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At the age of 23, Elisabeth Marnik approached her doctor with an unusual request: Vaccinate me. Against everything.  She had never received a single vaccine. But now, angry and defiant, she was

In 2019, amid a national conversation about climate change as a public health issue, the accrediting body for the nation’s public health schools posted an article on its blog noting that its

WASHINGTON — A lawsuit filed Wednesday with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleges federal agencies improperly rewrote the nation’s dietary guidelines.  The suit, brought by the Physicians Committee

WASHINGTON — David Morens, a former top National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases official, pleaded guilty Tuesday on charges related to concealing records from Freedom of Information Act requests.  Morens, a longtime

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If you could design an oral treatment that limits appetite and mimics some effects of physical activity, you might call it exercise in a pill. Now a company is releasing early results

Ah, Doritos: a classic farm-to-table food right up there with heirloom tomatoes, organic roasted chicken, and artisanal cheese boards sourced from local cows greeted each morning by name. At least that’s what

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