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It’s the trendy diet method, but does intermittent fasting really work?

by Cody Mello-Klein
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Will the COVID-19 vaccine become an annual dose like the flu shot? How will it work?

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
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With cancer rates falling, new research credits the HPV vaccine. Here’s why one expert says you should get vaccinated

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by Tanner Stening
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New highly transmissible COVID-19 subvariant won’t swamp US hospitals, Northeastern experts predict

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
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Should you get rid of your gas stove? Northeastern experts break it all down

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by Tanner Stening
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How a new law requiring food labels to include sesame resulted in an explosion of products containing—sesame

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
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What are the chances of surviving a cardiac arrest? Why Damar Hamlin is defying the odds

by Ian Thomsen
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Firearms assaults too often classified as ‘accidental,’ Northeastern professor says

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
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Northeastern algorithm aided nursing homes during COVID-19 pandemic

by Ian Thomsen

Half of US adults say they had COVID-19, but only a fraction were officially diagnosed, new research shows

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by Tanner Stening
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Research shows idea that mind and body are separate is natural — for neurotypical people

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
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Republicans had higher COVID-19 death rates in the first year of the pandemic, new research says

by Cody Mello-Klein