Until recently, a small team issued timely guidance on the types of contraception certain high-risk women should use.

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The U.S. Global Change Research Program’s entire website went dark Monday, taking with it an extensive report on the health ...

Dengue fever cases nearly double across U.S. in 2024, with California seeing local transmission amid rising Aedes mosquito ...

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A presentation scheduled for a CDC vaccine meeting claimed that a vaccine preservative could cause long-term brain effects, but the study it cited doesn’t appear to exist.

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