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Citing a recurring problem with safety, U.S. officials have suspended the shipment of potentially dangerous germs from government laboratories in…
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A Spanish nursing assistant who tested positive for Ebola Monday told health authorities she had symptoms at least three times…
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Your smartphone harbors thousands of types of bacteria, and these may provide a window into the microbes that live on…
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A Utah 2-year-old who spent the first 18 months of his life hooked up to ventilators in an intensive care…
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Sierra Leone area to hold 2-week Ebola ‘lockdown’
Health workers sent to Sierra Leone to investigate an alarming spike in deaths from Ebola have uncovered a grim scene:…
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A U.S. Food and Drug Administration database that catalogs medical-device problems holds thousands of entries on a tool called a…
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Cancer screenings: Too many mammograms, too few colonoscopies
There seems to be a mismatch between the cancer screening tests that people actually undergo and what experts recommend, doctors…
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