Health
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Chewing Gum Releases Thousands of Microplastics Into Our Saliva, Researchers Find
In just the last couple of years, scientists have found microplastics in disturbing places, from beneath Arctic ice to human…
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Kansas Is Battling the Largest Tuberculosis Outbreak Ever Recorded in the U.S.
An old bacterial foe has been making itself very cozy in Kansas. Local health officials reported this month that the…
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Experimental Drug Stops Hot Flashes Without Hormones
A new era of menopause treatment looks to be on the horizon. This week, drugmaker Bayer published the results of…
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E-Scooter and E-Bike Crashes Are Skyrocketing in the US
The number of injuries for e-bike users rose by over 30 times between 2017 and 2022, while e-scooters saw a…
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India Asks Social Media Platforms to Take Down References to ‘Indian Variant’ of Coronavirus: Report
A health worker wearing a personal protective equipment kit walks inside a banquet hall temporarily converted into a covid-19 coronavirus…
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Official Covid-19 Death Toll Undercounting by Millions, WHO Says
A sign of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the entrance of their headquarters in Geneva, SwitzerlandPhoto: Fabrice Coffrini (Getty…
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UK Doctor Recounts Terrifying Experience With Covid-19 That Hospitalized Her for 5 Months
An Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) machine connected to a covid-19 patient in the intensive care unit of al-Ahli hospital in…
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Amazon Unveils New Wellness Program for Workers
Photo: Sean Gallup / Staff (Getty Images) In lieu of allowing workers to take bathroom breaks, have reasonable productivity quotas…
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Overworking Is a Major Killer Worldwide, WHO Study Finds
A worker uses his mobile phone at a construction site in Beijing on May 17, 2021. Photo: Noel Celis (Getty…
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Scientists Want to Investigate the Origins of the Coronavirus
British artist Luke Jerram looking at his glass sculpture of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, titled “coronavirus COVID-19,” in a photo taken…
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