Health
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HHS Secretary RFK Jr. announces effort with NIH, Medicare, Medicaid to find root cause of autism
A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report shows autism now impacts 1-in-31 children in the United States.
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Los Angeles County sees hepatitis A outbreak
Virus causes liver infection and is transmitted through contaminated food and water or through contact with an infected person.
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Former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik hospitalized in cardiac wing following illness
Kerik, who is 69, was the 40th Commissioner of the NYPD and served in the post during the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001. He resigned that December.
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Some offspring of Moderna mRNA vaccine test rats born with skeletal deformities: Judicial Watch
An advisory committee for the FDA voted in June to recommend that children as young as 6 months old receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
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Florida State University research links common sweetener aspartame with anxiety
Substance produced "anxiety-like behavior in mice."
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Medical education adopts gender ideology cartoons that dispute sexual binary
"Genderbread Person" has evolved away from sexual biology since its 2011 creation, finally getting rid of term "biological" in most recent iteration. It's featured on hundreds of university web pages, some medical in nature.
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Data suggests Alzheimer's drug may benefit some patients
The study involved 1,795 participants divided between recipients of Lecanemab and a placebo group, and spanned 18 months.
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WHO phasing out virus name from monkeypox to mpox over 'racist and stigmatizing language'
Monkeypox was named in 1970 after the disease was found in captive monkeys.
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Prospective rail strike may leave millions of pounds of feces in New York City
New York authorities assured the public that the city was preparing for such a scenario.
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Antibiotics shortage spreading across U.S. as RSV and flu cases rise
Drugs that are used to treat common childhood illnesses such as the flu, sore throat or ear infections have been impacted
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Vaccinated Americans were the majority of COVID deaths in August: report
"Fifty-eight percent of coronavirus deaths in August were people who were vaccinated or boosted."
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Pediatric professionals ask Biden to declare emergency over RSV surge
A record number of parents are missing work as more children are sick at home with RSV, COVID and flu.
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Ohio battles measles outbreak among unvaccinated children
In the city of Columbus, there have thus far been 19 confirmed cases tied to 12 schools or daycares.