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Private insurers would have to cover all prescribed contraceptives without cost-sharing
However, questions remain about durability of vaccine protection, expert says
With few exceptions, treatment can be shortened to 7 days, researcher says
However, questions remain about durability of vaccine protection, expert says
With few exceptions, treatment can be shortened to 7 days, researcher says
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An unusual manifestation of cerebral toxoplasmosis
PCR testing reveals an unusual presentation of an increasingly common disease
Man presented with irregular gray-white ulcers on the soft palate, uvula, and tonsils
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Clesrovimab reduced severe disease, hospitalizations in preterm and term healthy infants
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In Wisconsin, there have been about 1,000 cases so far this year versus a total of 51 last year
"We have no current effective therapies," for mpox, expert warns
Effectiveness appears to be on a downward trend, CDC data suggest
Previously eradicated in the U.S., New World screwworms have been creeping north
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European registry analysis brings surprises along with the expected
Study may ease fears about potential neurodevelopmental effects of fetal COVID exposure
U.S. study findings should help squash "remaining doubts" about safety, researcher says
"I just had this reverence for the court. I don't anymore," says Lawrence Gostin, JD
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Several others just made the "satisfactory" cutoff
One group calls it "needlessly heavy-handed"
