Health & Nutrition

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Chinese leaders stick to Covid controls as the virus spreads and forces a Beijing luxury mall to close temporarily

Chinese leaders stick to Covid controls as the virus spreads...

China showed few signs of loosening its zero-Covid control policies as the country...

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How Headspace Health is tackling the global mental health crisis

How Headspace Health is tackling the global mental health...

Mindfulness app Headspace surged during the pandemic, and it is among the digital...

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Severe hepatitis outbreak in healthy kids possibly linked to adenovirus infection, WHO officials say

Severe hepatitis outbreak in healthy kids possibly linked...

The WHO and CDC believe the outbreak might be linked to adenovirus, though investigations...

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Merck sold $3.2 billion of its Covid oral antiviral treatment, driving first-quarter revenue growth

Merck sold $3.2 billion of its Covid oral antiviral treatment,...

Merck soundly beat Wall Street estimates for its top and bottom lines, reporting...

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Moderna asks FDA to authorize Covid vaccine for kids under 6 years old

Moderna asks FDA to authorize Covid vaccine for kids under...

The FDA has promised to move quickly to authorize shots for infants, toddlers and...

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Sources of Oxidized Cholesterol

Sources of Oxidized Cholesterol

Chicken, fish, and egg powder in processed foods present greater risk from cholesterol...

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Pfizer asks FDA to authorize third Covid vaccine shot for children 5 to 11 years old

Pfizer asks FDA to authorize third Covid vaccine shot for...

The application comes after Pfizer released data earlier this month from a small...

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WHO says weekly Covid deaths have dropped to lowest level since March 2020

WHO says weekly Covid deaths have dropped to lowest level...

While Covid deaths are dropping, testing has also fallen, a trend that worries World...

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At least 58% of U.S. population has natural antibodies from previous Covid infection, CDC says

At least 58% of U.S. population has natural antibodies...

Roughly 58% of people in the U.S. now have antibodies from previous Covid infection,...

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Scientists shed new light on how early stage breast cancer spreads to other organs

Scientists shed new light on how early stage breast cancer...

A team of scientists led by Mt. Sinai in New York City shed new light on how pre-malignant...

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At least a dozen U.S. universities reinstate mask mandates as Covid cases rise

At least a dozen U.S. universities reinstate mask mandates...

Universities are responding to rising Covid cases by reinstating mask mandates,...

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China's capital city warns of more Covid cases and begins mass testing in the central business district

China's capital city warns of more Covid cases and begins...

China's capital city of Beijing announced Sunday it would begin three days of mass...

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Oxidized Cholesterol and Alzheimer’s Disease

Oxidized Cholesterol and Alzheimer’s Disease

Oxidized cholesterol can be a hundred times more toxic than regular cholesterol,...

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Covid was the third leading cause of death in the U.S. last year, with only heart disease and cancer killing more

Covid was the third leading cause of death in the U.S....

Covid killed more than 415,000 people in 2021 and contributed to the deaths of another...

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CDC panel skeptical of fourth Covid shots for broader population, says U.S. needs clear vaccine strategy

CDC panel skeptical of fourth Covid shots for broader population,...

Several committee members said boosting people every four to six months in an effort...

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CDC asks Justice Department to appeal ruling that lifted travel mask mandate

CDC asks Justice Department to appeal ruling that lifted...

The CDC's mask mandate was enacted in February 2021 and recently extended through...