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The teeny, tiny ticks that cause the most Lyme disease are out
A closeup of a very tiny tick (about the size of a pencil tip) on a finger

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The teeny, tiny ticks that cause the most Lyme disease are out

Want to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Boston? Northeastern researchers have built a database

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Want to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Boston? Northeastern researchers have built a database

Northeastern researchers use machine learning to identify US patients with long COVID

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Northeastern researchers use machine learning to identify US patients with long COVID

Parents who forego COVID-19 vaccine for their children are less likely to seek information on it, study shows
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Parents who forego COVID-19 vaccine for their children are less likely to seek information on it, study shows

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

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

Your Google searches and Tweets might help forecast the next disease outbreak
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Your Google searches and Tweets might help forecast the next disease outbreak

Do at-home COVID-19 tests expire?

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Do at-home COVID-19 tests expire?

Are we out of the pandemic? What Fauci meant by ‘a transitional phase’

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Are we out of the pandemic? What Fauci meant by ‘a transitional phase’

Contracting COVID-19 might increase your risk of Type 1 diabetes

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Contracting COVID-19 might increase your risk of Type 1 diabetes

The official count of COVID-19 shots in older adults is distorted. What’s going on?

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The official count of COVID-19 shots in older adults is distorted. What’s going on?

Has judicial activism taken over the courts? A deeper look at the decision to overturn Biden’s mask mandate

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Has judicial activism taken over the courts? A deeper look at the decision to overturn Biden’s mask mandate

Moderna’s next mission? Injecting hope–and healing–in Africa

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Moderna’s next mission? Injecting hope–and healing–in Africa