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America’s vaccine playbook is being rewritten by people who don’t believe in them.
America’s vaccine playbook is being rewritten by people who don’t believe in them.
The historic increase in global child deaths, explained in one chart.
Bring back outdoor recess!
As vaccination rates slide, there are still ways you can protect yourself from cold, flu, RSV, and Covid this year.
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The surprising path to more truly personal medicine.
The panic over lead in protein powder got the risk totally wrong.
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The Republican justices seem eager to kill state bans on anti-LGBTQ conversion therapy.
And can Trump actually do something about it?
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