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States Must Offer Vaccine to All Adults by May 1
President Joe Biden gives a primetime address to the nation from the East Room of the White House on March…
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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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Gene Therapy Might One Day Treat Chronic Pain
Illustration: Associated Press (AP) A group of scientists say they’re on the verge of developing a promising treatment for chronic…
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Covid-19 Survivors Might Only Need One mRNA Vaccine Dose
Frozen vials of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine being thawed out for use at a hospital in Belgium Photo: Francisco Seco (AP)…
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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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Republicans’ Rich White Friends Will Outlive Us All
Photo: Joe Raedle (Getty Images) Barring a series of increasingly tragic disasters, we’ll probably be hearing about pandemic-related political favors…
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New HIV Treatments Like Dapivirine Ring, Cabenuva Show Promise
A health worker at the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (WRHI) in Johannesburg, South Africa showing off a Dapivirine…
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CDC Says Fully Vaccinated People Can Socialize Indoors Unmasked, With a Few Exceptions
People lining up for covid-19 vaccinations at Nassau Community College on January 10, 2021 in Garden City, New York.Photo: Bruce…
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Scientists Warn Diphtheria Is on the Rise, Could Become Major Global Threat Again
A doctor treating a child with diphtheria in the Bangladeshi town of Thankhali in 2018. Though still rare, cases of…
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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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