Health
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PublishedOctober 28, 2021
Facebook knew, but didn’t tell, how COVID misinformation was being spread, documents show
Documents underline just how extensively Facebook was studying coronavirus and vaccine misinformation on its platform as the virus tore across the world, unearthing findings that concerned its own employees.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2021
Cigarette sales rose last year for first time in two decades
The new FTC data suggest more Americans turned to smoking last year amid the stress of a fractured economy and a once-in-a-generation public health crisis.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2021
Election ‘distracted’ Trump team from pandemic response, former official Birx tells Congress
More than 130,000 American lives could have been saved with swifter action and better coordinated public health messages after the virus' first wave, Deborah Birx told lawmakers.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2021
Recipients of Johnson & Johnson shot rush to get boosters
Some snagged long-sought shots on Friday, but others encountered problems with pharmacies and clinics unprepared for the expanded booster rollout.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2021
Inaction on climate change imperils millions of lives, doctors say
The death toll from climate change will outstrip that of the coronavirus, scientists warned, unless drastic action is taken to avert further warming.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2021
Wildfire smoke harms more people in eastern U.S. than West, study shows
In the East, the percent of annual asthma-related hospital visits tied to smoke was smaller than in the West, but due to larger population centers, the total number of asthma-related hospital visits tied to smoke was higher, a study found.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2021
Gates Foundation to spend $120 million on access for COVID-19 pill
The foundation says it wants to boost access to generic versions of drugmaker Merck’s antiviral COVID-19 pill for lower income countries, if the drug gets approved by regulators,
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PublishedOctober 19, 2021
U.S. regulators lay out plan for over-the-counter hearing aids
Americans can pay more than $5,000 for a device and officials say the move should help bring down price.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2021
Taliban agree to new polio vaccination across Afghanistan
The campaign will start in November and Pakistan's begins December. They're the only two countries in the world where the virus is still endemic.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2021
Breast cancer patients turning to marijuana – but many hide it from doctors, survey finds
Nearly one-third of patients surveyed by the American Cancer Society said they felt uncomfortable discussing cannabis with doctors and are more likely to seek information from friends, family or the internet.
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