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Decoded: Vaccination's Quiet Crisis: The Protection We Notice Only After It Disappears
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At first, the questions sounded simple: Is it safe to go outside? Should my child wear an N95? When will the smoke clear?
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Three months after Sam Neill publicly celebrated being cancer-free, the 78-year-old actor died in Sydney. People close to him have attributed his death to pneumonia, describing an…
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A Montana mother arrived at the hospital with a thunderclap headache and swelling late in pregnancy. Staff missed the warning signs. She suffered a massive stroke and never met he…
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A new study raises questions about whether Parkinson's disease starts not with genetic code, but with neurological overwork, making way for a radically different approach to preve…
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How a Rare Insect, and Its Even Rarer Parasite; could Challenge Public Health Norms
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Why food access in America’s third-largest city still depends on paperwork, proximity, and persistent follow-up
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On a weekday morning earlier this month, thousands of commuters packed New Jersey Transit light rail cars and PATH platforms—unaware they might be sharing space with a viral stowa…
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It’s the sleep equivalent of “eat healthy”, ubiquitous, well-meaning, and ultimately ineffective advice for many. Behind the wellness slogans and bedroom aesthetics lies a systemi…
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Legionnaires’ disease is a severe, sometimes fatal, form of pneumonia caused by Legionella pneumophila (and related species), typically contracted by breathing in tiny droplets of…
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A single drop of contaminated freshwater. Within days, rapid-onset brain inflammation. Today's headline-grabbing tragedies—coupled with near-total fatality rates—reveal a stark di…
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Lyme disease is no longer a contained regional threat; it has become a widening public health crisis. With climate change accelerating tick expansion and chronic symptoms drawing …
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