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HHS makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its employees

Most of the 80,000 federal Health and Human Services workers were emailed an offer to leave their job for as much as a $25,000 payment.

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Speedy finger-prick tests to diagnose strokes trialled in Cambridgeshire

Kits could allow ambulance crews to identify patients with blood clots in their brain, allowing for quicker treatmentHow lateral flow tests are becoming a diagnostic gamechangerAmbulance crews in Camb

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How lateral flow tests are becoming a diagnostic gamechanger

Familiar from the Covid era, the tests are becoming incredibly versatile, with potential uses including detecting killers such as strokes and sepsisSpeedy finger-prick tests to diagnose strokes triall

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RFK Jr.'s 180 on Measles: Too Little, Too Late

(MedPage Today) -- "Olivia, my eldest daughter, caught measles when she was 7 years old.

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Flo Fox, Photographer Who Overcame Blindness and Paralysis, Dies at 79

She was legally blind and used a motorized wheelchair, but she managed to capture what she called the “ironic reality” of New York City on film.

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High street opticians could use AI to spot dementia risk with eye scan

New technique means the eye can be studied in seconds for markers of brain health and signs of neurodegenerationHigh street opticians could play a key role in pinpointing individuals at risk of dement

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The Age of Diagnosis by Suzanne O’Sullivan review – are we really getting sicker?

A neurologist discusses the dangers of overdiagnosing conditions from Lyme disease to ADHD in an era where technology meets pathologyFor many years, people living in Lyme, Connecticut, were plagued by

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Covid, five years on: UK ‘still not ready to protect the population’

Scientific triumphs were made in the battle against the pandemic, but the memories and lessons are already in danger of being lostOn 9 March 2020, Martin Landray was studying the likely impact of Covi

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Joan Dye Gussow, Pioneer of Eating Locally, Is Dead at 96

An indefatigable gardener, she was concerned, a colleague said, with “all the things that have to happen for us to get our food.

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