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• Teens Can Donate Blood, But May Need Iron Supplements After

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• Teens, Seniors Are Often Driving the Least Safe Cars

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• Texting While Walking Is Risky Business

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• The Fitter Do Better After an A-Fib Treatment

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• The Most Effective Ways to Kill Coronavirus in Your Home

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• Their Jobs May Put Black Americans at Greater COVID Risk

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• Thin Ice: Global Warming May Be Raising Drowning Risks

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• Tips for Making 2021 a Healthier Year

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• To Cut Down on Boozing, Offer Other Choices: Study

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• Tough Childhoods Are Tough on Adult Hearts: Study

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• Tough State Gun Laws Help Save Lives: Study

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• Tougher Laws Reduce Gun Deaths in Kids

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• Toxic Lead Fallout From Notre Dame Fire May Be Worse Than Thought

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• Transfusions of COVID Survivor Blood a Safe Treatment for Patients

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• Trauma of Racism Fuels High Blood Pressure Among Black Americans: Study

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• Tweets Show Americans Are Following COVID-19 Precautions

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• Type 2 Diabetes in Youth Is Especially Unhealthy: Study

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• U.S. Bans Foreign Travelers From China as 7th Case of Coronavirus Confirmed

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• U.S. Bans Foreign Travelers From China as 8th Case of Coronavirus Confirmed

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• U.S. Breaks Another Daily Record for New Cases, With More Than 75,000 Infections

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• U.S. Coronavirus Hospitalizations Spiking in South, West

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• U.S. Deaths From High Blood Pressure Soar, Especially in the South: Study

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• U.S. Issues Highest Travel Alert for China as WHO Declares Health Emergency

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• Under 50 and Overweight? Your Odds for Dementia Later May Rise

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• Up to 60% of Teens in Some U.S. Schools Used E-Cigs: Study

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• USPS Cuts Could Pose Harm If Mail-Order Meds Delayed: Study

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• Vaccine Myths Widespread on the Web, Especially Facebook: Study

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• Vaccine Rollout Could Have Americans Back to Normalcy by Summer, Expert Says

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• Vaping Causes DNA Changes Similar to Those in Cancer: Study

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• Vaping May Addle the Adolescent Brain

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• Vaping-Related Lung Injuries Still Happening -- And May Look Like COVID-19

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• Venturing Out? Guard Yourself Against Disease-Carrying Ticks

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• Want to Travel During the Pandemic? Here's What to Consider

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• Watch Out for Coronavirus Scams on Social Media

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• Wearing a Mask Doesn't Cause CO2 Poisoning

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• Weight Gain Is No Friend to Aging Lungs

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• Weight-Loss Surgery Lengthens Life Span, Study Shows

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• Weight-Loss Surgery Lowers Long-Term Heart Risks for Diabetic Teens

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• Weight-Loss Surgery May Cut Pancreatic Cancer Risk in People With Diabetes

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• Weight-Loss Surgery May Lower Colon Cancer Risk

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• Weight-Loss Surgery Works, No Matter How Long Patient Was Obese

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• Were You Born in an H1N1 Flu Year or an H3N2? It Matters

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• What Athletes Should Know About COVID-19, Heart Damage and Working Out

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• What Behaviors Will Shorten Your Life?

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• What Dental Offices Are Doing to Prevent Coronavirus Infection?

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• What Difference Do Calorie Counts on Menus Make?

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• What Does a Self-Quarantine Look Like?

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• What Happened to the Flu This Year?

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• What Is More Deadly in the U.S.: Hot Weather or Cold?

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• What People With Parkinson's Need to Know About COVID-19

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• What People With Sickle Cell Disease Need to Know About COVID-19

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• What Was More Deadly for New Yorkers – COVID-19 or the 1918 Flu?

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• What You Should Know If Your Surgery Has Been Put on Hold

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• What's Source of 'Stinging Water'? Jellyfish Release Toxic Mucus

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• What's the Best DIY Face Mask Against COVID-19?

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• When Booze Labels Carry Health Warnings, Drinking Declines: Study

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• When Can Sports Fans Safely Fill Stadiums Again?

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• When Is Surgery Not Safe for Seniors?

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• When Pharmacists Allowed to Give Anti-Opioid Med Without Rx, Access Soars

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• When Popping Champagne at New Years', Watch Out for That Cork

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• When the Fight Against COVID-19 Is at Home

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• Where Is the New Coronavirus Most Likely to Spread?

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• Which Seafood Has the Highest Amount of Microplastics?

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• WHO Predicts COVID-19 Will Take Heavy Toll in Africa

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• Who's Most Likely to Binge Eat Amid Pandemic?

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• Why Do Black Men Still Fare Worse With Prostate Cancer?

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• Why Do Black Patients Fare Worse With Blood Cancer Than Whites?

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• Why Is Stroke a Bigger Threat to Black People?

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• Why Will It Take So Long for a COVID-19 Vaccine?

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• Why Your Kids' Playground Is Unsafe During COVID-19 Pandemic

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• Will a Cheap Pill Cure Gonorrhea? New Test Can Tell

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• Will a Face Mask Protect You From Coronavirus?

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• Will Biden 'De-Politicize' COVID?

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• Will Expelled Droplets Spread COVID? Ventilation May Be Key

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• Will Schools Reopen in September? And What Will That Look Like?

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• Will the COVID-19 Pandemic Leave a Mental Health Crisis in Its Wake?

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• With 3D Printer, N.Y. Hospital Converts Sleep Apnea Machines Into Ventilators

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• With Cold Weather Forcing Patrons Inside, How Safe Are Restaurants?

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• With COVID Vaccine in Works, 1 in 5 Americans Doesn't Believe in Shots

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• With Equal Access to Care, Blacks, Whites Have Similar Prostate Cancer Outcomes

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• With Hurricane Season Here, Watch Out for One Carbon Monoxide Danger

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• With Pot Rules Relaxed, More U.S. Teens Driving While High: Study

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• With Safety Steps, Moms Unlikely to Pass COVID-19 to Newborns: Study

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• With 'Twindemic' Looming, 2 out of 5 Americans Plan to Skip Flu Shot

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• Women Are Much Safer Drivers Than Men, British Study Finds

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• Wood-Fired Cooking a Cause of Lung Illness in Developing World

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• Working From Home? Posture, Ergonomics Can Make It Safe

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• Workouts in the Park? Crime Fears Keep Some Away

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• Young Black Adults More Prone to Stroke, but Don't Know It

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• Young People Have No Idea How Much Nicotine They Vape: Study

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• Your Blood Type May Predict Your Risk For Severe COVID-19

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• Your Eyewear and COVID-19 Safety

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• Your Game Plan for Keeping 'Super Bowl Flu' at Bay

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• Your Guide to a Safe and Happy Halloween

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• Your Guide to Safer Dining During the Pandemic

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• Your Media Use & Coronavirus Precautions Are Probably Linked, Survey Shows

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• You're More Likely to Maintain Social Distance If Your Friends Do: Study

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• You're Wearing a Face Mask -- Are You Wearing It Correctly?

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• Youth Vaping Rates Have Plunged During Lockdown: Study