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10 Best Face Masks For COVID-19: N95, Cloth, Disposable, and the

Among the masks tested to the new ASTM F3502-21 Standard for Barrier Face Coverings, 3M's Advanced Face Filtering Mask … See more

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90% of US has a poor diet, and 25% doesn’t exercise

WEBThe pandemic is likely to have disrupted people's exercise, too, with gyms closing and disruptions to work and day care schedules. The recent survey results found …

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Recoding Voyager 1—NASA’s interstellar explorer is finally making …

WEBThen, the wait for a response. Spilker, who started working on Voyager right out of college in 1977, was in the room when Voyager 1's signal reached Earth Saturday.

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Concern grows as bird flu spreads further in US cows: 32 herds in 8

WEBResearchers around the world are growing more uneasy with the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) in US dairy cows as the virus continues to …

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20% of grocery store milk has traces of bird flu, suggesting wider

WEBThe Food and Drug Administration reported late Thursday that about 20 percent of retail milk samples from around the country tested positive for genetic fragments of …

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The GMO tooth microbe that is supposed to prevent cavities

WEBAbout seven years ago, Aaron Silverbook and his then-girlfriend, a biologist, were perusing old scientific literature online. “A romantic evening,” joked Silverbook. …

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Big Tech can’t hoard brainwave data for ad targeting, Colorado …

WEBCollecting your thoughts — Big Tech can’t hoard brainwave data for ad targeting, Colorado law says Neural data can reveal health, mental states, emotions, …

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Biggest health insurer plans to deny ER bills if it doubts you had an

WEBDoctors and hospitals are condemning plans by UnitedHealthcare —the country’s largest health insurance company—to retroactively deny emergency medical …

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Surprising link found between niacin and risk of heart attack and

WEBPellagra, a disease caused by a deficiency in niacin and/or tryptophan, is marked by the four "D's": diarrhea, dermatitis that leads to gruesome skin plaques, …

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History by lawsuit: After Gawker’s demise, the “inventor of e-mail

WEBIn 2016, Ayyadurai sued Gawker, which had published a biting and widely read article critical of his claims. Several months later, with Gawker in bankruptcy …

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Big Pharma is “coming to the table” on price negotiations as it …

WEBThe health department sent its opening pricing offers to drug makers on February 1. "We are committed to constructive dialogue and are glad the drug …

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Workers with job flexibility and security have better mental health

WEB197. American workers who have more flexibility and security in their jobs also have better mental health, according to a study of 2021 survey data from over …

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Amid paralyzing ransomware attack, feds probe UnitedHealth’s …

WEBAs Ars reported previously, the attack was disclosed on February 21 by UHG's subsidiary, Optum, which now runs Change Healthcare. On February 29, UHG …

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Study finds link between marijuana use and cardiovascular disease

WEBThe open-access study, published this week in Journal of the American Heart Association, found that people who used cannabis every day had 25 percent …

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Blockbuster weight-loss drugs slashed from NC state plan over

WEBThe health plan for North Carolina state employees will stop covering blockbuster GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, including Wegovy and Zepbound, …

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Three women contract HIV from dirty “vampire facials” at …

WEBArs reported on the cluster last year when state health officials announced they were still identifying cases linked to the spa despite it being shut down in September 2018.

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The urban-rural death divide is getting alarmingly wider for …

WEBThe federal researchers compared NCM rates of prime working-age adults in two three-year periods: 1999 to 2001, and 2017 to 2019. In 1999, the NCM rate in 25- to …

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Life-threatening rat pee infections reach record levels in NYC

WEBBetween 2001 and 2020, there was an average of 3 cases per year. Last year's tally was 24.

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Grindr users seek payouts after dating app shared HIV status with

WEBGrindr class action — Grindr users seek payouts after dating app shared HIV status with vendors Grindr admitted sharing HIV status with software firms in 2018, said …

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Hospitals owned by private equity are harming patients, reports find

WEBLast week, the financial watchdog organization Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) released a report delving into the state of two of the nation's largest …

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Nestlé baby foods loaded with unhealthy sugars—but only in …

WEBBad track record — Nestlé baby foods loaded with unhealthy sugars—but only in poorer countries Health experts say children under age 2 should have zero added …

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Humana also using AI tool with 90% error rate to deny care, …

WEBAI model. In both cases, the plaintiffs claim that the insurers use the flawed model to pinpoint the exact date to blindly and illegally cut off payments for post-acute …

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