Philadelphia health department warns of measles cluster among unvaccinated residents that originated with CHOP patient
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Wrongfully jailed for twenty years, Australia’s ‘most hated woman’ likely to receive record compensation
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New lifesaving malaria vaccines need to be available now
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US FDA approves cure for sickle cell disease, the first treatment to use gene-editing tool CRISPR
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99% of the world’s bananas are threatened by a fungus. To save them, scientists are turning to genetic modification.
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Zimbabwe declares state of emergency in Harare over cholera
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The Columbian Exchange: A History of Disease, Food, and Ideas
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Denmark topped a list of worst binge drinkers in a new health report from the OECD – Romania and the UK next worst offenders
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Infants are born with syphilis in growing numbers, a sign of a wider US epidemic
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First malaria vaccine slashes early childhood mortality
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Thirsty families in Gaza eke out trickle of water
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What a striking new study of death in America misses
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Marriage between cousins and extended family members may soon be banned in Norway
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Mette Marit of Norway, the princess on sick leave who is raising the visibility of chronic diseases
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PEP in your step - the public health politics of Doxycycline STD prophylaxis for unprotected sexual activity
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California workers who cut countertops are dying of an incurable disease
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“Inverse vaccine” shows potential to treat multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases
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She wrote to a scientist about her fatigue. It inspired a breakthrough.
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Ministers set to ban single-use vapes in UK over child addiction fears
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Two deaths attributed to Nipah virus in Kerala India, fourth outbreak since 2018
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Why we didn’t get a malaria vaccine sooner
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‘People are like, wow!’: The man trying to make condoms sexy
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Finland, Europe's leading producer of fox fur, has begun slaughtering 120,000 foxes and mink to stem an outbreak of avian flu that has hit fur farms
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Maryland reports first locally acquired malaria case in forty years
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The psychological weight loss strategy | Laurie Coots
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White-nose syndrome in bats was detected in Texas in February 2020. Scientists are only now understanding the population loss.
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The association between daily step count and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: a meta-analysis
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World's largest study shows more you walk, lower your risk of death
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Man bitten by stray cat contracts infection unknown to science
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ProMED, a valued reputable listserv, which broke news of COVID, SARS, and MERS, is short on cash and in turmoil
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Report identifies higher rate for leprosy in central Florida
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Illegal medical lab containing bioengineered mice and infectious agents including HIV and herpes discovered in Fresno, California
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Eating foods consumed at higher temperatures may increase cancer risk due to heat-damaged DNA
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Iowa joins dozens of other US states in legalizing sales of raw milk
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Injection of kidney protein improves working memory in monkeys
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Five locally transmitted cases of Malaria in USA, first since early 2000s
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Is coffee good for you?
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Big Meat just can’t quit antibiotics
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Graeme Souness, 70, of Liverpool and Scotland fame swims English Channel for charity
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Alzheimer’s drug gets FDA panel’s backing, setting the stage for broader US use
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Sweden is on course to become one of the world's first smoke-free countries, defined as less than 5% of the adult population smoking
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Scientists at the University of Helsinki say they have demonstrated that certain strains of Desulfovibrio bacteria are probable causes of Parkinson's disease in most cases
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Study finds trash, household crowding increase risk for three dangerous, mosquito-borne illnesses in Kenya
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Study of male footballers in Sweden, over many years, found they were one and a half times more likely to develop dementia than the general population
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Forget designer babies. Here’s how CRISPR is really changing lives.
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Covid backlash hobbles US public health and future pandemic response
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Are cures for some of the world’s deadliest diseases hiding in our sewers?
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'Plasticosis': A new disease caused by plastic that is affecting seabirds
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The Reemergent 1977 H1N1 Strain and the Gain-of-Function Debate (2015)
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Long COVID now looks like a neurological disease, helping doctors to focus treatments
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