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WHO offers early retirement to cut costs ahead of U.S. exit
Health

WHO offers early retirement to cut costs ahead of U.S. exit

By Bloomberg, Ashleigh Furlong and Naomi Kresge
March 7, 2025
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Health

Hims & Hers Super Bowl ad slams pricey pharma industry—and fumbles FDA warnings on compounded GLP-1 drugs

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February 3, 2025
Physics Nobel Prize winner Dr. Leon M. Lederman moves the hands of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists "Doomsday Clock"
Environment

Doomsday clock ticks one second, closest ever to midnight

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January 28, 2025
Philanthropist Michael Bloomberg speaking at a podium at a climate event
Environment

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg will fund the UN climate change body after Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Agreement

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January 23, 2025
COVID symptoms are similar to those of flu, RSV, and the common cold, and may vary by vaccination status.
Health

Could you have COVID? Symptoms to watch for in 2025 include sore throat and fatigue

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January 10, 2025
The polio vaccine has all but obliterated the illness that once killed thousands and paralyzed 15,000 people nationwide every year.
Health

Polio is a deadly disease with a vaccine that RFK Jr.’s adviser wants to ban. Here’s how the immunization works

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December 13, 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.
Health

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.
Health

America ranks worst in the world for health care—despite spending trillions

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September 19, 2024
Both hospital and residential sinks are breeding grounds for pathogens capable of causing illnesses including pneumonia, wound infections, and Legionnaires’ disease, according to researchers at Flinders University in South Australia.
Health

Your sink is a breeding ground for bacteria that cause pneumonia and Legionnaires’ disease. How to keep it clean

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September 6, 2024
Citing skyrocketing COVID spread, the FDA announced in late August that it had approved Pfizer’s Comirnaty and Moderna’s Spikevax vaccines early.
Health

New COVID vaccines are here. What to know about latest shots in wake of nation’s biggest summer surge

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August 29, 2024
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Health

Alcohol and drug use linked to over 3 million annual deaths worldwide

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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
Bavarian Nordic gearing up to produce 10 million doses of mpox vaccine as ‘further imported cases’ in Europe are coming, WHO warns
Health

Bavarian Nordic gearing up to produce 10 million doses of mpox vaccine as ‘further imported cases’ in Europe are coming, WHO warns

By Camille Bas-Wohlert, Marthe Bosuandole and AFP
August 16, 2024
As of the two-week period ending May 25, 2024, KP.2, part of the FLiRT family of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants, accounted for a 29% plurality of new COVID-19 infections in the U.S.
Health

Will FLiRT COVID variants bring another summer surge? What to know about symptoms and potential for spread

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June 5, 2024
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Tech

WHO’s new AI-powered chatbot SARAH is available 24/7 and in eight languages – but it’s blundering some answers

By Jessica Nix and Bloomberg
April 19, 2024

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