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The Biden administration ended the U.S. public health emergency declaration for the mpox virus, formerly known as monkeypox, CNN reported. The outbreak leaves both lessons and mysteries in its past.  Over the summer, the virus […]

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President Biden will end the U.S.’s Covid emergency status on May 11. It marks a major step meant to signal that the crisis era of the pandemic is over. It comes nearly three years after the […]

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A committee of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted unanimously on a proposal to simplify the nation’s strategy for vaccinating people against Covid. The federal advisory panel is aiming to simplify and […]

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New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London showed that a blood-based test developed by its scientists could detect Alzheimer’s disease three and a half years before a clinical […]

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The Food and Drug Administration wants to limit the amount of lead in baby food.  The FDA proposed maximum limits for the amount of lead in baby foods after years of studies revealed that many […]

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A new study shows that ants are able to detect the scent of cancer in urine, suggesting that these tiny creatures can be used as bio-detectors to track people with tumors among healthy people. Sorbonne […]

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Thinx is arguably the most well-known period underwear brand on the market.  But it has also become the subject of multiple lawsuits, stemming from its claims of selling “organic, sustainable, and non-toxic” underwear.  This week, […]

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Laying out an agenda to repair health care inequities for women in the city, Ney York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday that four city-run health clinics in New York will offer abortion medication […]

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Children’s Health Defense, an American nonprofit anti-vaccination group, published an article last week about a vaccinologist who was formerly a paid Pfizer consultant.  The article said that Dr. Kathryn Edwards, a well-known vaccinologist who served […]

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Although the United States was declared measles-free in 2000, a recent outbreak in Ohio is raising concerns about the disease spread enhanced by the possibility that low vaccination rates among children might lead to additional […]

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According to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 is still gaining ground within the United States, accounting for at least 43% of sequenced cases for the week […]

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) surveillance system flagged a possible link between the new Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent Covid-19 vaccine and strokes in people aged 65 and […]

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According to a recently published study, socially isolated older adults are facing at least 28 percent higher risk of developing dementia than their more social peers, The Hill reports. After examining health data on over […]

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The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended on Tuesday that travelers should be advised to wear masks on long flights to protect themselves from Covid-19 and counter the spread of new variants. The WHO’s senior emergency […]

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Is social media a brain-changer? A new study has found that the frequent use of social media could be reshaping how adolescents’ brain develops.  Teenagers who check their social media platforms more often were found to […]

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The latest Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 – a highly-contagious new Covid variant – is responsible for more than 40% of confirmed COVID cases in the United States, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) […]

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According to statistics released on Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Omicron XBB.1.5, a subvariant that is now responsible for more than 40% of COVID-19 cases in the country, has […]

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Amid China’s recent uptick in COVID-19 cases, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Wednesday that, starting Jan. 5, the United States will require travelers from China to show a negative COVID-19 […]

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Why can’t some people smell things months after having Covid? Researchers have been working to find out why some people struggle to regain their sense of smell post-Covid.  Scientists are saying that the reason could be […]

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Several children’s hospitals in Arizona, Colorado, Texas, and Washington have reported an increased number of cases of invasive strep A infections this season compared to past years. Group A streptococci are the same bacteria that […]

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