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This Startup Wants to Take Your Blood Pressure With an iPhone
Going to the doctor’s office to take blood pressure readings provides an incomplete picture. People are usually nervous in the…
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The AstraZeneca Vaccine Can’t Catch a Break
A vial of Covishield, the name given to AstraZeneca/Oxford University’s covid-19 vaccine in IndiaPhoto: Punit Paranjpe/AFP (Getty Images) The covid-19…
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The Worst of the Pandemic Is Truly Behind Us
Mr and Mrs. Met at the opening of the covid-19 vaccination site at Citi Field on February 10, 2021 in…
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Texas Rangers Say They’ll Stop Trying to Hypnotize Witnesses
A Texas DPS State Trooper at a coronavirus checkpoint near the border with Louisiana in Orange, Texas, in April 2020.Photo:…
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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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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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