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Layoffs begin at US health agencies charged with tracking disease, researching and regulating food
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Layoffs begin at US health agencies charged with tracking disease, researching and regulating food

WASHINGTON (AP) — Employees across the massive U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began receiving notices of dismissal on Tuesday in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to…
Posted by John McCarthy April 1, 2025
Remote Australian town looking for doctor offers $400,000 salary, free rent
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Remote Australian town looking for doctor offers $400,000 salary, free rent

JULIA CREEK — A remote Australian town that will soon lose its only doctor is offering a salary of up to 680,000 Australian dollars, or $428,000, to attract a new candidate.  The…
Posted by John McCarthy March 29, 2025
World’s first pig to human liver transplant is carried out in China
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World’s first pig to human liver transplant is carried out in China

BEIJING (DM) — A pig's liver has been transplanted into a human recipient for the first time in a ‘milestone’ for organ transfers between animals and people. Scientists in China used a…
Posted by John McCarthy March 26, 2025
Screen breaks and the right desk setup offer relief from work-related eye strain
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Screen breaks and the right desk setup offer relief from work-related eye strain

NEW YORK (AP) — The trouble started every day at around 3 p.m., after Cathy Higgins had spent five or six hours staring at an array of computer screens at…
Posted by John McCarthy March 22, 2025
A mystery illness in Congo has killed more than 50 people hours after they felt sick
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A mystery illness in Congo has killed more than 50 people hours after they felt sick

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — An unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five…
Posted by John McCarthy February 26, 2025
Woman has burning sensation in legs after vacation — then doctors find brain parasites
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Woman has burning sensation in legs after vacation — then doctors find brain parasites

After a three-week-long vacation through Thailand, Japan and Hawaii, a 30-year-old woman learned she brought home an unwelcome souvenir, doctors said. When the woman first returned home to the coast…
Posted by John McCarthy February 22, 2025
More adults are wondering if they have autism. Here are tips to seek a diagnosis
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More adults are wondering if they have autism. Here are tips to seek a diagnosis

ATLANTA (AP) — Natasha Nelson, a 35-year old entrepreneur in Stone Mountain, Georgia, didn’t have an innate sense of social norms. She didn’t know why people meeting for the first…
Posted by John McCarthy February 20, 2025
Vaccine targeting pancreatic cancer shows promise in new study of clinical trial
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Vaccine targeting pancreatic cancer shows promise in new study of clinical trial

When a routine scan led to Barbara Brigham's pancreatic cancer diagnosis in 2020, all she could think about was how she wanted more time. Her husband had just passed away. She loved…
Posted by John McCarthy February 19, 2025
Most pancreatic cancer isn’t caught until it’s late stage — a new blood test could change that
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Most pancreatic cancer isn’t caught until it’s late stage — a new blood test could change that

Get pumped! Scientists from Oregon Health & Science University have developed a blood test called PAC-MANN that is said to be less invasive, cheaper and more robust than traditional screening…
Posted by John McCarthy February 14, 2025
Here are new guidelines for preventing stroke, the nation’s fourth biggest killer
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Here are new guidelines for preventing stroke, the nation’s fourth biggest killer

The majority of strokes could be prevented, according to new guidelines aimed at helping people and their doctors do just that. Stroke was the fourth leading cause of death in the…
Posted by John McCarthy November 17, 2024

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