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World’s premier cancer institute faces crippling cuts and chaos
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The Trump administration’s broadsides against scientific research have caused unprecedented upheaval at the National Cancer Institute,…
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Life-saving childhood vaccination coverage has stalled in recent decades, leaving millions of children at risk
Credit: CDC from Pexels The world has made unprecedented progress in vaccinating children against life-threatening diseases since WHO established the…
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Older northerners struggle with ‘alarming’ inequalities compared to people from the south
Credit: University of Manchester Older people in the North of England are more likely to be poorer, less healthy, physically…
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Ivory Coast announces cholera outbreak after 7 deaths
Scanning electron microscope image of Vibrio cholerae. Credit: Wikipedia Ivory Coast announced a cholera outbreak on Thursday, confirming seven deaths…
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Americans say benefits of MMR vaccine for children outweigh risks by nearly 5-1, survey finds
Percentages of U.S. adults who know various ways that measles can be spread. Source: Annenberg Public Policy Center surveys in…
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Nanoplastics are all around (and inside) us
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Each year, more than 400 million metric tons of plastic are produced globally from petrochemicals derived…
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Measles exploded in Texas after stagnant vaccine funding. New cuts threaten the same across the US
by LAURA UNGAR, MICHELLE R. SMITH and DEVI SHASTRI Cesar Acevedo, left, holds his infant son, Adriel Acevedo, as as…
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Anti-amyloid drug shows signs of preventing Alzheimer’s dementia
Randall J. Bateman, MD, the Charles F. and Joanne Knight Distinguished Professor of Neurology at WashU Medicine, is the study…
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Why do children use loopholes? New research explains the development of intentional misunderstandings in children
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Most people are familiar with loopholes. When your boss, landlord, partner, customer, or government asks you…
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What I learned during three years at the UK’s most secretive chemical weapons laboratory
Credit: Александр Македонский from Pexels When I first arrived at the top secret Porton Down laboratory, I was aware of…
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How the FDA allows companies to add secret ingredients to food
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain It’s a U.S. Food and Drug Administration rule that most Americans know little about, yet gives…
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Expert discusses surviving a stroke
Credit: Anna Shvets from Pexels In the not-so-distant past, doctors treated strokes in an after-the-fact way. A stroke did its…
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Without immediate action, nearly 260 million people in the US predicted to be overweight or obese by 2050
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Over the past three decades, there has been a startling increase in the prevalence of obesity…
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Breakdancers may risk ‘headspin hole’ caused by repetitive headspins, doctors warn
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Breakdancers may be at risk of developing a condition caused by repeatedly doing a cardinal move…
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The global fight for eradication
Since 1988, all but 2 countries have eliminated polio. Credit: CDC Poliomyelitis is an ancient disease that has resulted in…
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The global fight for eradication
Since 1988, all but 2 countries have eliminated polio. Credit: CDC Poliomyelitis is an ancient disease that has resulted in…
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Young girls are using anti-aging products they see on social media. The harm is more than skin deep
Scarlett Goddard Strahan, 11, poses for a portrait at her home on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, in Sacramento, Calif. Credit:…
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The next pandemic? How a familiar virus exploits new hosts
Influenza A boasts a wide range of natural hosts, with different strains established in different species. This wide network gives…
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A UCLA doctor is on a quest to free modern medicine from a Nazi-tainted anatomy book
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As Dr. Kalyanam Shivkumar pondered how to fix the human heart, he was given a gift…
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A rural Ugandan community is a hot spot for sickle cell disease. But one patient gives hope
Barbara Nabulo cleans clothes at her home in Busamaga-Mutukula village in Mbale, Uganda, Thursday, April 25, 2024. There can be…
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