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Uganda declares end of 6th Ebola outbreak
Uganda declared the end of an Ebola virus outbreak Saturday, which has killed at least two people in the east African nation ...
The US has nearly 900 measles cases, and 10 states have active outbreaks. Here's what to know
With one-fifth of states seeing active measles outbreaks, the U.S. is nearing 900 cases, according to figures posted Friday ...
Genetic medicine can leave people with rare mutations behind. But there's new hope
Emily Kramer-Golinkoff can't get enough oxygen with each breath. Advanced cystic fibrosis makes even simple things like ...
New Medicare program could dramatically improve affordability for cancer drugs—if patients enroll
Even for patients covered by Medicare, annual out-of-pocket costs for lifesaving cancer treatments taken in pill form have ...
Computational analysis links blood RNA patterns to ALS diagnosis and prognosis
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disease that destroys the nerves necessary for movement. About 30,000 people in the ...
Study offers new hope for babies born with opioid withdrawal syndrome
As the opioid crisis continues, the number of babies born with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS)—a condition that ...
Aging reimagined: Study finds immune resilience counters key drivers of disease, mortality
What if, rather than focusing solely on the drivers of disease (pathogenesis), we also explored the factors sustaining our ...
Loss of empathy is a key problem in people with frontotemporal dementia—here's what's happening in the brain
Frontotemporal dementia has gained significant attention in recent years after the family of actor Bruce Willis announced in ...
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Middle-aged Americans have demonstrated some of the highest levels of loneliness in a new study assessing tens of thousands of 50-to-90-year-olds across 29 countries. Older adults with cancer ...