Health & Nutrition

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White House's Covid coordinator urges people to get vaccinated ahead of holidays

White House's Covid coordinator urges people to get vaccinated...

White House's Covid-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said families will be safer at...

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We're adding to an oil stock and see 3 other names as good buys in a down market

We're adding to an oil stock and see 3 other names as good...

Markets are once again in selloff mode Friday.

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Less than 50% of nursing home residents have received omicron booster ahead of expected winter Covid wave

Less than 50% of nursing home residents have received omicron...

Nearly 161,000 nursing home residents have died from Covid since 2020.

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Growing obesity crisis in U.S. prompts CDC to expand body mass index charts for severely overweight kids

Growing obesity crisis in U.S. prompts CDC to expand body...

More than 4.5 million children and teenagers had severe obesity in 2018, according...

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Health insurance is helping cool inflation. But 'it's not a very good reflection' of what people pay, cautions economist

Health insurance is helping cool inflation. But 'it's not...

Health insurance prices deflated the last two months, per the consumer price index,...

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Biden administration makes at-home Covid tests available for free again this winter

Biden administration makes at-home Covid tests available...

The Biden administration had shut down the free at-home Covid test program in September...

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Omicron BQ, XBB subvariants are a serious threat to boosters and knock out antibody treatments, study finds

Omicron BQ, XBB subvariants are a serious threat to boosters...

The latest omicron subvariants could cause a surge of breakthrough infections and...

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Long Covid has contributed to more than 3,500 deaths in the U.S. since start of pandemic, CDC says

Long Covid has contributed to more than 3,500 deaths in...

The report may underestimate long Covid deaths because clinical guidance on how...

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Help Fill the Carrot to Support My Work

Help Fill the Carrot to Support My Work

Today is the start of our annual end-of-year fundraising drive. Year after year,...

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Jim Cramer's Investing Club meeting Tuesday: Inflation cools, stock trim, Eli Lilly

Jim Cramer's Investing Club meeting Tuesday: Inflation...

The Investing Club holds its "Morning Meeting" every weekday at 10:20 a.m. ET.

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Antibiotics prices surge in UK amid Strep A outbreak, leaving drugstores 'footing the bill'

Antibiotics prices surge in UK amid Strep A outbreak, leaving...

Drugstores are warning of shortages of key antibiotics used to treat Strep A, as...

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Salivary Gland Tumors from Cell Phone Use?

Salivary Gland Tumors from Cell Phone Use?

What effect does mobile phone radiation have on your parotid gland? That’s the topic...

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Covid and flu hospitalizations increase as holidays approach, while RSV retreats in some states

Covid and flu hospitalizations increase as holidays approach,...

As respiratory illnesses surge, about 80% of hospital beds are currently occupied...

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Omicron subvariants that more easily dodge immunity are causing more than 70% of U.S. infections

Omicron subvariants that more easily dodge immunity are...

These Covid subvariants are resistant to key antibody treatments, and studies indicate...

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Long Covid is distorting the labor market — and that's bad for the U.S. economy

Long Covid is distorting the labor market — and that's...

Millions of people may be out of work, cutting hours or changing the nature of their...

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FDA authorizes Covid omicron vaccines for children as young as 6 months old

FDA authorizes Covid omicron vaccines for children as young...

The FDA's decision to authorize the shots for the youngest kids comes as Covid infections...