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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
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Yes, Some Children May Have Died From COVID Shots - The Atlantic

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Yes, Some Children May Have Died From COVID Shots — The Atlantic
Denial only serves the aims of anti-vaxxers.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Here's why the measles outbreak just took a dangerous new turn - Axios

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Here's why the measles outbreak just took a dangerous new turn — Axios
Scientists are warning that the ongoing measles outbreak might force the United States to lose its elimination status for the first time in decades.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine - STAT

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CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine — STAT
A panel that advises on U.S. vaccine policy voted on Friday to recommend a delay in when most babies begin to be vaccinated against hepatitis B, overturning a 30-year-old policy that has contributed t...
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December 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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How deliberately giving people illnesses is supercharging medicine
The covid-19 pandemic opened the door to once-controversial human challenge trials. Now, volunteers are willingly catching norovirus and influenza to reveal how our immune systems really fight back
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December 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Are there lessons for the U.S. in this European country's struggle with measles? - NPR

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Are there lessons for the U.S. in this European country's struggle with measles? — NPR
In 2024, Romania, an upper middle income European country, had over 30,000 cases — putting it on the world's top ten measles list. Its vaccination rate hovers around 60%. How did this happen?
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November 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Under RFK Jr., CDC reverses course on stance that vaccines don’t cause autism - STAT

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Under RFK Jr., CDC reverses course on stance that vaccines don’t cause autism — STAT
WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday publicly reversed its stance that vaccines do not cause autism, over the objections of career staff and counter to years of sci...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Mazelen zijn helemaal terug in Canada door dalende vaccinatiegraad

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Mazelen zijn helemaal terug in Canada door dalende vaccinatiegraad
Sinds de uitbraak vorig jaar oktober zijn meer dan 5000 gevallen van mazelen gemeld. Vooral de regio's Alberta en Ontario zijn hard geraakt.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Patient Dies After Treatment with Intellia CRISPR Therapy in Phase III Trial
Intellia Therapeutics has acknowledged the death of the elderly patient hospitalized last week in its Phase III trial of assessing nexiguran ziclumeran (nex-z) in transthyretin amyloidosis with cardio...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Worsening listeria outbreak tied to pasta products kills 6, hospitalizes 25 - NPR

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Worsening listeria outbreak tied to pasta products kills 6, hospitalizes 25 — NPR
Certain prepared pasta dishes were recalled from retailers like Trader Joe's, Kroger and Walmart between June and October. Health officials urge customers to dispose of them and clean their fridges.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM