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COVID-19: A look back on where the US succeeded and where we didn’t

Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- On the third anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a global pandemic, public health…

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Less staff, longer delays and fewer options: Rural America confronts a health care crisis

Hinterhaus Productions/Getty Images/STOCK(NEW YORK) -- More than 40,000 graduating medical students learned Friday where they will spend the next three to…

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New report suggests COVID pandemic’s origins linked to raccoon dogs at Wuhan market

Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new report suggests the virus that causes COVID-19 may be linked to raccoon dogs that…

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Tick-borne illness babesiosis is spreading in the US, CDC report shows

rbkomar/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The number of new cases of babesiosis, a tick-borne illness, increased significantly between 2011 and 2019…

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Double lung transplants successfully treat late-stage lung cancer, in a first with new technique

Shannon Fagan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new double lung transplant technique was successful for two patients with lung cancer, Northwestern…

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Utah governor signs bill banning abortion clinics across the state

Darwin Fan/Getty Images(SALT LAKE CITY) -- Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has signed a bill into law banning abortion clinics in…

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Maternal mortality rates are increasing, highest among Black women

LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Maternal mortality rates in the United States continue to rise and Black women continue to…

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No clear association between Paxlovid and COVID-19 rebound, FDA says

Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration analysis did not find a…

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Here’s what you need to know as Google expands its health care AI

Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Google is expanding use of its health care artificial intelligence, including helping detect diseases,…

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Why some protesters are dressed as kangaroos and clowns amid Texas hearing on abortion pill

ELISA WELLS/PLAN C/AFP via Getty Images(AMARILLO, Texas) -- A ruling is expected to come down from a federal judge in…

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