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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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Vitamin D Supplements Don’t Seem to Help People Sick With Covid-19
Photo: Christopher Furlong (Getty Images) The results of a new clinical trial suggest that vitamin D supplements don’t help people…
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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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Survivors of Severe Covid-19 Should Get Their Eyes Checked, Study Suggests
Photo: William Thomas Cain (Getty Images) Doctors are warning that covid-19 may be capable of causing lingering eye problems. A…
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Ebola Has Returned to Africa and Officials Are Racing to Contain It
The gates of the Matanda Hospital in Butembo, found in the North Kivu province of the DRC. The hospital is…
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Promising Gene Therapy Trials Suspended Over Potential Cancer Risk
Photo: Taimy Alvarez (AP) On Tuesday, Biotech company Bluebird suspended its trials of gene therapy as a treatment for blood-related disorders…
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5 Mental Health Apps to Get Therapy for Less
Everyone — or nearly everyone — can benefit from therapy. Whether you’re working through daily stress or a past trauma,…
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Common DNA Testing Method Has High False-Positive Rate for Rare Mutations, Study Finds
Image: Mohamed Abdiwahab (Getty Images) Consumer DNA testing remains a booming industry, but new research released Monday suggests that it…
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Check Out the Glass Version of a Covid-19 Vaccine
Artist Luke Jerram with his glass sculpture of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, left, alongside his earlier work of the virus…
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‘Global Vaccine Apartheid’ Is Also a Climate Warning
A covid-19 vaccine being drawn from a vial.Photo: Christopher Furlong (Getty Images) The covid-19 vaccination effort is finally achieving liftoff…
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