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Childhood vaccination rates are dropping. Here’s why this matters
A person inserts a needle of a vaccine into a child's arm.

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Childhood vaccination rates are dropping. Here’s why this matters

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Prostate cancer is the second-leading cancer among men. Here’s what to know about it
Silhouette of staff member looking at an image of a prostate on a monitor.

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Prostate cancer is the second-leading cancer among men. Here’s what to know about it

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Shark Week, the ‘Jaws effect’ and how more great whites in the water are changing human behavior
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Shark Week, the ‘Jaws effect’ and how more great whites in the water are changing human behavior

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Should kids get a COVID-19 vaccination? Ask them.
Shivam Patel, 13, receives his first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination from nurse Diawna Jenkins as his father, Rajesh Patel, observes from the background at the Cook County Public Health Department on May 13, 2021, in Des Plaines, Ill. AP Photo by Shafkat Anowar

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Should kids get a COVID-19 vaccination? Ask them.

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With new May 1 vaccine push, communication key to pushing past resistance

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With new May 1 vaccine push, communication key to pushing past resistance

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The Trump administration ban on flavored e-cigarettes wouldn’t just affect teens who vape; it would help their peers inhaling secondhand aerosol as well
According to new research by Northeastern assistant professor Susan Mello, teenage exposure to secondhand aerosols was even more prevalent in 2018 than their e-cigarette use during the same time. Photo via iStock

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The Trump administration ban on flavored e-cigarettes wouldn’t just affect teens who vape; it would help their peers inhaling secondhand aerosol as well

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