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The COVID-19 vaccines hold promise for ending the pandemic, and millions of Americans have received at least one shot. But 39% aren’t likely to get a…
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When the pandemic sent children home from school nearly one year ago, it largely thrust education on the backs of parents as educators adjusted to a new…
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The world’s only normal breast tissue bank marked its 10th year collecting and researching healthy women’s breast tissue last week.Nearly 5,000 women have…
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A pair of long-term studies found fewer children and teenagers are coming in contact with opioids, and that hospitalizations from the drugs are down. The same is not true for adults.
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Research from Denmark suggests about one-third of lumps detected by routine mammograms would never have become dangerous. That puts women at risk of needless surgery, radiation or chemotherapy.
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The U.S. "has the highest rate of gun-related deaths among industrialized countries, with more than 30,000 fatalities annually," the study says. Yet funding for gun violence research is limited.
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According to the World Health Organization, tuberculosis now kills more people worldwide than HIV/AIDS, and cases of the disease have increased in Texas.…
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Neither getting the flu nor getting a flu shot appears to increase the risk of autism in children, a study finds. The shots are recommended because the flu poses health risks to mother and fetus.
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It took too long for blood supplies to get to Baghdad, so Dr. Philip Spinella and his Army colleagues gave their own blood. To their surprise, it worked…
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For the first time the nation's pediatricians point to bullying, both online and in real life, as increasing the risk of suicide for teenagers.
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The classic lab mouse is black or white, eats a precisely measured diet to keep him lean, and is relatively young — probably a teenager or young adult...
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Children who live with persistent asthma in childhood are at a higher risk of developing lung problems later in life, according to new findings from a...