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The COVID-19 vaccines hold promise for ending the pandemic, and millions of Americans have received at least one shot. But 39% aren’t likely to get a…
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When the pandemic sent children home from school nearly one year ago, it largely thrust education on the backs of parents as educators adjusted to a new…
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The idea is to inject anti-HIV antibodies that would kill the virus when people get exposed. A new study is promising — although it was conducted on monkeys.
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The Food and Drug Administration has launched a criminal investigation into research by a Southern Illinois University professor who injected people with…
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At the very moment that the Trump administration has thrown its weight behind a particular medication meant to deter opioid addiction, a new paper in a…
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In 1996, Congress limited the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's ability to study gun control. That will change with the new budget, but gun violence researchers aren't impressed.
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One of the first uses for the buzzy gene-editing tool CRISPR could be a treatment for patients with sickle-cell disease. But the Black community’s…
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Epidemiologists traditionally have depended on what people say to discover how disease spreads. But in investigating Indiana's recent HIV outbreak, the…
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Southern Illinois University’s medical school has halted all herpes research, one of its most high-profile projects, amid growing controversy over a…
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Researchers from the Indiana Hemophilia & Thrombosis Center (IHTC) and Northwestern University say a genetic mutation in some Old Order Amish living in…
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A much-anticipated new study found two popular opioid addiction medications are equally effective after treatment begins.However, the newer of the two…
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Homicides, mainly gun deaths, are the biggest contributor to premature death among black Americans. Yet despite this harsh statistic, there’s very little…