Two vaccines prevent the pups of immunized female mice from becoming infected.
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Zika babies may have delayed defects
Health experts say problems can affect even babies not born with abnormally small heads.
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Good Night Lights bring ‘minute of magic’ in Providence
A nightly display of lights by strangers is a highly anticipated ritual for a Rhode Island children’s hospital.
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Small Westbrook lab in race to help speed up testing for Zika
ViroStat hopes its antibodies will be chosen by diagnostic companies and lead to results in minutes rather than weeks, and benefit people in Third World countries.
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Caffeine may help to prevent dementia, study suggests
The study finds higher caffeine intake in women age 65 and older is associated with reduced odds of dementia.
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Donating baby’s body for research leads Washington mother to write book
Such donations get less attention but can lead to cures, Sarah Gray explains in ‘A Life Everlasting, The Extraordinary Story of One Boy’s Gift to Medical Science.’
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Seven overdose deaths in 1 day reported in Cleveland area
The outbreak comes after 52 people died from heroin or fentanyl during August.
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FDA approves lower-cost alternative to drug Humira
It’s the fourth time that the FDA has formally approved a so-called biosimilar, the industry term for a lower-cost version of a biotech drug.
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Maine’s flu season is off to its earliest start in at least 10 years
The disease typically doesn’t appear in the state until October or later, but the Maine CDC is already reporting four cases.
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Maine attorney general signs onto lawsuit against maker of addiction treatment drug Suboxone
The attorneys general of 36 states, including Maine, accuse Indivior of conspiring with MonoSol Rx to keep cheaper, generic versions of the drug off the market.