Health
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PublishedMarch 22, 2023
Senators press Moderna CEO on COVID-19 vaccine price hike
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., notes that the drugmaker has made over $20 billion in profits over the past two years, and the U.S. government contributed billions toward the shots' development.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2023
Coffee lovers gain 1,000 steps a day, but get less sleep, study shows
While coffee is beneficial for many people and can lower the risk of chronic diseases and perhaps even extend your life span, it can also disrupt your sleep and may cause some heart palpitations.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2023
A deadly fungal infection is spreading in hospitals. Here’s what to know
Candida auris is a drug-resistant fungus that 'presents a serious global health threat,' according to the CDC.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2023
With overdoses climbing, states look at harsher fentanyl penalties
Imposing longer prison sentences for possessing smaller amounts of drugs represents a shift in states that in recent years have rolled back drug possession penalties.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2023
Biogen ALS drug may have treatment effect, FDA staff says
More drugmakers are targeting incurable diseases like ALS, often forcing the FDA to grapple with difficult questions of whether to clear medicines backed by questionable data for desperate patients.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2023
Senior care is crushingly expensive. Boomers aren’t ready.
An estimated 18 million middle-income baby boomers will not have enough to pay for care for moderate to severe needs, according to one analysis.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2023
Long-COVID symptoms are less common now than earlier in the pandemic
The findings also show that patients with certain underlying medical conditions have twice the odds as previously healthy people of seeking care for long COVID.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2023
Cases of a tick-borne disease rising sharply in Maine, CDC says
Only Vermont had a steeper increase in cases of babesiosis from 2011 to 2019, according to a new study published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2023
U.S. pregnancy deaths dropped in 2022, after COVID spike
Officials say the 2022 maternal death rate is on track to get close to pre-pandemic levels. But that's not great: The rate before COVID-19 was the highest it had been in decades.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2023
Chinese SARS whistleblower Jiang Yanyong dies at 91
The military doctor revealed the full extent of the 2003 SARS outbreak and was later placed under house arrest for his political outspokenness.
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