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The cigarette smoking rate among U.S. adults fell below 10% for the first time in recorded history in 2024. That’s a big deal in itself. Also remarkable is how everyone is finding

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A federal judge in Boston on Monday stalled major parts of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign to remake vaccine policy in the U.S., saying the Trump administration had likely violated

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The grieving family members have left the hospital room, gently reminded by a health care professional that their loved one wished to become an organ donor. For that to happen, death must

Leading medical organizations on Friday recommended major changes in cardiovascular disease prevention, saying people as young as 30 — down from age 40 — should consider statins or other measures to manage

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Many tobacco researchers and policy experts think e-cigarettes have potential as a tool to help people quit smoking. But they also want to prevent teenagers from taking up the habit and getting

WASHINGTON — White House officials are steering the Trump administration away from vaccine reform, fearing the political consequences of emphasizing a relatively unpopular issue in a key election year. But the Make

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