• Cooler Weather Could Mean More Diabetes in Dogs

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• Could a Warming Climate Bring Yellow Fever to America?

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• Could Air Pollution Help Trigger Depression in Teens?

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• Could Cold Air Help Settle a Case of Croup? New Study Says Yes

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• Could Dirty Air Help Speed Alzheimer's?

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• Could Going Vegetarian Lower Kids' Asthma Risk?

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• Could High Pollen Levels Trigger Pelvic Pain?

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• Could Pollution Help Decide Your Baby's Sex?

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• Could Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Be a Lifesaver Against Severe COVID-19?

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• Could Wildfire Smoke Raise Rural Suicide Rates?

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• Could You Spot and Save a Person Drowning?

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

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

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• COVID-19 Can Damage Lungs So Badly That 'Only Hope' is Transplant

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• COVID-19 Can Trigger Serious Heart Injuries

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

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• COVID-19 Damages Lungs Differently From the Flu: Study

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• COVID-19 Typically Mild for Babies: Study

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• CT Lung Cancer Screening Catches More Tumors Early

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• CT Lung Cancer Screening Saved His Life, and Could Do So for More

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• CT Screening Greatly Boosts Lung Cancer Survival: Study

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• Cutting Pollution From Power Plants, Transport Could Save 50,000 U.S. Lives Each Year

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• Dangerously Hot Days for U.S. Farm Workers Could Double by 2050

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• Defenses Down: COVID Antibodies in Nose Decline First

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• Depression Plagues Many Coal Miners With Black Lung Disease

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• Despite Pleas From Pediatric Groups, Biden Balks at Declaring RSV a Health Emergency

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• Devastating Tornadoes Leave Hazards in Their Wake: Tips to Stay Safe

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• Dirtier Air May Bring More COVID-19 Deaths

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• Dirty Air Can Worsen COVID Outcomes

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• Dirty Air Could Raise Breast Cancer Risk

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

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• Dirty Air Could Raise COVID Risks for Poor Pregnant Women

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• Dirty Air Could Raise Your Odds for Dementia

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• Dirty Air Endangers Homeless People: Study

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• Dirty Air in Pregnancy Might Raise Baby's Obesity Risk

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• Dirty Air Might Raise Your Odds for Dementia

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• Dirty Air, Higher Dementia Risk?

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• Dirty City Air Killed More Than 1.8 Million People Globally in 2019

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• Dirty City Air Might Raise MS Risk

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• Disasters Leave a Rise in Suicides in Their Wake: Study

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• Do You Live in One of America's Unhealthiest Cities for Polluted Air?

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• Do You Live in One of America's Worst Cities for Dirty Air?

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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 Should Watch for Punctured Lungs in COVID Patients

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• Does Your Child Have a Cold or Severe RSV? Signs to Look For

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• Does Your Home Have Dangerous Levels of Cancer-Causing Radon?

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• Dog Bites More Common on Hot, Hazy Days

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• Don't Be a 'Hot-Head': Study Suggests Head Overheating Impairs Thinking

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• Don't Delay Lung Cancer Surgery, Study Suggests

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• Don't Feel the Burn: Stay Safe From Heat Injuries

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• Don't Snow Shovel Your Way to a Heart Attack

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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 Trouble: Wildfires Can Raise COVID Risks

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• Drink Up! Humans Are the 'Water-Saving Apes'

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• Drivers May Be Inhaling Dangerous Carcinogens Inside Their Cars

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• Drowning Deaths for U.S. Kids Have Fallen 38% Since 1999

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• Drownings in Home Pools, Hot Tubs Kill Hundreds of Kids Each Year

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• Each Year, People Start Fires That Cost 20,000 American Lives

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• ECMO Breathing Support Safe, Effective for Obese Patients in Respiratory Failure

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• ECMO: Technology That Might Help COVID Patients When Ventilators Can't

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• El vapeo puede afectar al lubricante de los pulmones, y dificultar la respiración

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• EPA Awards $58 Million to Help Schools, Daycare Centers Remove Lead From Drinking Water

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• EPA Could Get Tough on Leaded Fuel in Airplanes

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• EPA Proposes Limits on Dangerous Chemical Used by Medical Sterilization Plants

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• EPA Proposes to Ban Last Form of Asbestos Used in U.S.

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• EPA Proposes Tougher Rules on Air Pollution

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• EPA to Sharply Limit Refrigerant Production in New Climate Rule

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• EPA Wants to Accelerate U.S. Sales of Electric Vehicles, Boosting Air Quality

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• Even for Preschoolers, Healthier Hearts May Mean Healthier Brains

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• Even Good Weather Didn't Lift Lockdown Blues: Study

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• Even in Dirty Air, Working Out Can Help Cut Risk of High Blood Pressure

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• Even Low Levels of Air Pollution Harm Heart, Lungs

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• Even Mild Cases of COVID Can Leave 'Long-Haul' Illness, Study Shows

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• Even Mild Obesity Raises Odds for Severe COVID-19

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• Even People With Lung Disease Should Wear Masks: Experts

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• Even Secondhand Smoke in Pregnancy Might Raise Baby's Breathing Risks

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• Even Small Reductions in Air Pollution Help The Heart

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• Even 'Social Smokers' Up Their Odds of Death From Lung Disease

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• Even With Mild COVID, Obesity May Mean Worse Symptoms

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• Exercise May Be a Buffer Against Pneumonia

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• Existing Drugs Could Treat Lung Cancer in Nonsmokers

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• Expert Tips to Help You Beat the Heat

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• Experts Issue Warning About Carbon Monoxide Dangers Ahead of Hurricane Ian

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• Experts Warn of Heart Dangers From Smoke of Canadian Wildfires

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• Experts Widen Criteria for Those Who Should Get Lung Cancer Screening

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• Exposing Kids to Safe Levels of Peanut When Young Might Prevent Allergy

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• Extreme Heat Can Take Toll on People Battling Mental Health Issues

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• Extreme Heat Hits Poorer Neighborhoods Harder

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• Extreme Heat of Climate Change Could Triple Heart-Related Deaths

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

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• Fans Could Help Cancer Patients Breathe Easier: Study

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• Fatigue Before Treatment Starts Might Affect Cancer Survival

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

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• Faulty Gene Could Raise Vulnerability to Asbestos-Linked Cancer

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• FDA Approves First RSV Vaccine

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• FDA Approves Pfizer's RSV Shot for Older Adults

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

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• FDA Panel Backs Pfizer's RSV Vaccine for Older Americans

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• FDA Panel Backs Second RSV Vaccine for Older Americans

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• FDA Says Repaired Sleep Apnea Machines Still Carry Health Risks

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• Federal Agency Mulls Ban on Gas Stoves Due to Health Concerns

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• Feds Urge Vaccination as 'Tripledemic' Hits More Americans

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• Fending Off Asthma Attacks During a Pandemic

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• Fetal Exposure to Ultra-Fine Air Pollution Could Raise Asthma Risks

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• Fewer U.S. Cancer Patients Are Dying From Suicide, Study Finds

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• Firefighters Face Higher Odds for Heart Trouble

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• Fireworks Are Bad News for Your Lungs

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• Fireworks Deaths Spiked in Pandemic; Stay Safe This 4th

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

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

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• Floods Raise Death Rates Long After Waters Recede

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• Flu Has Started Early and With a Punch: CDC

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• Flu Shot Might Help Ward Off Severe COVID

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• For People With Heart Failure, Statins May Lower Cancer Risk Too

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

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• Formaldehyde in Hair Straighteners Prompts FDA Warning

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• 'Garage Lab' Vape Products May Be Driving Lung Injury in Rural Appalachia

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• Gene-Targeted Drug Tagrisso Cuts Death Rate in Half for Patients With Early-Stage Lung Cancer

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• Get in the Swim: Summer Pool Safety Tips

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• Get on the Bus: Lifesaving Lung Screens Hit the Road

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• Get Ready for Those Fall Allergies

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• Getting Kids Out in Nature Boosts Lung Health, Study Finds

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• Giving Back: Once a Lung Transplant Recipient, Now a Surgical Nurse

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• Global Warming Could Bring More Stillbirths, Study Warns

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• Global Warming Could Make Pregnancies More Dangerous

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• Global Warming Could Make Survival in Tropics Impossible: Study

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• Global Warming Could Mean Less Sleep for Billions

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• Global Warming May Be Triggering Toxic Algae Blooms Along U.S. West Coast

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• Got the 'Winter Blues'? Exercise Can Help

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• Green Spaces Give Mental Boost, Even When White With Snow

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• Greenhouse Gases Bad for Your Brain

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• Harmful Flame Retardants Detected in College-Classroom Dust

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• Healthy Dining Is Healthy for the Planet, Too

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• Heat Waves Bring Health Crises to the Homeless

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• Heat Waves Far More Frequent Now Than in 1980s

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• Heat Waves Tied to Climate Change Are Upping U.S. Heart Deaths

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• Heat Waves Topping 132 Degrees F Likely in Middle East Without Action on Climate Change

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• Heat Waves, No A/C: A Deadly Combo at Texas Prisons

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• Heat: How Much Can the Human Body Stand?

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• Heat-Related Deaths Could Break Records This Year in Phoenix, America's Hottest City

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• High Heat, Heavy Smog a Deadly Combo: Study

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• Hot Asphalt Releases a Lot of Pollution Into the Air

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• Hot Days Can Send Even Younger Folks to the ER

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• Hot Weather Can Bring on Kidney Stones. Here's How to Cut Your Risk

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• Hot, Polluted Days May Double Heart Attack Risk

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• Hotter Climate Could Mean Worsening Eyesight for Americans

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• How Common Are Co-Infections With COVID, Flu, RSV?

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• How Dangerous Is It for Lung Cancer Patients to Skip Radiation Treatments?

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• How Might Hot Summer Days Affect COVID Spread?

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• How Much Do Trees Lower Urban Temperatures?

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• How Persistent Asthma Might Harm the Heart

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• How Smoking Could Help Spur Breast Cancer's Spread

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• How to Guard Against Home Heating Hazards

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• How to Stay Safe From Falls, Freezing This Winter

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• How Unhealthy Are Cigars?

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• Huge Mass of Sargassum Seaweed Is Targeting Florida's Coast, With Hazards to Health

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• Hundreds of U.S. Kids Drown Every Year — Learn How to Protect Yours

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• Hurricane Season Starts June 1. Protect Your Family From Carbon Monoxide Dangers

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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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• If Mom-to-Be Lives Near Airport, Odds for Preemie Birth Rise

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• Immune System May 'Remember' Infections From Previous Coronaviruses

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• Immunotherapy Drug Boosts Survival for Lung Cancer Patients

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• Immunotherapy Drug Can Beat Back Early-Stage Lung Cancer

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• In Nonsmokers, COPD May Up Lung Cancer Risk

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• In Stockholm Study, As City Air Improved So Did Kids' Lung Capacity

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

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• Income a Factor in Whether You Get Lifesaving ECMO Breathing Support: Study

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• Inhaled Pollutants Go Directly From Lungs to Brain: Study

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• Is It COVID-19 or Seasonal Allergies?

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• Is Sheltering Under an Overpass Safe When Tornadoes Strike?

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• Is Your Family 'CO Safe' When Big Storms Hit?

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• Is Your State Among the Worst for Tobacco Control?

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• It's BBQ Season, Prime Time for Grill Fires

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• It's Time to Replace Your Smoke Alarm Batteries

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• Juul to Pay $40 Million in N.C. Case Over Vaping's Harm to Teens

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• Keep Asthma Under Control to Avoid Worse COVID Outcomes: Study

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• Keep Your Holidays Allergy-Free This Year

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• Keep Your Kids Safe in the Water. Here's How

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• Keeping Blood Pressure Under Control May Be Tougher in Colder Weather

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• Kids in Marching Bands Under Threat From Heat Illness

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• Kids Living Near Airports Face Lead Poisoning Dangers

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

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• Know Your Burn Risks This Summer

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

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

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• Last-Ditch Life Support System Is Saving Lives of COVID Patients

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• Leaded Gas, Banned Decades Ago, Might Still Harm People Today

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• Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak Hits Long Island, N.Y.

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• Less May Be More When It Comes to Surgery for Early-Stage Lung Cancer

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• Lessons From a Wildfire on How to Save Pets' Lives

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• 'Liquid Biopsy' Could Help Guide Lung Cancer Treatment

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• Live in a Wildfire Zone? Be Prepared

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• Live Near a 'Superfund' Site? Your Life Span Might Be Shorter

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• Living With Air Pollution Raises Chances of Dementia, Study Finds

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• Local Rates of Flu, RSV Show Up in a City's Wastewater

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• Lockdowns' Benefits for Air Quality Weren't as Big as Thought: Study

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• Lockdowns Cut Air Pollution, But Poorer Neighborhoods Benefited Less

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• Long COVID May Bring Long-Term Lung Damage

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

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• 'Long Road Back': He Struggles With a Lung Condition Years After Severe COVID

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• Long-Haul COVID Can Include Chronic Fatigue: 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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• Loss of Smell, Taste Might Be Long-Term for Some COVID-19 Survivors

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• Lung Cancer CT Scans Have Already Saved More Than 10,000 U.S. Lives

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

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

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

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• Many People With Asthma Have Mixed Feelings About Masks: Poll

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• Meat Production Is Dirtying the Air You Breathe

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• Men: Here Are the Health Screenings You Need

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• Menthol Vapes Could Be Even More Toxic to Lungs

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• Menus With 'Climate Change Impact' Info Sway Diners' Choices

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• Microbes in Lungs Could Affect COVID-19 Outcomes

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• Microplastics You Inhale Are Getting Lodged in Airways

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• Millions of Smokers May Have a Tough-to-Diagnose Lung Disease

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• Misjudging Thin Ice Can Be Fatal, Check First

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• Mixed Progress Against Cancers in Teens, Young Adults

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• Mold a Big Threat to People With COPD

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• Mom's Exercise in Pregnancy May Help Baby's Lungs

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• Mom's Exposure to Dirty Air in Pregnancy Could Harm a Toddler's Development

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• More Americans Are Moving to Wildfire-Prone Areas

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• More Americans Than Ever Believe Marijuana Smoke Is Safer Than Cigarette Smoke. They're Wrong

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• More Americans Would Get Lung Cancer Screening Under New Guidelines

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• More Balmy Summer Nights, Higher Heart Death Rate in Men

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• More Evidence Masks Slow COVID's Spread

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• More Evidence That Pandemic Delayed Cancer Diagnoses

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• More Olive Oil May Bring Longer Life: Study

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• More Than 10 Million People Died of Cancer Worldwide in 2019

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• More Than a Quarter of Long COVID Patients Still Not Recovered After 6 Months

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• More Than Half of People With Asthma Aren't Seeing a Specialist

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• Most Americans Know Little About Harmful PFAS 'Forever Chemicals'

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• Most Cancer Screenings Make Big Rebound After Pandemic Decline

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• Most of Restaurant Menu Must Be Vegetarian Before Meat Eaters Make the Switch

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• Move to Electric Cars Will Save Lives Plus Billions in Health Care Costs

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• Move to 'Green' School Buses Could Boost Kids' Class Attendance

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• Move to 'Zero-Emission' Vehicles Would Save 90,000 U.S. Lives by 2050

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• Multiple Studies Confirm Steroids Can Fight Severe COVID-19

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• Myths, Ignorance Persist Around Lung Cancer: Poll

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• New Combo Immunotherapy Prolongs Survival in Patients With Advanced Kidney Cancer

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• New Coronavirus Can Also Infect Cells in the Mouth

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• New First Look at the Tiniest Babies' Lungs

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• New Hope Against Diseases Marked by Progressive Scarring of Lung Tissue

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• New Insights Into Why Asthma Worsens at Night

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• New Lease on Life for Two Lung Cancer Patients After Pioneering Double-Lung Transplant

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• New Screen Might Spot More Cases of Hidden COPD

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• Newly Approved Drug Fights Lung Cancer Tied to Certain Genes

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• Nitrogen Dioxide, a Car Exhaust Pollutant, Is Raising Death Rates: 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 Found Between Blood Pressure Meds and Cancer: Study

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• Nova Scotia Wildfires Sending Unhealthy 'Smoke Plume' to U.S. Northeast

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• NYC's Ban on Heating Oil Helped Clean the Air

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• Obesity Tied to Shorter Survival in Cancer Patients

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• Ocean Color Is Changing, and Climate Change is Likely Behind It

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• Omega-3s May Preserve Lung Health

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

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• Other Health Woes Common When Meth Addiction Strikes

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• Pandemic Closures, Fears Keep Patients From Lung Cancer Screening

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• Pandemic Could Complicate Hurricane Season

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• Pandemic Has Cut Global Carbon Emissions by 17%

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• Pandemic Has People Cleaning, and That Means More Asthma Attacks

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• Pandemic Means Many Kids Didn't Get Lifesaving Swim Lessons

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• Pandemic Means More Backyard Fireworks This Year -- And More Danger

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• Pandemic Puts 'Outdated' Infection Control Practices Under Scrutiny

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• Panting Pooches: When Summer Heat Is Too Much for Your Dog

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• Parents' Pot Smoking Means More Colds, Flu for Kids

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

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• People Get More REM Sleep During the Winter

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• People on Dialysis Face Higher Death Risk After Hurricanes

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• Pollen Fragments Linger After Rains, Leaving Allergy Sufferers Miserable

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• Pollen Peril: Sneezin' Season May Up COVID Risk

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• Polluted Air Keeps Butterflies, Bees From Pollinating: Study

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• Polluted Air Linked to Dangerous Antibiotic Resistance

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• Polluted Air May Speed Osteoporosis Bone Loss

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• Polluted Air Means More Asthma Attacks for Urban Kids

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• Pollution Killed 9 Million People Worldwide in 2019

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• Pool Neck Floats a Danger to Babies, FDA Warns

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• Post-Hurricane Period Is Dangerous for People With Dementia

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• Preemie Babies End Up Hospitalized More as Kids

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• Pregnant Women Need to Take Care in Sweltering Summer Heat

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• Preparing for Flooding During Hurricane Season

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• 'Prescribed' Fires' Hidden Bonus: Fewer Ticks

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• Pre-Surgery COVID Precautions Tied to Worse, Not Better, Patient Outcomes

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• Progress on Lung Cancer Drives Overall Decline in U.S. Cancer Deaths

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• Protect Your Kids in Blistering Summer Heat

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

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• Quartz Countertops Are Damaging the Lungs of Installers: Study

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• Quitting Smoking Ups Survival After Lung Cancer Diagnosis

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• Race Plays Big Role in Whether Kids Learn to Swim

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

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• Rain or Shine, Allergies Are Tough. What's the Link to Weather?

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• Recall of Philips Breathing Machines Affects Millions of Americans

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• Replace That Old Carpet to Shield Your Kids From Toxins

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• Research Reveals Why COVID Pneumonia Is More Deadly

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• Restricting Access to Vapes Might Drive People to Cigarettes

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• Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Doesn't Harm Lungs: Study

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• Rising Cases of Invasive Strep A in Kids Have Experts Concerned

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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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• Runaway Global Warming Will Make Some Areas Too Hot for Human Life

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• Safeguarding Your Heart During, After Hurricane Ida

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• Salt Water Gargling, Nasal Irrigation May Keep COVID From Worsening

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• Scientists Design Protective Respirator for Health Care Workers

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• Secondhand Smoke Is Sending Kids to the ER

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• 'Secondhand Vaping' May Be Unhealthy — Could Public Bans Be Coming?

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

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• Shark Bites Are Declining Worldwide

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• Sharp Spike Seen in Air Pollution Levels in Recent Years

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• Shift Work Might Raise Your Odds for Severe COVID-19

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• Shining a Light on Sunscreens

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• Shutting Down Nuclear Plants Could Cost Thousands of U.S. Lives as Pollutants Rise

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• Silent Killers: Space Heaters, Generators Bring Carbon Monoxide Danger

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• Sleep Apnea Aid Eases Heart Problems in People With Prediabetes

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• Sleep Apnea Patients Struggle as Common CPAP Machine Is Recalled

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• Sleep Apnea Raises Odds for Severe COVID-19

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• Slips, Slides: Winter Injuries Can Be Serious

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• Smog Could Reduce Exercise's Benefit to Your Brain

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• Smog Harms Women's Brains, But One Food May Help Buffer the Damage

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• Smog Might Damage Your Sense of Smell

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• Smoggy Air Could Worsen COVID, Even If You're Vaccinated

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• Smoggy Air Might Help Spur Sinusitis

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• Smoggy Air Might Raise Black Women's Odds for Fibroids

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• Smoggy Day? Exercise Still the Healthy Choice, Study Finds

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• Smoggy Days Could Help Send Kids With Autism to the ER

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• Smoggy Days Raise Short-Term Odds for Stroke

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• Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Blackens Skies, Prompts Air Quality Alerts in Much of U.S.

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• Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Triggers Air Alerts in Colorado, Montana

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• Smoke From Nuclear War Would Trigger Massive Climate Change, Endangering Health

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• Smoke From Wildfires Is Especially Tough If You Have Asthma. Here’s How to Protect Yourself

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• Smokers, Vapers in Special Danger From Coronavirus

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• Smoking Costs U.S. Economy Almost $900 Billion a Year

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• Smoking Tobacco Plus Weed Greatly Raises Odds for Emphysema

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• Smoking Undermines Human DNA That Would Normally Prevent Cancer

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• Smoking Weed Could Be Tougher on Your Lungs Than Cigarettes: Study

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• Snow Shoveling, Slips on Ice Bring Cold Weather Dangers

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• Social Distancing Kept Kids From Getting Flu, RSV

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• Social Distancing Probably Stopped 2020 Outbreak of Paralyzing Disorder in Kids

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• Social Media Messages Can Lower People's Meat Intake

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• Some Types of Air Pollution Are Even Worse for Your Health

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• Spring Cleaning Can Sweep Away Allergens From Your Home

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• 'Spring Forward' This Weekend By Checking Your Home Smoke Alarms

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• 'Spring Forward': A Good Time to Check Batteries in Your Smoke Alarms

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• Spring's Double Trouble: Asthma Plus Seasonal Allergies

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• Statin Could Fight Severe COVID, but Vitamin C Does Not: Study

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• Stay Safe in Summer's Sizzle

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• Staying Fit Lowers a Man's Cancer Risk, Study Confirms

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• Storm Alert: How to Keep Your Home Safe

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• Stray Cats Shed Toxoplasmosis Parasites in Cities, Especially in Warm Weather

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• Stress + Air Pollution a Bad Combo in Pregnancy: Study

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• Stuck at Home, Suffering With COVID? Experts Offer Guidance on Care

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• Stuck in Traffic? Diesel Fumes May Be Harming Your Brain

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• Study Shows Powerful New Target to Saving Lives From COPD

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• Summer Drowning Deaths Can Happen Quickly: Know the Facts

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• Summer Swim? Watch Out for 'Swimmer's Ear'

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• Summer Water Fun Can Bring Drowning Risks: Stay Safe

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• Supreme Court Curbs EPA's Authority Over Power Plant Emissions

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• Survivors of Severe COVID Face Higher Odds for Another Hospitalization Soon After

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• Swimmers Face a Little Known Danger: Fluid on the Lungs

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• Take Steps to Protect Your Feet This Winter

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• Taking 2 Supplements in Pregnancy Could Lower Baby's Odds for Croup

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• Targeted Drug Tagrisso Could Be Advance Against Lung Cancer

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• Targeted High-Dose Radiation Helps Fight Advanced Lung Cancer

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• The Future of Cancer for Americans

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• The Most Common Asthma Symptoms You Should Know

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• The Time Is Now to Curb Spring Allergies

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• There Is No 'Healthy Obesity,' Study Finds

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• There May Be a Better Way to Allocate Precious Donor Lungs for Transplant

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• There Might Be a Perfect Indoor Humidity to Curb COVID Spread

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• There's Almost Nowhere in the World Free of Air Pollution

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• There's No Healthy Alternative to Smoking Except Quitting: Study

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• This Summer, Could You Spot the Signs of Heat Illness?

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• Ticks Can Take a Licking From Really Tough Weather

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• Tips to Staying Cool in Extreme Heat

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• Too Few U.S. Cities Have Good Hurricane Evacuation Plans

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• Too Often, Fatal Heart Attack or Stroke Is First Sign of Heart Trouble in Smokers

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• Too Often, Women Aren't Told of Sexual Side Effects of Cancer Treatments

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• Toxic Lead Fallout From Notre Dame Fire May Be Worse Than Thought

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• Toxins Form When E-Cigarette Chemicals Mix, Study Says

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• Toxins in Wildfire Smoke May Make Their Way Into Brain

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• Train Wheels Send Unhealthy, 'Ultrafine' Metals Into Subway Air

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• Treated or Untreated, COVID Symptoms Can Ease and Then Return, Study Finds

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• Treating Depression Could Lengthen Lung Cancer Patients' Lives

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• Tree Rings Show Hurricanes Becoming Wetter, Longer, More Dangerous

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• Triple-Digit Heat Wave a Danger to Those With Dementia

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• Trouble Concentrating at Work? Your Office Air May Be to Blame

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• Tumors Have Their Own Bacterial Colonies That Could Guide Cancer Care

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• Two-Fifths of Americans With COPD Live Far From Lung Rehab

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• U.S. Air Quality Got Better During Pandemic: Study

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• U.S. Cancer Death Rates Continue to Decline

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• U.S. Deaths From Cancer Continue to Decline

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• U.S. Heat-Related Heart Deaths Will Multiply With Warming Temperatures

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• U.S. to Tighten Control of PFAS Chemicals in Drinking Water

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• U.S. Tuberculosis Cases Rose in 2022: CDC

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• U.S. Wildfires: Much Bigger, More Frequent Now

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• Up Your Skin Care Routine During Hot Summer Months

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• Urban Air Pollution Drives Millions of Cases of Asthma in Kids

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• Used to Gauge COVID Severity, Pulse Oximeters Can Be Inaccurate on Darker Skin

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• VA Hospitals See Steep, Steady Rise in Heat-Related Illnesses

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• Vaccine Taken During Pregnancy Might Shield Baby Against RSV

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• Vaping and Lung Damage in Teens: What's the Real Link?

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• Vaping Can Trigger Gene Changes in Cells: Study

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• Vaping Just Once Triggers Dangerous 'Oxidative Stress'

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• Vaping May Addle the Adolescent Brain

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• Vaping May Affect Lungs' Lubricant, Making Breathing Tougher

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• Vaping-Linked Lung Injuries Can Leave Long-Term Symptoms

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• Vaping-Related Lung Injuries Still Happening -- And May Look Like COVID-19

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• Vitamin D Supplements Won't Shield You From COVID-19, Studies Find

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• Vitamin K May Kickstart Healthy Lungs

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• 'Walking Miracles': Born With Lungs Reversed, They Suffered Until Getting Double-Organ Transplants

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• Warm Water Danger: What to Know About Flesh-Eating Bacteria

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• Warmer Climate, More Pollen, Worse Allergies: How to Fight Back

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• Warming Climate Could Bring Flesh-Eating Bacteria to More U.S. Waters

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• Warming World Could Alter West Nile Transmission in U.S.

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• Warming World Means More Cases of Dangerous Low-Salt Condition

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• Weak Action on Climate Change Is Stressing Young People Worldwide

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• Wearing a Mask Doesn't Cause CO2 Poisoning

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• Wearing a Mask Won't Ruin Your Workout, Study Shows

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• Weather and Arthritis: Is There Really a Connection?

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• Weight Loss Can Help Cut Lung Risks in 9/11 First Responders

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• Weight-Loss Surgery May Greatly Lower Odds for Many Cancers

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• Well Water Germ Tests May Depend on Time of Year

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• West Coast Wildfires, COVID a Double Whammy to Lung Health

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• Western Wildfires Are Making Easterners Sick: U.S. Study

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• Western Wildfires Fueling Air Pollution During Summer Months

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• What If NYC's Cleaner Pandemic-Era Air Continued?

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• What Is More Deadly in the U.S.: Hot Weather or Cold?

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• What's in the Water? Maybe Germs That Could Harm You

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• When Coal-Fired Power Plants Close, Kids With Asthma Breathe Easier

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• When Heart Attack Strikes, Cancer Patients Often Miss Out on Lifesaving Treatment

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• When Lung Cancer Strikes the Young, Women Face Higher Risks Than Men

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• When States Legalize Marijuana, Teens' Asthma Rates Rise

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• Which Americans Are Most (and Least) Prepared for Disasters?

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• Which Symptoms Point to Severe COVID-19? Doctors Issue New Update

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• White House 'Winter Preparedness Plan' Revives Free At-Home COVID Test Program

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• Why a Newborn's First Breath Is So Important

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• Why Are Gulf Coast Welders Dying From Anthrax-Like Disease?

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• Why Do Obese People Have Higher Risk From COVID-19?

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• Why Emphysema May Often Be Missed in Black Men

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• Why So Many New Cancer Diagnoses When Americans Turn 65?

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• Why Some Dogs Are at Higher Odds of Dying From Heat

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• Wildfire Smoke Can Send Kids With Asthma to the ER

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• Wildfire Smoke Can Trigger Eczema, Study Finds

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• Wildfire Smoke Causes Rapid Damage to Your Health: Study

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• Wildfire Smoke Could Cause More Than 9,000 U.S. Deaths Each Year

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• Wildfire Smoke Is Especially Toxic to Lungs, Study Shows

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• Wildfire Smoke Is Reversing Recent Clean-Air Gains Across the U.S.

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• Wildfire Smoke Pollution a Growing Global Threat

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• Wildfire Smoke Raises Risks for Folks on Dialysis

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• Wildfire Survivors Could Face Higher Cancer Risk

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• Wildfires Are Changing the Seasonal Air Quality of the U.S. West

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• Wildfires Cause More Than 33,000 Deaths Globally Each Year

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• Wildfires Plus Heat Make Breathing Dangerous in America's West

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• Wildfires Ravage Firefighters' Long-Term Physical, Mental Health

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• Wildlife Park's 'Splash Pad' Source of Severe Gastro Infections in Kids

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• Will COVID Pandemic's Environmental Benefit Last?

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• Will Warmer Temps Help Contain Coronavirus? Two Studies Say Not Really

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• Wind Can Uproot Kids' Bouncy Castles, With Tragic Results

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• Wind Power Is Bringing Americans Real Health Benefits

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• Windy Days Are Safer Days When It Comes to COVID-19

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• Winter Brings Rise in Carbon Monoxide Danger: Stay Safe

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• Winter Holidays Are High Time for Heart Attacks: Protect Yourself

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• Winter Wonderland? Not for Your Skin

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• Wintertime Wandering: A Real Danger for People With Alzheimer's

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• With 3D Printer, N.Y. Hospital Converts Sleep Apnea Machines Into Ventilators

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• With Hurricane Season Here, Watch Out for One Carbon Monoxide Danger

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• Woman With Severe COVID-19 Gets Life Saving Double-Lung Transplant

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• Women More Likely to Survive Lung Cancer After Surgery: Study

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• Women More Prone to Nighttime Cardiac Arrest Than Men

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• Wood-Fired Cooking a Cause of Lung Illness in Developing World

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• Workers in U.S. Southwest in Peril as Summer Temperatures Rise

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• You Can Pass COVID to Your Cat, Study Finds

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• You Don't Have to Be a Smoker to Get Lung Cancer

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• You Don't Have to Smoke to Get Lung Cancer

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• Your Plant-Based Diet Could Really Help the Planet

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• Your Sleep Habits May Worsen Your Asthma

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• Youth Vaping Rates Decline, But 1 in 5 U.S. Teens Still Uses E-Cigs

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• Youth Vaping Rates Have Plunged During Lockdown: Study

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• You've Got Fungi in Your Lungs, and That's OK

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• Zinc Might Help Shorten Your Cold or Flu, Study Finds