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Whether it’s public health policy or medical advancements, we cut through the data to give you clear, actionable information on the topics that affect your well-being.

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U.S. government officials say they’re aware of and monitoring the situation in Russia after reports of a suspected plague case and related quarantines. 
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  • Russian health authorities placed nearly 200 people under medical observation and quarantined several hospitals after a worker at an anti-plague research institute in Siberia died with a suspected dangerous infection, media reports said.
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  • President Trump urged Arkansans to call Sen. Tom Cotton over the Sunshine Protection Act, escalating his push to make daylight saving time permanent.
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  • Early detection, support and fundraising — those are the primary goals of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which takes place every October. It’s 31 days to recognize the most common cancer afflicting American women, excluding skin cancer, which impacts about 1 in 8 women. 
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  • Pennsylvania health officials announced a fifth measles-related death this week in the country's largest and fastest-growing outbreak.
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  • More than 1 in 5 older adults take medications or supplements that could have major interactions. Plus, the health risks of insomnia and a new way to prevent ovarian cancer.
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  • A blood test designed to screen for dozens of cancers at once just received a major boost from a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel.
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  • The Food and Drug Administration is closing a loophole that has allowed people in the U.S. to import their prescriptions from “gray market” foreign mail-order pharmacies.
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  • President Donald Trump directed White House Budget Director Russ Vought to draft an executive order creating a board giving the administration more control over which grants the National Institutes of Health funds, according to multiple media reports.
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  • Florida bishops say vaccines align with Church teaching—and that state officials cannot tell Catholic schools otherwise.
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    Sep 20
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    Florida’s vaccine fight pits parental belief against Catholic Church authority

  • Runners are preparing for mathons across the nation. But with those preparations are worries for some who could be taking fitness too far.
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    As marathon season awaits, the ‘Hyrox incident’ leaves some worried fitness has gone too far

  • Doctors using AI performed better in a new trial. Plus, what a fertility test can really tell you and another Tylenol-during-pregnancy study.
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  • Now 9, David is being treated for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, or B-ALL, at Siteman Kids at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. September is Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month, a time when families, doctors and advocates work to draw attention to children whose lives are interrupted by cancer and to the research that has changed what is possible for many of them.
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  • A 40-year-old woman in Pennsylvania has died of complications associated with measles, the Jefferson County Coroner's Office said Sunday.
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  • Naps boost mental performance, but researchers are divided on whether habitual napping protects the heart or signals poor health.
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  • More hospitals want payment before providing care. Plus, could changing when you eat affect your heart, and who's inspecting the food America imports?
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    What is ‘eating jet lag’? Plus, why hospitals want your money upfront

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  • Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America made the pledge, saying moms in America are facing maternal health that is “bad and getting worse.”
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    Maternal mortality in the US is highest among wealthy nations. A campaign pledged $100M to change that

  • Therapists are using games and roleplay as a way of improving self-efficacy and self-esteem. How exactly does that work?
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    Battling both dragons and inner demons by applying games like ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ to therapy

  • Alcohol’s connection to cancer is often associated with the liver. But a new study suggests the toll is broader and growing.
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  • The FDA is approving more drugs based on just one study. Plus, how the sugar you ate as a baby shapes long-term health. And changes to required vaccines.
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