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Health news • Jun 02

Scientists raise alarm about effects of commonly prescribed sleeping pill

A commonly prescribed sleeping pill, quetiapine, could act for longer than intended and impair alertness and driving performance the following day,...

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Health news • Jun 02

FBI: NIH scientists accused of smuggling monkeypox into US through Detroit Metro Airport

Two National Institutes of Health researchers were charged Tuesday with conspiracy to smuggle monkeypox into the United States and making false statements...

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Health news • Jun 02

Montana researchers accused of smuggling Monkeypox into the U.S. from the Republic of Congo

HAMILTON, Mont. – The Chief of the Virus Ecology Section and a research fellow at a virology laboratory in Hamilton were arrested on charges for conspiracy...

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Health news • Jun 02

WHO drastically downsizes Ebola case count in DR Congo outbreak

Yesterday and today, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reduced the official case count of the...

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Health news • Jun 02

Popular Weight Loss Drug Could Have Other Medical Uses

GLP-1 medications have helped millions of people manage diabetes and loose weight, but a recent study at UT Health San Antonio shows another possible use to...

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Health news • Jun 02

Two hours of strength training a week may help you live longer

Two hours of weight training per week is the “sweet spot” for slashing the risk of an early death, according to a study. Consistently doing strength...

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Health news • Jun 02

Woman Says Doctor Told Her to Cancel a Scan. Then She Was Diagnosed with Stage 4 Cancer

Clare Din experienced severe bleeding for over a year before being diagnosed with stage 4 cervical cancer. Doctors initially dismissed her symptoms as...

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Health news • Jun 02

The conversation women aren't having with their doctors about menopause and memory loss isn't just overdue — it may be one of the most important health decisions of their fifties

Most conversations about menopause, to the extent they happen in a clinical setting at all, start and end at the same set of symptoms. Hot flashes.

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Health news • Jun 02

Lab evolution recreates COVID's path to omicron in months, reveals key conditions

A key step in the origin of many pandemics occurs when an animal-borne virus infects humans and then evolves to spread more efficiently from person to...

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Health news • Jun 02

How your weather forecast can help protect you from ticks

With ER visits from tick bites already hitting a 10-year high in the U.S., your weather app holds the key to summer protection that most people completely...

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Health news • Jun 02

Early Introduction, Rescue Refeeding, and Home OIT: Reframing Pediatric Food Allergy Management

At EAC 2026, Dartmouth Children's Health allergist Marcus Shaker, MD, outlined a framework built on shared decision-making for families navigating food...

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Health news • Jun 02

Obesity May Be More Prevalent Than Previously Thought

New research using an updated definition of obesity suggests that many more people may have the disease than previous studies have suggested.

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Health news • Jun 02

Kevin Charles Sheard Obituary

Kevin Charles Sheard, age 34, beloved son of Jane (nee Hostetler) and Stu Sheard; brother of Benjamin (Allie Selesky) Sheard and the late Mickey Sheard;...

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Health news • Jun 02

Dr. Oz Says Airports Will Have Ebola ‘Testing Tools’ Before World Cup (Live Updates)

The U.S. will set up “testing tools and mechanisms” for Ebola at airports that are expected to see an influx of travelers for the upcoming FIFA World Cup,...

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Health news • Jun 02

Growing 'Cancer Crisis' Requires Millions More Healthcare Workers, Report Warns

The human population is growing larger and older, which means cancer cases and deaths are increasing, too.

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Health news • Jun 02

Weight-loss drugs linked to lower breast cancer rates. What to know

Obesity is a known risk factor for breast cancer, so could some women reduce their odds of this common type of cancer by taking weight-loss drugs such as...

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Health news • Jun 02

2026 Ebola outbreak: Maps track spread and global impact of virus

The rapid spread of Africa's Ebola outbreak is driven by a new strain known as Bundibugyo. Maps, charts, and data visualziations detail its spread.

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Health news • Jun 02

Breakthrough drug nearly doubles survival with advanced pancreatic cancer – an oncologist explains how daraxonrasib overcame an ‘undruggable’ disease

Around 97% of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer die within five years. Researchers have figured out a way to target the mechanism that makes these...

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Health news • Jun 02

Stroop Test Exposes Inherent LLM Flaw

A new study uses the psychological Stroop task to uncover a catastrophic performance collapse in LLM attention and executive control.

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Health news • Jun 02

Number of suspected Ebola cases falls by hundreds as testing ramps up

The estimated size of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has fallen by hundreds of cases as outbreak response efforts have ramped up...

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