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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.
Health

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
COVID-19 symptoms can be mild, severe, or nonexistent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—and can appear as late as two weeks after you’ve been exposed to the virus.
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Could it be COVID? Here are the symptoms to watch out for in 2024

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September 21, 2024
Americans live the sickest lives and die the youngest, per a September 2024 report by the Commonwealth Fund, an independent health care research firm.
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America ranks worst in the world for health care—despite spending trillions

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September 19, 2024
Thousands of drug plants have gone uninspected by the FDA since 2019
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Thousands of drug plants have gone uninspected by the FDA since 2019

By Matthew Perrone, Nicky Forster and The Associated Press
September 6, 2024
A doctor administers an mpox vaccine in Congo
Lifestyle

Congo received its first 100,000 mpox vaccine doses—now it just needs 2.9 million more to end the outbreak

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September 5, 2024
A person sifts through a rack of clothing.
Retail

Secondhand luxury fashion thrives as Ozempic users purge their closets

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August 29, 2024
Woman holding a cannabis bud in her hand
Life

Employees who use and abuse marijuana miss more work, new study shows

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August 27, 2024
The COVID-19 vaccine may protect against SARS-CoV-2’s adverse effects on mental health, according to an analysis of more than 18.6 million adults by a team of researchers in the U.K.
Mind

COVID can cause mental illness—but being vaccinated helps, new study shows

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August 21, 2024
person's hand holding a syringe
Health

Inside Bavarian Nordic: The $3.3 billion Danish pharma giant with the world’s only vaccine for mpox

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August 20, 2024
Photo of a child exhibiting the “slapped cheek” rash
Health

Parvovirus B19 is spreading across the U.S. What to know about ‘slapped cheek’ disease

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August 19, 2024
The U.S. is in the midst of what has become an annual summer surge in COVID cases.
Health

Here’s where COVID cases are spiking in the U.S.

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August 19, 2024
MeAgainMeds.com, a free tool developed by researchers at the George Mason University College of Public Health in Fairfax, Va., uses AI to pair people with depression with the best available antidepressant medication for them.
Mind

Antidepressant not working? AI may do a better job than your doctor in matching you with the best medicine

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August 14, 2024
Joe Biden walking with a purpose
Health

Biden devotes $150 million to moonshot goal of ending ‘cancer as we know it’

By Will Weissert, Carla K. Johnson and The Associated Press
August 13, 2024
1-in-5 Americans have medical debt. Here’s how to get relief from unexpectedly high bills
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1-in-5 Americans have medical debt. Here’s how to get relief from unexpectedly high bills

By Cora Lewis and The Associated Press
August 12, 2024

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