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Omicron in the US: More states find COVID-19 variant cases
More states found cases of the omicron coronavirus variant on Thursday. In Virginia, health officials reported the first case in…
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3 more states report E. coli infections linked to Chipotle outbreak
Three additional states reported E. coli infections linked to various Chipotle chain locations Friday, as the Centers for Disease Control…
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Not even supermodel Heidi Klum can avoid some of the not-so-pleasant ramifications of having four kiddos under the age of…
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Johnson & Johnson HIV combination succeeds in mid-stage study
A cocktail of Johnson & Johnson’s HIV compound and an experimental drug from ViiV Healthcare met the main goal of…
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Measles can be a lesser-known risk for travelers
Measles is still a risk for travelers, regardless of destination, and vaccination remains the best way to prevent it, according…
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Countries at heart of Ebola outbreak see first virus-free week
DAKAR – The three West African countries at the heart of an Ebola epidemic recorded their first week with no…
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Dirty cooling towers were to blame for an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that has sickened dozens of inmates and at…
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Smart thermometers could help contain epidemics, experts say
Smart thermometers that upload people’s temperature readings to the cloud could help researchers spot disease outbreaks early, some experts say.…
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Scientists create vomiting machine to study how norovirus is transmitted
Researchers have used animal models, stem cells and 3-D printing to solve some of science’s greatest mysteries. But now, students…
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