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Is the COVID-19 vaccine causing rare myocarditis cases?Researchers in Israel say they've found a possible link between the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and cases of heart inflammation called myocarditis in young men.
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2 types of flu viruses may have gone extinctIf true, officials could have an easier time picking the strains of flu viruses included in the seasonal flu shot.
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11 children diagnosed with new form of ALSThe researchers have pinpointed a gene that seems to cause this form of the disease.
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Cancer-causing chemical found in 78 sunscreen productsThe FDA should better define limits for benzene in sunscreen, the company said.
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ER visits declined during pandemic. But that wasn't a bad thing, study suggests.The new findings suggest that people may have been overusing the ER before the pandemic.
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Most kids with inflammatory COVID-19 syndrome are recovered by 6 monthsThe study is the first to follow children with the syndrome, called MIS-C, for as long as six months.
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New coronavirus found, and it jumped from dogs to peopleThe researchers detected the new virus in a sample obtained from a child diagnosed with pneumonia in 2018.
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Jane Goodall says humanity's 'disrespect of the natural world' brought on the pandemicGoodall made the comments after winning the prestigious 2021 Templeton Prize.
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Too much TV may be bad for your long-term brain healthThe researchers used TV viewing as a proxy for sedentary behavior.
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Deep-sea fish with lightbulb on its head mysteriously washes ashore in CaliforniaThe bizarre creature is normally found at ocean depths of around 3,000 feet.
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Prominent scientists call for more investigation into origins of coronavirusThe origins of SARS-CoV-2 have been hotly debated.
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Woman gets 6 doses of COVID-19 vaccine at onceShe did not experience any serious side effects from the vaccine overdose.
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Giant sequoia tree still smoldering 9 months after devastating California wildfiresA giant sequoia tree in California's Sequoia National Park is still smoldering months after devastating wildfires hit the region last summer.
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US birth rate plunged in 2020Last year's birth rate was another record low for the country.
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Novel coronavirus really is seasonal, study suggestsFindings don't mean that summer weather will eliminate COVID-19; but it may give people a leg up against the disease.
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Woman swallows fish bone, it migrates into her neckThe woman was eating wolf herring when she experienced "excruciating pain over the throat."
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Woman mistakes nail glue for eye drops, glues eye shutShe kept both bottles together in her purse.
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UK researchers will deliberately reinfect people with COVID-19 in new 'challenge study'All of the participants will be quarantined and monitored closely.
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Man's energy drink habit lands him in the hospital with heart failureThe findings add to a growing body of evidence linking energy drink consumption with heart problems.
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'Magic mushroom' compound may work just as well as antidepressants, small study findsThe study adds to a growing body of research on the potential benefits of psilocybin for people with depression.
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UK coronavirus variant not more deadly, just spreads more easily, studies findThe findings contradict some early research from U.K. health officials.
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Pfizer requests FDA authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine in kids 12 to 15The company hopes to make the vaccine available to the age group before the start of the fall school year.
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People are taking an animal deworming drug for COVID-19, and it's a really bad ideaMisinformation about ivermectin has led some people to take the drug for COVID-19.
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These viruses are the most likely to trigger the next pandemic, according to scientistsThe tool essentially creates a "watch list" of newly discovered animal viruses that pose the greatest threat to human health.
