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World & National News

What the US exit from the WHO means for global health and pandemic preparedness

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
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Health

Fungal disease that poses threat to sick people in health care settings likely to continue to spread, Northeastern biotechnology expert says

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
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Lifestyle

Dry January is over. Now what? Binge drinking isn’t the answer, but is there a compromise?

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
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Science & Technology

Can ‘digital traces’ from internet searches and social media predict outbreaks of COVID-19?

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
Science & Technology

Could a pill help prevent a leading cause of childhood mortality?

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
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Health

Study finds life-saving COVID-19 treatments didn’t make it to US patients recently infected

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by Tanner Stening
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Science & Technology

Northestern’s Life Sciences Testing Center is helping a Boston biotech company develop best practices for monkeypox testing

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. Monkeypox, a disease that rarely appears outside Africa, has been identified by European and American health authorities in recent days.
Health

Experts weigh in: Is monkeypox the next COVID-19? Here’s what we know.

by Ian Thomsen
Health

People are receiving unapproved extra COVID-19 vaccine doses. Is it a problem?

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by Tanner Stening
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Society & Culture

Here’s why parents are hesitant about vaccinating their kids

by Peter Ramjug
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Society & Culture

How false information could be lowering COVID-19 vaccination rates

by Peter Ramjug
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Society & Culture

Public support for mandatory vaccinations grows, US survey shows, but holdouts remain deeply skeptical of the shots

by Peter Ramjug