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No, You Don't Need an ID to Buy a Can of Whipped Cream in New York

Customers under 21 can still buy cans of whipped cream, just not nitrous oxide chargers.

Kevin Hurler

8/30/22 11:45AM

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Single-Dose 'Polypill' Found to Save Lives, Prevent Heart Attacks in Major New Trial

Heart attack survivors who took a combination of three generic drugs at once were less likely to have future…

Ed Cara

8/29/22 2:47PM

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Moderna Is Suing Pfizer Over the mRNA Covid-19 Vaccines

The Massachusetts-based company claims that Pfizer and BioNTech lifted two key pieces of its mRNA vaccine platform…

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Italian Man With Fever Learns He Has Monkeypox, Covid-19, and HIV All at Once

It's the world's first documented case of co-infection with all three diseases.

Ed Cara

8/25/22 2:54PM

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You Won't Have Fauci to Kick Around Anymore

The country's top public health official is retiring in December after decades of helping to manage major disease…

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A 'Fast-Moving' E. Coli Outbreak Is Hospitalizing People in the Midwest, CDC Warns

There have been 29 cases and nine hospitalizations linked to the same strain of E. coli in Michigan and Ohio.

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$2.8 Million for One Treatment: These Are the Most Expensive Drugs in the U.S

From gene therapies to generics, many treatments in the U.S. carry an outrageous sticker price.

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Chemists Found a Way to Break Down Dangerous 'Forever Chemicals'

Harmful PFAS pollutants, which are everywhere from the air to our drinking water, don't degrade on their own. But…

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West Nile Virus Found in Record Number of NYC Mosquitos This Summer

At least two people in NYC have contracted the mosquito-spread virus this year, which can be deadly to humans and…

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Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids Are Finally on the Way

The FDA's finalized regulations will allow hearing aids to be sold without a prescription in U.S. stores as early as…

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Funky Taste Prompts Capri Sun Recall

Kraft Heinz said that diluted cleaning solution was accidentally added to a Capri Sun production line.

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An Implant Made From Pig Skin Restored 19 People's Eyesight in Recent Trial

The biosynthetic material could make treatment for damaged corneas more affordable and available.

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Dog in France Catches Monkeypox From Humans

This is believed to be the first report of a domestic animal with monkeypox, a virus that has infected over 30,000…

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Paralysis-Causing Polio Has Been Detected in NYC Wastewater

The results suggest that the debilitating and deadly virus, once made almost extinct, is now circulating among the…

Lauren Leffer

8/12/22 1:50PM

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North Korea Declares Victory Against Covid-19 Pandemic With Just 74 Deaths

North Korea also said South Korea had intentionally spread the virus and suggested Kim Jong Un was recently sick.

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A Newly Discovered Virus Has Likely Sickened Dozens in China—How Worried Should We Be?

At least 35 sick people infected with Langya virus have been identified since late 2018. But so far, it doesn't seem…

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Wind Can Easily Turn Bounce Houses Into Death Traps

Since 2000, there have been at least 479 injuries and 28 deaths linked to bounce houses that were flung around in…

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First Volunteers Set to Get Experimental Lyme Disease Vaccine in Large Clinical Trial

Thousands of people in the U.S. and Europe will receive a shot developed partly by Pfizer, designed to protect…

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Americans Are Going Hungry, Driving Less, and Skipping Medicine Over High Health Care Costs

A new Gallup poll suggests nearly 100 million Americans have had to take painful cost-saving measures due to medical…

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U.S. Declares National Public Health Emergency Over Monkeypox as Cases Multiply

There have been over 6,000 U.S. cases of the illness reported this year, though no American has yet died from the…

Ed Cara

8/04/22 4:21PM

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