Sites for coronavirus vaccine trials have been announced and volunteers are being asked to participate in the Phase III trials.…
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South Florida swimmer contracts brain-eating amoeba
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A person has been hospitalized after health officials say they contracted a brain-eating amoeba while swimming…
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US panel reaffirms syphilis screening advice as infections rise
Doctors should offer testing for syphilis to men who have sex with men, people living with HIV and others at…
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Light therapy may ease depression, not just winter blues
Light therapy, long used to help improve mood in people who get the blues when days are darker and shorter,…
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Adopted boy with missing hand meets new grandfather with same defect
In an orphanage in his native Kazakhstan, 20-day-old Kirill would see multiple potential parents who considered him for adoption but…
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Obesity still rising among US adults, women overtake men
Obesity is still rising among American adults, despite more than a decade of public-awareness campaigns and other efforts to get…
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Woman creates Disney princess wigs out of yarn for children battling cancer
A former cancer nurse who made a Disney princess wig out of yarn for a friend’s sick child never imagined…
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Victim of E.coli outbreak will never go back to Chipotle
Chris Collins has always been selective about where he goes out for a meal. He said he respected Chipotle for…
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Feast after famine linked to diabetes boom in China
Rising diabetes rates among middle-aged and elderly adults in China may be tied to their exposure to famine early in…
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