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A new report suggests that the number of children vaccinated against measles globally — which declined during the Covid-19 pandemic — is nearly back to pre-pandemic levels. But the number of cases of

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WASHINGTON — In an about-face, the White House is weighing a proposal to extend the Affordable Care Act enhanced subsidies that Democrats have been clamoring for since last year. ACA health insurance

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NEW ORLEANS — “Would it help if you sat here right now and called the doctor and rescheduled your appointment?” Malaika Milele Gardner asked. Erica Williams had made and missed a few

In the mid-2010s, families across the country uprooted themselves to move to Colorado for reasons unrelated to outdoor adventures or craft beer. Instead, they moved for the state’s first-in-the-nation legal marijuana laws,

After the largest ground water contamination in New Hampshire history, a state-commissioned study released this fall found significantly elevated rates of kidney cancer in the town of Merrimack. Residents fear that toxic

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Increased physical stamina. “Facility of intellectual labour.” A longer jet of urine. These were some of the effects that Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard, a French physiologist, reported to a Société de Biologie of Paris

WASHINGTON — Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. broke another promise to Senate health committee Chair Bill Cassidy (R-La.) this week. So far, there don’t seem to have been any consequences. To