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Covid vaccines saved nearly 20 million lives worldwide, by one estimate, and generated billions of…
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And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) wants the federal government to investigate Zyn nicotine pouches….
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Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day is on the way. Sadly, gray skies are…
Over the last year or two, something curious has started occurring in the conference rooms…
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Transgender women, in particular those belonging to marginalized racial and ethnic groups, have disproportionately high…
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A year after an investigation revealed widespread use of a substandard cancer drug, the World…
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You’ve heard of long Covid, a condition in which the acute infection subsides but troubling…
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The Dog Aging Project, which researchers say could yield promising leads for human longevity research,…
The chemical used to sterilize half of all medical devices in the United States is…
If you want an argument in favor of teaching the humanities, I suggest you ask…
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Steward Health Care, a for-profit health system that serves thousands of patients in Eastern Massachusetts,…