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Surging cases and lagging vaccines: Why this U.S. flu season has experts worried
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Surging cases and lagging vaccines: Why this U.S. flu season has experts worried

BYMike Stobbe and The Associated Press
December 23, 2024
U.S. life expectancy jumped up by a year thanks to falling drug overdoses and heart disease
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U.S. life expectancy jumped up by a year thanks to falling drug overdoses and heart disease

BYMike Stobbe and The Associated Press
December 19, 2024
As you deck the halls and traverse afar this holiday season, taking precautions to protect yourself from a quartet of infectious diseases can lessen your odds of bringing an illness into the new year.
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Public health experts are warning of a ‘quad-demic’ this winter. Here’s where flu, COVID, RSV, and norovirus are spreading

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December 18, 2024
Closeup of a bottle of hydroxychloroquine and scattered pills
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RFK Jr. has accused the FDA of suppressing hydroxychloroquine. Now, the study that suggested its use in COVID is retracted.

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December 18, 2024
Beijing pushes back as U.S. house lawmakers support COVID Chinese lab leak theory after 2-year probe
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Beijing pushes back as U.S. house lawmakers support COVID Chinese lab leak theory after 2-year probe

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December 3, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign event, Sept. 27, 2024 in Walker, Mich.
Politics

Trump picks RFK Jr. to lead Health and Human Services, despite his history of skepticism toward vaccines and medicine

BYJill Colvin, Amanda Seitz and The Associated Press
November 14, 2024
Donald Trump shakes hands with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Politics

Donald Trump would push to remove cavity-fighting fluoride from drinking water, RFK Jr. says

BYJonathan J. Cooper and The Associated Press
November 3, 2024
Just 25% of people at high risk of pneumococcal disease—children younger than 2, adults older than 64, and those with certain chronic health conditions such as diabetes—have been immunized, according to an August 2024 survey by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.
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Pneumonia can be a deadly complication of COVID, the flu, and RSV: What to know about pneumococcal vaccination

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October 22, 2024
COVID-19 raises the stakes for heart attacks, strokes, and even death long after infection, new study finds
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COVID-19 raises the stakes for heart attacks, strokes, and even death long after infection, new study finds

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October 11, 2024
3 best superfoods to eat when you’re sick with a cold, COVID, or flu
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3 best superfoods to eat when you’re sick with a cold, COVID, or flu

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October 11, 2024
Getting multiple vaccines at once is not only safe, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but also just as effective as getting them individually.
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Yes, you can get the COVID, flu, and RSV vaccines at once. Here are the pros and cons

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October 8, 2024
Albert Bourla puts his palm flat on tup of his other hand, rolled up in a fist, as he sits and listens to a question onstage at a conference.
Finance

Pfizer stock surges 3% after activist Starboard takes $1 billion stake, taps former execs

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October 7, 2024
About 47% of U.S. adults aged 50 and older said they were very or somewhat unlikely to get the new 2024–25 COVID-19 vaccine, according the University of Michigan’s National Poll on Healthy Aging.
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COVID sickens older adults most severely, but less than half say they’ll get the new vaccine

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September 30, 2024
As of March 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer advises a five-day isolation period when you test positive for COVID-19, but recommends taking other precautions once your symptoms subside.
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Got COVID? Here are the new 2024 isolation guidelines

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September 27, 2024
COVIDtests.gov will once again offer each U.S. household four free COVID-19 test kits beginning in late September 2024.
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Free, at-home COVID tests are back. Here’s how to order yours

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September 24, 2024

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