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Flu season began weeks earlier than usual, health officials say

by Sara Cline - Contributor
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Innovator wants to improve access to care for Parkinson’s patients

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by Hannah Morse
A figure with long dark hair sits curled up, knees to chest and head bowed, as green vines grow up and around their body under a pale full moon, with a golden butterfly and falling leaves against a deep blue night sky.

Why do people self-harm? The mind-body divide might hold some clues

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by Katya Poltorak
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Northeastern depression study finds complex picture of mental health

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by Rich McKay
A person with glasses and blue gloves is administering a vaccine into a patient's arm.

A mutated virus strain is jumpstarting a worrisome flu season

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by Tanner Stening
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Northeastern researchers develop cognitive testing app for at home use

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by Cesareo Contreras
An image scan of neural brain connections, with colorful webs criss crossing the brain.

What does a healthy brain look like? Turns out it's all relative.

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by Katya Poltorak
Hurts walks across the field in his white No. 1 jersey with a captain’s patch, his expression serious, as ribbon boards in the stands behind him read “Jaguars Win.”

Jalen Hurts has blood clots. What factors can worsen the condition?

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by Hannah Morse
A researcher in a blue lab coat, safety glasses and gloves examines a small glowing tube beside a lab instrument fitted with reagent bottles, tubing and a tray of sample vials.

Could a molecular ZIP code unlock treatments for untreatable diseases?

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by Katya Poltorak
Rows of single-dose vials with green caps lined up beside prefilled diluent syringes in a storage tray.

Measles outbreak prompts state of emergency in New York

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by Rich McKay
A pipette tip releases a single droplet into a small sample tube, shot from above in pink and blue lab lighting.

PFAS may raise blood pressure during pregnancy. Who is at risk?

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by Katya Poltorak
A group of medical workers in heavy protective gear handle equipment in a laboratory.

Russia’s plague scare is shrouded in uncertainty, experts say

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by Tanner Stening