Health
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So This Is 'Covid Normal'
Last weekend I attended two days of the Brunswick Music Festival in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. In front of…
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Meet Lia, a Flushable, Biodegradable Pregnancy Test
Image: Lia Pregnancy tests are in dire need of a redesign. And while we’ve seen some real progress on this…
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Expert Panel Says More Smokers Should Be Tested for Lung Cancer
Photo: Cameron Spencer (Getty Images) More people with a long history of smoking should be tested annually for lung cancer,…
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Chinese, Russian Hackers Reportedly Stole European Vaccine Data
Photo: Scott Olson (Getty Images) Both China and Russia were reportedly behind two cyberattacks last year at the European Medicines…
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Microdosing Benefits Might Be Largely Placebo, Experimental Study Suggests
Psilocybin mushrooms in a grow room at the Procare farm in Hazerswoude, central Netherlands.Photo: Peter Dejong (AP) The sometimes hyped…
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Merck Will Help Johnson & Johnson Make Its New Covid-19 Vaccine
Photo: Tom Mihalek (Getty Images) Johnson & Johnson is getting some help to make their newly available covid-19 vaccine. On…
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Smoking Part of Covid-19 Vaccine Group 4 in North Carolina
Photo: Joe Raedle (Getty Images) Have you smoked 100 cigarettes in your life? Can you take up, and kick, a…
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The Truth Behind the Kickstarter Gadget That Was Accused of ‘Child Torture’
It all started with some tweets. “I really don’t want to live here anymore… fully funded child torture device. Will…
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The Flu Season That Wasn’t
Photo: David Zalubowski (AP) This winter has been a complete nightmare for Americans, thanks to the raging covid-19 pandemic. But…
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Pandemic-Related Unemployment Linked to 30,000 Excess Deaths in U.S., Study Finds
Photo: Eric Baradat (Getty Images) A new study out Thursday is one of the first to try measuring deaths during…
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