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Smoking rate among US adults drops to record low as vape use rises: CDC
Signage outside the Center for Disease Control (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (Megan Varner/Bloomberg…
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Doctors say Pfizer’s Lyme disease vaccine trial results ‘encouraging’ after more than 70% efficacy shown
Pfizer logo (Photo Illustration by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Earlier this week, pharmaceutical company Pfizer and…
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Nearly 90,000 bottles of children’s ibuprofen voluntarily recalled
Bottles of children’s ibuprofen, made for Taro Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc., are being recalled due to the potential presence of a…
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1 in 10 ACA enrollees dropped their coverage due to rising health care costs: Poll
The healthcare.gov website on a laptop arranged in Norfolk, Virginia, US, on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty…
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Judge temporarily blocks RFK Jr.’s efforts to reshape childhood vaccine policy
(MASSACHUSETTS) — A Massachusetts judge ruled on Monday in favor of medical organizations in their litigation against Health and Human Services Secretary…
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Many military members may get care at hospitals at risk of financial distress — partly due to Trump cuts
Bo Zaunders/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As many as 724,000 service members, their families and veterans may rely on health…
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Wyoming governor signs ‘fetal heartbeat’ abortion ban into law
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon testifies during the House Natural Resources Committee hearing on Thursday, June 15, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call,…
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Acetaminophen use dropped among pregnant women in ERs after White House claim linked drug to autism
Tylenol (Acetaminophen) tablets are sold in a drugstore in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 17, 2026. (Photo by Creative Touch…
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As Iran war escalates, children may face physical, mental health impacts
A woman and child walk by a damaged building, struck days earlier, during the U.S.Israeli military campaign on March 4,…
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Maternal mortality rate in the US declines to its lowest since 2018: CDC
LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Maternal mortality rates in the United States have dropped to their lowest levels in…
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