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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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The long shadow of early sugar consumption. Plus a reality check on FDA approval
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A cancer vaccine breakthrough, medical AI faces a reality check and recalls pile up
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Aug 13

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Can herpes fight cancer? Plus, Trump’s vaccine order, a drug-resistant fungus and the mRNA flu shot
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The first Cyclospora deaths, autism policy and a breakthrough in emergency medicine
Jul 23

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Good news for coffee drinkers. Lifestyle coaching for dementia. West Nile virus rises again.
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Jul 16

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Explosive diarrhea, glucose monitor hype and why your insurance premiums might rise. Again

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The long shadow of early sugar consumption. Plus a reality check on FDA approval

A cancer vaccine breakthrough, medical AI faces a reality check and recalls pile up

Soda and stomach cancer? Plus, protecting your brain, babies and breakfast

Can herpes fight cancer? Plus, Trump’s vaccine order, a drug-resistant fungus and the mRNA flu shot

The first Cyclospora deaths, autism policy and a breakthrough in emergency medicine

Good news for coffee drinkers. Lifestyle coaching for dementia. West Nile virus rises again.

Explosive diarrhea, glucose monitor hype and why your insurance premiums might rise. Again

Charlie Kirk’s family files wrongful death notice, saying security failures led to his assassination

House votes for third time to limit Trump’s Iran war powers

3 killed as news helicopter crashes while covering deadly bus crash in LA

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Charlie Kirk’s family files wrongful death notice, saying security failures led to his assassination

House votes for third time to limit Trump’s Iran war powers

3 killed as news helicopter crashes while covering deadly bus crash in LA

Deadly NBC helicopter crash in Los Angeles; Kennedy Center closes for renovation

Trump projects reshape DC as White House helipad is finished, Kennedy Center closes

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