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Trump Administration Cancels Grotesquely Unethical Medical Study After Being Caught Red Handed - Futurism

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Trump Administration Cancels Grotesquely Unethical Medical Study After Being Caught Red Handed — Futurism
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January 17, 2026 at 7:56 AM
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Scientists Finally Figured Out How Some People Get Drunk Without Drinking - Gizmodo

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Scientists Finally Figured Out How Some People Get Drunk Without Drinking — Gizmodo
Gut microbes can make people drunk without booze. Scientists now know which ones to blame.
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January 14, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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Germany rejects RFK Jr claims about Covid vaccine exemption prosecutions - The Guardian

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Germany rejects RFK Jr claims about Covid vaccine exemption prosecutions — Guardian US
Health minister Nina Warken says Robert F Kennedy Jr’s assertions that German doctors are facing legal action are unfounded
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January 11, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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RFK Jr. cast doubt on a key vaccine. This country can't wait to get it - NPR

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RFK Jr. cast doubt on a key vaccine. This country can't wait to get it — NPR
The U.S. is cutting the Hepatitis B vaccine from its recommended list. But here’s a place where the medical establishment — and a rapper — are eager to obtain it.
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January 10, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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Face masks ‘inadequate’ and should be swapped for respirators, WHO is advised - The Guardian

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Face masks ‘inadequate’ and should be swapped for respirators, WHO is advised — Guardian US
Experts are urging guideline changes on what health professionals should wear to protect against flu-like illnesses including Covid
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January 9, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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What Having a Fake Disease Taught Me About Health Care
Medical schools are training students in a form of care that the system can’t—or won’t—provide.
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January 9, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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Exclusive: 40 million Americans turn to ChatGPT for health care - Axios

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Exclusive: 40 million Americans turn to ChatGPT for health care — Axios
More than 40 million Americans turn to ChatGPT daily for health information, according to a report OpenAI has shared exclusively with Axios
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January 5, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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Flu Is Relentless. Crispr Might Be Able to Shut It Down - WIRED

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Flu Is Relentless. Crispr Might Be Able to Shut It Down — WIRED
Innovative research into the gene-editing tool targets influenza’s ability to replicate—stopping it in its tracks.
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January 5, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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How Fear of 'Humanized' Pigs Stalled One of Medicine’s Boldest Ideas - VICE

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How Fear of 'Humanized' Pigs Stalled One of Medicine’s Boldest Ideas — VICE
Growing human organs inside pigs moved forward in labs, but not in Washington. That divide explains why gene-edited pig kidneys are now transplanted into people, while federally funded efforts to grow...
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January 4, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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America forgets how deadly hepatitis B is. Taiwan offers lessons. - The Hill

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America forgets how deadly hepatitis B is. Taiwan offers lessons. — The Hill
Most Americans have never thought much about hepatitis B, and that's precisely because the vaccine works so well.
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January 3, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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Healthy 18-year-old welder nearly died of anthrax—the 9th such puzzling case - Ars Technica

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Healthy 18-year-old welder nearly died of anthrax—the 9th such puzzling case — Ars Technica
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January 2, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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The great debate about whether the NHS should use magic mushrooms to treat mental health - BBC News

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The great debate about whether the NHS should use magic mushrooms to treat mental health — BBC News
Many clinical trials to test the use of psychedelic medicines for conditions such as depression have been underway since 2022 - with surprising results
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January 2, 2026 at 6:30 AM
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Vaccination rates plummet nationwide. See how your county compares - Axios

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Vaccination rates plummet nationwide. See how your county compares — Axios
The battle against infectious diseases like the flu and measles has taken a hit with sinking vaccination rates for children in many parts of the U.S., per new data collected and analyzed by the Washin...
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December 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Superbug hits 27 states: Here's where the deadly fungus is spreading - The Hill

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Superbug hits 27 states: Here's where the deadly fungus is spreading — The Hill
(NEXSTAR) – Hospitals, nursing homes and other medical facilities are struggling to gain ground on a drug-resistant and deadly fungus that has infected at least 7,000 people in 2025, according to trac...
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December 31, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Influenza cases surge, raising fears of severe flu season - The Wall Street Journal

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Influenza Cases Surge, Raising Fears of Severe Flu Season — The Wall Street Journal
A variant of H3N2 virus is of particular concern this year, CDC says
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December 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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75% of U.S. adults may meet criteria for obesity under new definition, study finds - ABC News

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75% of US adults may meet criteria for obesity under new definition, study finds — ABC News
Only 40% of adults meet criteria for obesity when BMI alone is used.
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December 30, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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An ‘Impossible’ Disease Outbreak in the Alps
In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS. Why?
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December 28, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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NYC Is Getting Hit Hard by the 'Super Flu'—and the Worst Is Yet to Come - Gizmodo

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NYC Is Getting Hit Hard by the 'Super Flu'—and the Worst Is Yet to Come — Gizmodo
Subclade K could fuel one of the worst flu seasons seen in recent history.
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December 28, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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Uncles Tremble as Man Invents Vaccine Delivered by Beer - Futurism

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Uncles Tremble as Man Invents Vaccine Delivered by Beer — Futurism
Talk about a beer and a shot! We have some bad news for your conspiracy-brained antivaxxer uncle — one virologist claims he’s come up with a way to administer vaccines through a frothy mug of beer. By...
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December 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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It’s the ‘gold standard’ in autism care. Why are states reining it in? - NPR

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It’s the ‘gold standard’ in autism care. Why are states reining it in? — NPR
Budget shortfalls and nearly $1 trillion in looming federal Medicaid cuts have prompted states to rein in spending on a widely embraced autism therapy, pinching families who depend on the services.
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December 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Home for the holidays? So are COVID, flu and the stomach bug. - USA TODAY

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Home for the holidays? So are COVID, flu and the stomach bug. — USA TODAY
'Tis the season for getting sick. Here's what to know about the pathogens circulating in the U.S. this December and how to stay healthy.
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December 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Doctors Catch Cancer-Diagnosing AI Extracting Patients’ Race Data and Being Racist With It - Futurism

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Doctors Catch Cancer-Diagnosing AI Extracting Patients’ Race Data and Being Racist With It — Futurism
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December 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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14 Psychiatric Disorders Share 5 Genetic Roots, Study Says
A study suggests psychiatric disorders can share the same genetic signatures and that they may stem from shared biological mechanisms.
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December 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Placebo-nomics: how bad was what Nurofen did?
Australian courts have ordered the makers of the brand to stop repackaging identical painkillers for different pains – where does marketing end and deception begin?
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December 20, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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The Role of Doctors Is Changing Forever - The New Yorker

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The Role of Doctors Is Changing Forever — The New Yorker
Some patients don’t trust us. Others say they don’t need us. It’s time for us to think of ourselves not as the high priests of health care but as what we have always been: healers.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM