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The Cities That Said Yes to Drugs

Photographs by Dana GolanLate last year, I walked roughly a mile from downtown Seattle to the working-class neighborhood of Little Saigon and came upon a montage of human despair. An open-air drug ...

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Prebiotic Sodas May Contain Less Fiber and More Sugar Than Advertised

New research shows that prebiotic sodas may contain higher sugar and lower fiber than claimed. Rapeepong Puttakumwong/Getty A new study found that prebiotic sodas may contain more sugar an...

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What Anthony Fauci Didn’t Say

Sitting in front of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs today, Anthony Fauci twirled his pen. He huffed and straightened his shoulders. He glanced down at a set of...

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Why ‘Binge-Watching’ That TV Show Now May Affect Your Brain Later

Recent research has found that people who watch a lot of TV in midlife showed reduced volume in certain brain regions. Image Credit: Digital Vision/Getty A recent study found that people w...

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Abortion Drug Law in Louisiana Heightens Hemorrhage Risk for Pregnant Patients

Over the past decade, Louisiana hospitals began stocking specialized carts designed to treat hemorrhages, one of the most common pregnancy complications in the state. The plug-in cart can be wheele...

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Medicaid Insurers’ Contracts on the Line in Tight Governor’s Race

One of America’s most competitive gubernatorial races could settle a heated argument over whether private insurance companies should run Medicaid. The race is in Iowa, whose Medicaid program...

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Thyroid Medication Recalled Nationwide: What to Do If Yours Is Affected

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Class II nationwide recall of levothyroxine, a common thyroid medication. hudiemm/Getty Images A common thyroid medication is under a volunt...

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FDA Approves ‘First-in-Class’ NDSRI for ADHD in Adults and Children

SIMTRIYO is a newly approved central nervous system medication to help treat ADHD in children and adults. Image Credit: Tom Werner/DigitalVision via Getty Images Federal regulators have ap...

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Beyond the Panic: Study Finds That Most Teens Use Social Media Moderately

Say it with me: Correlation does not equal causation. But once again, we've got someone spinning noncausal survey results as "social media i...

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Pregnant and parenting teens in Nairobi’s informal settlements: the hidden mental toll of stigma

Pregnancy is demanding at any age. But for adolescents, it comes on top of everything else they are dealing with: school, relationships, and the passage into adulthood. Add the hormonal shifts and ...

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Hospice’s Bad Reputation Amid Fraud Crisis Will Hurt Patients, Industry Experts Warn

Mark Vantrease regularly sees his Vietnam War buddies over breakfast, attends his grandchildren’s Little League games, and, when he’s up to it, tends to his lush front-yard garden, which is dotted ...

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Trump Has Quietly Throttled an Agency Devoted to the Safety of American Healthcare

The Trump administration has effectively shut down most of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s activities, closing the spigot on federal funding estimated to have saved thousands of li...

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Uninsured but Undaunted, a Surgical Patient Searched the Globe for a Deal

Around the end of last year, Ronmel Rangel, 63, began to feel a familiar discomfort in his lower abdomen. Twenty-five years earlier, while living in his native Venezuela, he had undergone surgery t...

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The Unmaking of Anthony Fauci

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here.When Anthony Fauci arrives on Capitol Hill tomorrow to testify before Congress, he will be trailed by a secu...

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Handwritten notes of Dexter-obsessed serial killer who dismembered homeless men revealed

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Tylenol with Naproxen: FDA Approves Fast-Acting Non-Opioid for Pain Relief

A new fast-acting pain relief medication contains the active ingredients acetaminophen (Tylenol) and naproxen (Aleve). Photo courtesy of Kenvue Federal regulators have approved a new pain ...

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Why women should strength train at every stage of life

SeventyFour/ ShutterstockWomen who are inactive can lose up to 10% of their muscle mass each decade after the age of 30. This matters, because muscle isn’t only key for strength or how we look. It...

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Newsom Reverses on Long-Sought Paid Leave Benefit for Teachers in California

California public school teacher Mollie Blustein planned her pregnancy so that her daughter would arrive during summer break. But when the elementary school teacher went into premature labor and de...

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Federal Loan Caps Add Barriers — And Likely Debt — for Healthcare Students

Benjamin Pinckney has dreamed of becoming a physician assistant since he was 20 years old but says new student loan limits enacted by Congress in 2025 may prevent him from pursuing his goal. (Erica...

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Cyclospora Boosts Fears That Deadlier Foodborne Outbreaks Are Ahead

The next foodborne illness outbreak could be much worse. That’s the concern of food safety leaders across the U.S. who are raising alarms over federal cuts they say have made it harder to de...

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Why You Don't Need to Avoid Fruits, Veggies During the Cyclospora Outbreak

As federal health officials investigate possible sources of the cyclospora outbreak, experts say most fruits and vegetables remain safe to consume. Getty Images The FDA reports that no pro...

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