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The U.S. diet is deadly. Here are 7 ideas to get Americans eating healthier
The data are stark: the typical American diet is shortening the lives of many Americans. Diet-related deaths outrank deaths from smoking, and about half… -
Life expectancy in the U.S. continues to drop, driven by COVID-19
Life expectancy in the U.S. fell in 2021, for the second year in a row. In 2019, someone born in the U.S. had a life expectancy of nearly 80 years. In… -
Striving to outrace polio: What's it like living with the disease
A friend of Minda Dentler texted her the news article of the recent case of polio in Rockland County, New York that led to a patient becoming paralyzed."I… -
Early signs suggest monkeypox may be slowing in the U.S.
More than three months into the U.S. monkeypox outbreak, there's a new – and welcome – phrase coming from the lips of health officials who are steering… -
Pre-surgery pregnancy tests pose ethical questions, says MGH doctor
Tens of thousands of these pregnancy tests are done each year. -
With supplies low, FDA authorizes plan to stretch limited monkeypox vaccine doses
With the monkeypox vaccine still in short supply, the Biden administration is changing how the vaccine is administered in order to stretch its limited… -
A vaccine for Lyme disease is in its final clinical trial
Ticks that carry Lyme disease have been on the march, spreading into more forests and brush areas around the U.S. and Europe. But lovers of the outdoors… -
Preventive care such as birth control, anti-HIV medicine challenged in Texas lawsuit
The Affordable Care Act has survived many challenges in court, but the case of Kelley v. Becerra – now before a federal judge in Texas – threatens to… -
COVID sewage surveillance labs join the hunt for monkeypox
The same wastewater surveillance techniques that have emerged as a critical tool in early detection of COVID-19 outbreaks are being adapted for use in… -
Harris praises Massachusetts as a 'model' for reproductive rights
The vice president said the country faces a "health care crisis" that continues to unfold after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
