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Whole milk is ready for its comeback in America’s schools — but surprising language tucked into a new bill clears the path for nondairy milk options, too.  The Whole Milk for Healthy

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday adopted its vaccine advisory committee’s recommendation to end the decades-old policy that every newborn be offered a hepatitis B shot, despite an outcry from health

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In his teens and early 20s, Tyler Adolfo showed an ability to communicate effectively. A local newspaper in Massachusetts published a front-page story about his success in a speech contest. He won

There is no doubt that, in the wrong circumstances, fentanyl can be an agent of mass destruction. In the last decade, the ultra-potent synthetic opioid has caused hundreds of thousands of Americans

Saturated fats are having a moment, one that has ensnared researchers in a political debate they never intended to enter.  A new systematic review of 17 randomized clinical trials found that reducing intake

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A new kind of oral antibiotic to treat gonorrhea has secured Food and Drug Administration approval, the second time in two days that a new drug for the common sexually transmitted infection

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