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  • Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and X, speaks to reporters as he leaves the “AI Insight Forum” at the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on September 13, 2023 in Washington, DC. Lawmakers are seeking input from business leaders in the artificial intelligence sector, and some of their most ardent opponents, for writing legislation governing the rapidly evolving technology. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)Mind

    Does Elon Musk have PTSD? Biographer Walter Isaacson says the billionaire’s turbulent childhood with an abusive father left him scarred

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  • EAGLE ROCK, CA – SEPTEMBER 14: Pharmacist Aaron Sun administers new vaccine COMIRNATY® (COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA) by Pfizer, to Christine Viveiros at CVS Pharmacy in Eagle Rock, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)Health

    COVID levels are so high, they’re hovering near 2020’s initial peak, as the WHO urges those at high risk to take any booster they can get their hands on

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  • Dr. Priscilla Chan—pediatrician and wife of Meta founder, chairman, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg—is interviewed by Fortune’s Ellie Austin on Wednesday at the magazine’s Impact Initiative gathering in Atlanta, Ga. In 2015, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative set out to cure, prevent, or manage all diseases by the end of the century.Health

    Mark Zuckerberg and Dr. Priscilla Chan’s plan to prevent, cure, and manage all diseases by 2100

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  • A COVID-19 vaccine is prepared for administration ahead of a free distribution of over the counter rapid test kits to people receiving their vaccines or boosters at Union Station in Los Angeles, Calif., on Jan. 7, 2022. By the end of the week, boosters tailored to a newer strain of Omicron should be available nationwide, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control announced Tuesday.Health

    When and where can you get the updated COVID booster? And who needs one? What you need to know, according to experts

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  • A woman waits for injection of COVID-19 booster vaccine in Burlingame, California, the United States, Dec. 4, 2021. The new Omicron variant of COVID-19 was identified in more than a dozen Americans in at least 10 U.S. states as of this weekend, early evidence of its presence across the country, as the federal government fights the pandemic with a consistent vaccination campaign, including broader use of vaccines. (Photo by Wu Xiaoling/Xinhua via Getty Images)Health

    The CDC has approved updated XBB-strain COVID boosters for all Americans ages 6 months and older. They’re expected to hit clinics later this week

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  • A runner jogs along a Mystic River Reservation footbridge at Sylvester Baxter Park in Somerville, Ma., on Aug. 3, 2020. Massachusetts is the healthiest state in the U.S.—or the one that offers the most significant opportunities for well-being, anyway, according to a new survey released Tuesday by the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) and Sharecare, a digital health company.Health

    Which U.S. state is the healthiest? The answer might surprise you—and one coast fares better than the other

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  • WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 06: U.S. President Joe Biden coughs while delivering remarks to an audience of leaders from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) during an event to congratulate them on finalizing a new labor contract in the State Dining Room at the White House on September 06, 2023 in Washington, DC. Biden talked about his administration’s efforts to alleviate supply chain bottlenecks and its work to support workers and ports. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Health

    This weekend’s G20 summit in India could be a COVID super-spreader event, experts caution

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  • Young woman at home using rapid test for COVID-19Health

    Why you have COVID symptoms and a negative test: You may not be doing it right, experts say

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  • Fuel prices displayed outside a Kroger grocery store in Houston, Texas, US, on Sunday, June 11, 2023. Kroger Co. is scheduled to release earnings figures on June 16. Photographer: Mark Felix/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesHealth

    Kroger just agreed to pay more than $1.2 billion to states and Native American tribes who sued it for distributing opioids

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  • Black swan theory or a black swan event is a term used to describe a very rare or otherwise unexpected event that has a major effect, such as a financial crash or pandemic. The term is based on an ancient saying which presumed black swans did not exist.Health

    ‘Pirola’ BA.2.86 may not be a ‘black swan’ event like Omicron, experts say. It’s what could spawn from it that has them worried

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  • Though not always en vogue politically or much fun, it was never not time to mask, many experts contend—not since COVID began circulating widely in 2020, anyway.Health

    COVID cases are rising, and all eyes are on new variant BA.2.86 ‘Pirola.’ Should masks make a comeback?

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  • A man wearing a medical face mask thinking about a solution for the covid-19 coronavirus outbreak. Vaccine, global health concept. Vector illustration.Health

    Highly mutated COVID variant BA.2.86 ‘Pirola’ has been detected in the U.S. Why the CDC and WHO are monitoring it

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  • COVID vaccination illustration shows a woman trying to protect herself from the coronavirus with syringe.Health

    With COVID on the rise, should you wait for the new booster or get the old one? What experts say

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  • Elderly care old and youngMind

    Will you develop dementia? These 11 factors are strong predictors in middle-age, scientists say

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  • Woman in wheelchair interacting with a screenHealth

    Nearly 20 years after a stroke, a paralyzed woman is able to speak again—simply by thinking—thanks to A.I. Watch here

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