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Healthy 18-year-old welder nearly died of anthrax—the 9th such puzzling case - Ars Technica

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Healthy 18-year-old welder nearly died of anthrax—the 9th such puzzling case — Ars Technica
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January 2, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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The great debate about whether the NHS should use magic mushrooms to treat mental health - BBC News

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The great debate about whether the NHS should use magic mushrooms to treat mental health — BBC News
Many clinical trials to test the use of psychedelic medicines for conditions such as depression have been underway since 2022 - with surprising results
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January 2, 2026 at 6:30 AM
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Vaccination rates plummet nationwide. See how your county compares - Axios

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Vaccination rates plummet nationwide. See how your county compares — Axios
The battle against infectious diseases like the flu and measles has taken a hit with sinking vaccination rates for children in many parts of the U.S., per new data collected and analyzed by the Washin...
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December 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Superbug hits 27 states: Here's where the deadly fungus is spreading - The Hill

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Superbug hits 27 states: Here's where the deadly fungus is spreading — The Hill
(NEXSTAR) – Hospitals, nursing homes and other medical facilities are struggling to gain ground on a drug-resistant and deadly fungus that has infected at least 7,000 people in 2025, according to trac...
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December 31, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Influenza cases surge, raising fears of severe flu season - The Wall Street Journal

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Influenza Cases Surge, Raising Fears of Severe Flu Season — The Wall Street Journal
A variant of H3N2 virus is of particular concern this year, CDC says
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December 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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75% of U.S. adults may meet criteria for obesity under new definition, study finds - ABC News

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75% of US adults may meet criteria for obesity under new definition, study finds — ABC News
Only 40% of adults meet criteria for obesity when BMI alone is used.
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December 30, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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An ‘Impossible’ Disease Outbreak in the Alps
In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS. Why?
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December 28, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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NYC Is Getting Hit Hard by the 'Super Flu'—and the Worst Is Yet to Come - Gizmodo

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NYC Is Getting Hit Hard by the 'Super Flu'—and the Worst Is Yet to Come — Gizmodo
Subclade K could fuel one of the worst flu seasons seen in recent history.
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December 28, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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Uncles Tremble as Man Invents Vaccine Delivered by Beer - Futurism

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Uncles Tremble as Man Invents Vaccine Delivered by Beer — Futurism
Talk about a beer and a shot! We have some bad news for your conspiracy-brained antivaxxer uncle — one virologist claims he’s come up with a way to administer vaccines through a frothy mug of beer. By...
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December 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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It’s the ‘gold standard’ in autism care. Why are states reining it in? - NPR

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It’s the ‘gold standard’ in autism care. Why are states reining it in? — NPR
Budget shortfalls and nearly $1 trillion in looming federal Medicaid cuts have prompted states to rein in spending on a widely embraced autism therapy, pinching families who depend on the services.
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December 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Home for the holidays? So are COVID, flu and the stomach bug. - USA TODAY

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Home for the holidays? So are COVID, flu and the stomach bug. — USA TODAY
'Tis the season for getting sick. Here's what to know about the pathogens circulating in the U.S. this December and how to stay healthy.
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December 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Doctors Catch Cancer-Diagnosing AI Extracting Patients’ Race Data and Being Racist With It - Futurism

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Doctors Catch Cancer-Diagnosing AI Extracting Patients’ Race Data and Being Racist With It — Futurism
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December 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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14 Psychiatric Disorders Share 5 Genetic Roots, Study Says
A study suggests psychiatric disorders can share the same genetic signatures and that they may stem from shared biological mechanisms.
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December 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Placebo-nomics: how bad was what Nurofen did?
Australian courts have ordered the makers of the brand to stop repackaging identical painkillers for different pains – where does marketing end and deception begin?
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December 20, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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The Role of Doctors Is Changing Forever - The New Yorker

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The Role of Doctors Is Changing Forever — The New Yorker
Some patients don’t trust us. Others say they don’t need us. It’s time for us to think of ourselves not as the high priests of health care but as what we have always been: healers.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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LLMs’ impact on science: Booming publications, stagnating quality - Ars Technica

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LLMs’ impact on science: Booming publications, stagnating quality — Ars Technica
Once researchers turn to LLMs, paper counts go up, quality does not.
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December 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Parasites plagued Roman soldiers at Hadrian’s Wall - Ars Technica

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Parasites plagued Roman soldiers at Hadrian’s Wall — Ars Technica
They were infected by roundworm, whipworm, and microscopic protozoans called Giardia duodenalis.
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December 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Measles’ Most Deceptive Trait - The Atlantic

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Measles’ Most Deceptive Trait — The Atlantic
Most cases are mild, obscuring the disease’s worst outcomes.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Syphilis is everywhere. How it spreads and why early treatment matters. - USA TODAY

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Syphilis is everywhere. How it spreads and why early treatment matters. — USA TODAY
Here's what syphilis is, how to recognize it, how it spreads and why timely treatment can cure it fully.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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Why I volunteered to be infected with dengue fever - NPR

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Why I volunteered to be infected with dengue fever — NPR
The U.S. has registered over half a million clinical trials since 2000. Here's a look at the business and ethics of human medical experimentation through the eyes of a volunteer.
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December 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Trump Officials Keep Comparing the U.S.’s Vaccine Schedule to Denmark’s. They’re Missing the Point - Scientific American

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Trump Officials Keep Comparing the U.S.’s Vaccine Schedule to Denmark’s. They’re Missing the Point — Scientific American
The U.S.’s and Denmark’s health systems are starkly different, so it makes sense that their vaccination schedules would differ, too At a controversial meeting of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control a...
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December 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Rise of anti-science rhetoric has fundamentally changed the relationship between doctors and patients www.statnews.com/2025/12/10/a... via @statnews.com
Rise of anti-science rhetoric has fundamentally changed the relationship between doctors and patients
“The rise of anti-science and anti-vaccine rhetoric has fundamentally changed the relationship between clinicians and patients.”
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December 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Encephalitis Lethargica: A Mysterious Neurological Disease | ASM.org
Encephalitis lethargica emerged as a global epidemic between 1917-1930 but has since nearly completely disappeared. Could microbes be the cause of this mysterious neurological disease.
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December 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Over 250 people quarantined in South Carolina as measles outbreak rages - Ars Technica

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Over 250 people quarantined in South Carolina as measles outbreak rages — Ars Technica
16 cases are linked to a church, which followed exposures at four schools last week.
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December 11, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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Sperm donor with rare cancer mutation fathered nearly 200 children in Europe - Ars Technica

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Sperm donor with rare cancer mutation fathered nearly 200 children in Europe — Ars Technica
Children with the mutation have up to a 90% chance of developing cancer by age 60.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM