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US Pediatricians' New Covid-19 Shot Recommendations Differ From CDC Advice
For the first time in 30 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics is substantially diverging from US government vaccine recommendations.
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Trump Admin Plans $40 Billion In Health Budget Cuts: Report
The Trump administration plans to slash annual discretionary spending at the US federal health department by around one-third, or $40 billion, The Washington Post reported Wednesday, citing a draft budget document.
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Deadly Fungal Infection Spreading Through US Rapidly
CDC has issued a health advisory due to the spread of Candida auris fungus. The WHO has labelled it as a growing threat.
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Man Drinks 'Poop' Smoothie To Intentionally Get Dysentery, For Science
The man participated in an experiment to find a vaccine for Shigella bacteria, one of the leading causes of fatalities across the world.
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COVID-19 Was Third Leading Cause Of Deaths In US In 2020: Report
Covid-19 was the third leading cause of death in the United States in 2020, according to provisional data released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Woman Jogs Through Flies, Pulls 4 Worms From Her Eye A Month Later
The woman had just rounded a corner while running along a steep trail in coastal California in February 2018 when she charged face-first into an unpleasant surprise: a swarm of flies. The pesky bugs quickly engulfed her, forcing her to swat them away from her face and even spit some out of her mouth. But little did she know, things were about to ge...
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Inside The Secret US Stockpile Meant To Save Us All In A Bioterror Attack
The need for biodefense has become more clear in the wake of outbreaks of Ebola in West Africa, Zika in the Americas, devastating wildfires and hurricanes, and the poisonings of the North Korean leader's half brother in Malaysia and former Russian spies in England with nerve and radiological agents.
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Child Death Toll Rises To 53 As US Flu Outbreak Worsens
The U.S. flu outbreak worsened over the past week as more people headed to doctors' offices and emergency rooms, with hospitalisations at the highest in nearly 10 years, U.S. health officials said on Friday.
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Chasing A Killer: CDC Scientists Pursue Deadly Monkeypox Virus In Africa
Along a narrow, winding river, a team of American scientists is traveling deep into the Congo rain forest to a village that can be reached only by boat. The scientists are from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and they have embarked on this watery journey to solve a decades-old mystery about a rare and fatal disease: monkeypox.
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Hawaii Becomes First US State to Raise Smoking Age to 21
Hawaii's governor on Friday signed a bill raising the legal smoking age statewide to 21, the first US state to do so.
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Only Three in 10 HIV+ Americans Have Condition Under Control: Government Report
Just 30 percent of Americans living with HIV have the virus in check, putting others at risk of infection, US health officials said on Tuesday.
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Recommended Salt Intake Low and Harmful
Beware! Your average daily salt intake as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US may actually be low - leading to harmful health outcomes. A study finds evidence that the average daily sodium intake of most Americans...
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US Pediatricians' New Covid-19 Shot Recommendations Differ From CDC Advice
For the first time in 30 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics is substantially diverging from US government vaccine recommendations.
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Trump Admin Plans $40 Billion In Health Budget Cuts: Report
The Trump administration plans to slash annual discretionary spending at the US federal health department by around one-third, or $40 billion, The Washington Post reported Wednesday, citing a draft budget document.
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Deadly Fungal Infection Spreading Through US Rapidly
CDC has issued a health advisory due to the spread of Candida auris fungus. The WHO has labelled it as a growing threat.
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Man Drinks 'Poop' Smoothie To Intentionally Get Dysentery, For Science
The man participated in an experiment to find a vaccine for Shigella bacteria, one of the leading causes of fatalities across the world.
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COVID-19 Was Third Leading Cause Of Deaths In US In 2020: Report
Covid-19 was the third leading cause of death in the United States in 2020, according to provisional data released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Woman Jogs Through Flies, Pulls 4 Worms From Her Eye A Month Later
The woman had just rounded a corner while running along a steep trail in coastal California in February 2018 when she charged face-first into an unpleasant surprise: a swarm of flies. The pesky bugs quickly engulfed her, forcing her to swat them away from her face and even spit some out of her mouth. But little did she know, things were about to ge...
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Inside The Secret US Stockpile Meant To Save Us All In A Bioterror Attack
The need for biodefense has become more clear in the wake of outbreaks of Ebola in West Africa, Zika in the Americas, devastating wildfires and hurricanes, and the poisonings of the North Korean leader's half brother in Malaysia and former Russian spies in England with nerve and radiological agents.
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Child Death Toll Rises To 53 As US Flu Outbreak Worsens
The U.S. flu outbreak worsened over the past week as more people headed to doctors' offices and emergency rooms, with hospitalisations at the highest in nearly 10 years, U.S. health officials said on Friday.
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Chasing A Killer: CDC Scientists Pursue Deadly Monkeypox Virus In Africa
Along a narrow, winding river, a team of American scientists is traveling deep into the Congo rain forest to a village that can be reached only by boat. The scientists are from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and they have embarked on this watery journey to solve a decades-old mystery about a rare and fatal disease: monkeypox.
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Hawaii Becomes First US State to Raise Smoking Age to 21
Hawaii's governor on Friday signed a bill raising the legal smoking age statewide to 21, the first US state to do so.
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Only Three in 10 HIV+ Americans Have Condition Under Control: Government Report
Just 30 percent of Americans living with HIV have the virus in check, putting others at risk of infection, US health officials said on Tuesday.
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Recommended Salt Intake Low and Harmful
Beware! Your average daily salt intake as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US may actually be low - leading to harmful health outcomes. A study finds evidence that the average daily sodium intake of most Americans...
