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Southwest Center for Independence closes after break-in
Nonprofit testing for meth residue, staff working remotely
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What we know (and don’t) about Juul, teen vaping and illness
A Juul electronic cigarette starter kit at a smoke shop in New York. Juul is the largest U.S. seller of electronic cigarettes, controlling about 70% of the market. The San…
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2nd Ebola vaccine to be used in Congo, as UN efforts slammed
Associated Press file<br><br>A child is vaccinated against Ebola in Beni, Congo. The World Health Organization said Monday, Sept. 23, 2019, Congo will start using a second experimental Ebola vaccine, as…
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Will combo pill catch on in U.S. to prevent heart attacks?
A drugstore employee reaches for medicine from shelf in downtown Tehran, Iran. A cheap, daily pill that combines four drugs has been tested for the first time in the United…
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Many U.S. women say 1st sexual experience was forced in teens
A marcher carries a sign with the popular Twitter hashtag #MeToo used by people speaking out against sexual harassment as she takes part in a Women’s March in Seattle. According…
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CBD vapes spiked with dangerous drugs for sale across U.S.
“It’ll relax you,” the friend assured. The vapor that Jenkins inhaled didn’t relax him. After two puffs, he ended up in a coma. That’s because what he was vaping didn’t…
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No new measles cases reported in fading U.S. outbreak
A woman receives a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at the Rockland County Health Department in Pomona, N.Y. U.S. Health officials there were no new measles cases reported last week,…
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U.S. officials revise vaping illness count to 380 in 36 states
A man exhales while smoking an e-cigarette in Portland, Maine. The U.S. government has refined how it is measuring an outbreak of breathing illnesses in people who vape, now counting…
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A gene-editing first: Scientists tried CRISPR to fight HIV
This 2011 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control shows HIV virions. On Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, scientists are reporting the first use of the gene-editing…
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Scientists rethink Alzheimer’s, diversifying the drug search
Donna Wilcock, of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, holds a brain in her lab in Lexington, Ky. She says that contrary to popular perception, “there are a lot of changes…
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U.S. health officials report new vaping deaths, repeat warning
On Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, U.S. health officials are again urging people to stop vaping until they figure out why some are coming down with serious breathing illnesses.Associated Press file…
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San Juan Basin Public Health reports rabid bat
Plata and Archuleta counties tested 26 bats
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UN: Possible to eradicate malaria, but probably not soon
A mother holds her baby receiving a new malaria vaccine as part of a trial at the Walter Reed Project Research Center in Kombewa in Western Kenya. The World Health…
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UN: Don’t worry about drinking microplastics in water
Southern Connecticut State University professor Vincent Breslin holds a sample of water that contains possible microplastics at the North Haven Water Treatment Plant on Universal Drive. The World Health Organization…
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When it comes to food allergies, how to help your kids snack smarter
When it comes to food allergies, there are many ways to help your kids snack smarter, such as emphasizing what they can have rather than what they cannot.Stacy Zarin Goldberg/Washington…
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Medicare for All explored as an alternative to the status quo
Healthcare Durango explains single-payer system
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As with adults, no easy way to address weight with children
Associated Press file<br><br>Kids eat lunch at an elementary school in Paducah, Ky. It is far easier to avoid gaining weight than to lose it, so getting kids to eat well…
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La Plata County Sheriff’s lieutenant shoots himself in leg
Officer was airlifted to Denver hospital after training accident
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Mumps sickens hundreds of detained migrants in 19 states
A vial of a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine in Mount Vernon, Ohio. On Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, the first U.S. government report on mumps in migrant detention facilities say…
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‘Dramatic resurgence’ of measles seen in Europe, WHO reports
In a report issued Thursday, the U.N. health agency said the number of measles cases from January to June this year is double the number reported for the same period…
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UN: Ebola outbreak in Congo has killed nearly 2,000 people
In a press briefing on Friday, Dr. Mike Ryan said that although the U.N. health agency has the vaccines and drugs that could potentially change the course of the outbreak,…
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Computer modeling improves replacement of ailing shoulders
Technology expected to increase procedures to implant new joints
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Brand-name drug prices rising at slower pace, lower amounts
Drug companies are still raising prices for brand-name prescription medicines, just not as often or by as much as they used to, according to an Associated Press analysis.Associated Press file…
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Doctors suspect vaping behind dozens of lung illnesses in U.S.
Dylan Nelson, of Burlington, Wis., and his sister, Andrea, sit for an interview. He was rushed to the hospital in June by his sister with severe breathing problems. Doctors believe…
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U.S. makes new push for graphic warning labels on cigarettes
Proposed graphic warnings that would appear on cigarettes. The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, proposed 13 new large, graphic warnings that would appear on all cigarettes,…
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FDA approves TB pill that cures more hard-to-treat patients
On Aug. 14, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved pretomanid, the first tuberculosis drug developed by a nonprofit group. The TB Alliance was formed to come up with better…
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Early study results suggest 2 Ebola treatments saving lives
Health workers wearing protective gear check on a patient isolated in a plastic cube at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, Congo. Health authorities in Congo have halted an Ebola…
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To boost workforce, medical schools try to sell rural life
Ashish Bibireddy, 23, poses for a photo at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum in Bristol, Va. Ten medical students were on a tour of the city organized by a…
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Three Springs MRI to provide higher quality scans with new technology
images allow for better diagnoses