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Dan Rather anchored the ‘CBS Evening News’ for over 20 years, starting on March 9, 1981. But he always seemed more in his element as a reporter, and now as a news analyst on social media.
Receipts are printed on thermal paper, which often contains bisphenols.
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Most people on GLP-1 drugs can safely fast for Yom Kippur or other religious observances, but they may need to plan ahead, take certain precautions or be ready to call it quits if they feel ill.
Pennsylvania has seen more than 600 cases of measles in 2026.
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The settlement calls for changes to Meta’s platforms but does not change the company’s surveillance-based business model
O DSM-6 tentará integrar a neurobiologia à forma como os médicos diagnosticam e tratam os transtornos psiquiátricos: parte do desafio de encontrar um biomarcador para doenças mentais está na influência significativa do ambiente.
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Despite advances in neuroscience, the underlying biology of mental illness has remained elusive. The DSM-6 will attempt to integrate neurobiology into how clinicians diagnose and treat psychiatric conditions.
Cholera is common in parts of the world where clean water sources are unreliable. Sudan has suffered multiple outbreaks since the onset of a civil war in 2023.
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While cholera launched modern epidemiology and has nearly disappeared in many countries, the disease never went away. It has instead retreated to the places least equipped to fight it.
A military training base provides a prime environment for the influenza virus to spread.
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Two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the flu vaccine optional in the military, an outbreak has led several branches of the military to make it mandatory again.
The Democratic Republic of Congo is scaling up health operations to contain the Ebola epidemic.
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A day of celebration for many, it is also a source of anxiety for those whose hopes of motherhood have been dashed by infertility, loss, and those who have chosen unconventional paths to parenthood.
Eye rubbing may feel good, but it comes with risks.
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Some over-the-counter and at-home remedies can help reduce eye irritation that causes rubbing. But if those don’t bring relief, it’s important to see an eye doctor.
93% of surveyed researchers have negative opinions of federal science policies since January 2025.
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What do US researchers make of all the Trump administration science-related policy changes? A survey of 280 academic scientists asked them.
Passengers on the the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius watch epidemiologists board the boat in Praia, Cape Verde, on May 6, 2026.
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To stop the spread of infectious diseases, governments need information and other resources that countries around the globe share through international organizations.
Sylvia Moy was a trailblazing Motown songwriter.
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Few people probably know the female songwriters featured in this article, yet Motown relied heavily upon their contributions to cement its place in music history.
L’armée opère généralement dans des conditions – caserne, navire, etc. – qui favorisent la propagation des virus respiratoires.
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Pendant près de quatre-vingts ans, la vaccination contre la grippe allait de soi dans l’armée états-unienne. Sa remise en cause récente ne repose pas tant sur des arguments médicaux que sur une évolution politique autour de la notion de « liberté médicale ».
Vaccine mandates in the U.S. military are nearly as old as the country itself.
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The committee voted to exempt some oil and gas operations from the Endangered Species Act in the name of national security.
A lawsuit brought by six medical organizations seeks to block several changes that federal health officials made to vaccine policy.
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