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Juul Is No Longer U.S. Teenagers’ Preferred E-Cigarette. Puff Bar Seems to Have Taken Over
Each year, the CDC and FDA survey thousands of U.S. middle and high school students about their use of tobacco…
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Can Cannabis Help Your Gut?
When Joe Silverman developed Crohn’s disease at age 21, the symptoms started out mild. While the sight of blood in…
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Moderna’s Case for a COVID-19 Booster Shot: Its Vaccine Protection Wanes by 36% After 12 Months, According to a New Study
That suggests vaccine-induced immunity is likely highest shortly after people get their recommended two doses of the vaccine and starts…
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COVAX Was a Great Idea, But Is Now 500 Million Doses Short of Its Vaccine Distribution Goals. What Exactly Went Wrong?
In January 2020, world leaders and industry titans gathered in Switzerland for the World Economic Forum’s annual Davos conference. Much…
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Nursing Home COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Protect The Most Vulnerable, But Pose a Hidden Threat to Residents
Some two weeks before U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Aug. 18 that nursing homes must require their staff to…
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Pediatric COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations Are Surging
Aug. 20 was a good day in the pediatric intensive care unit at Children’s Hospital New Orleans. Carvase Perrilloux, a…
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U.S. Will Require COVID-19 Vaccines for Nursing Home Staff
(WASHINGTON) On Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced that his administration will require that nursing home staff be vaccinated against COVID-19…
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Marlboro Owner’s Bid for Vectura Prompts Investor Unease
The battle for control of Vectura Group Plc has put shareholders and the board in a bind, forced to decide…
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Inside the Controversy Around Biogen’s Alzheimer’s Drug, Aduhelm
In theory, the approval of the first drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease would be cause for universal celebration. But from…
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How a Pandemic Dad Is Thinking About Risk and Delta Variant
I’ll say this for the pre-vaccine days: it was far easier to think about risk when the only sensible option—for…
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