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For Wild Animals, the Bird Flu Disaster Is Already Here

Scientists are concerned that the H5N1 virus could set off another human pandemic. But it is already putting species under pressure in the wild.

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Six Childhood Scourges We’ve Forgotten About, Thanks to Vaccines

Most Americans, including doctors, have no memory of the devastating diseases that routinely threatened children until the 1960s.

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Removing a Splinter? Treating a Wart? If a Doctor Does It, It Can Be Billed as Surgery

Minor interventions are increasingly being rebranded and billed as surgery, for profit.

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More Californians Are Freezing to Death. Experts Point to More Older Homeless People.

Hypothermia deaths have risen in California and across the nation. Experts point to the growing number of older, unsheltered homeless people as a key factor in the trend.

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STAT+: For a leukemia that keeps returning, AbbVie drug may offer chance for a deep remission

Most patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia eventually relapse. A bispecific antibody drug may give them "another can to kick.

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HHMI’s move to diversify funding sparks debate about ‘biomedical elite’

HHMI will bar institutions that already have two or more beneficiaries of its Investigator Program from applying for funds to be awarded in 2027.

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Opinion: I have a rare form of ALS. I have to fight my insurance company every six months for a game-changing drug

Shelby Kinsey lives with a rare, fast-progressing form of ALS — but she has to spend her precious time fighting for insurance coverage of a drug that helps.

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Opinion: Inclusive immigration policies protect America’s health care

As a Syrian doctor practicing in the U.S., I worry a reinstated travel ban might threaten both my potential colleagues and American health.

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ICICI Prudential launches ICICI Pru Wish to address women-specific health needs

New product provides critical illness coverage with fixed payouts, premium guarantees, and maternity-related options The post ICICI Prudential launches ICICI Pru Wish to address women-specific health

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