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Health news • Apr 09

Science history: Doctor identifies transmissible proteins

Prion diseases, such as "mad cow," are caused by transmissible proteins that were identified in the 1980s.

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Health news • Apr 09

“No Sleepovers”: 63 Healthcare Workers Warn About Things That Are Much More Dangerous Than They Seem

Wear a helmet when you ride your bike. Look both ways before crossing the street. Be extremely careful when frying food in hot oil.

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Health news • Apr 09

'Just need someone to listen': Experts weigh in on AI use as mental health services alternative

As personal struggles like anxiety and depression rise among college students, artificial intelligence has stepped in as an instant, always-available source...

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Health news • Apr 09

Minnesota toddler Stella McMahon dies after cancer battle

MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota family is in need of all the love and support it can get after the death of their one year old daughter.

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Health news • Apr 08

4-year-old with brain cancer honored with birthday event and blood drive in her name

A little girl in Middle Tennessee is about to celebrate a big milestone, and her community is making sure she doesn't do it alone.

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Health news • Apr 08

Common fungus and bacterium can join forces and cause a much more aggressive infection, according to a new study

Scientists have discovered that a common fungus and a common bacterium can combine to cause much worse injuries to living tissue.

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Health news • Apr 08

Jim Hubers Obituary April 8, 2026

James “Jim” Dale Hubers, age 68, of Carrol, IA, passed away on Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at his home in Carroll surrounded by his family.

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Health news • Apr 08

Synthetic super-enhancers enable precision viral immunotherapy

Cell-type-specific promoters are used in gene therapy to restrict expression of the therapeutic payload. However, these promoters often have suboptimal...

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Health news • Apr 08

Measles outbreak spreads in Utah, hitting people without the vaccine

Utah's measles outbreak started in a remote area, but is now spreading across the state. As of the most recent update from the Utah Department of Health and...

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Health news • Apr 08

Saturation editing of RNU4-2 reveals distinct dominant and recessive disorders

Recently, de novo variants in an 18-nucleotide region in the centre of RNU4-2 were shown to cause ReNU syndrome, a syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder...

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Health news • Apr 08

Susan Shelley: Los Angeles County Public Health fails the typhus test

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has more than 5,000 employees and an annual budget of $1.3 billion, and if it wasn't a completely useless...

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Health news • Apr 08

Ancient flea-borne disease makes comeback in California. What’s typhus?

Flea-borne typhus is related to another similar bacteria responsible for plagues that devastated populations in world history.

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Health news • Apr 08

If you aren’t losing weight with GLP-1 drugs, this may be one reason why

Two genes involved in gut hormones that influence appetite and digestion may be a factor in how people respond to GLP-1 drugs, according to a new study.

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Health news • Apr 08

Genetic predictors of GLP1 receptor agonist weight loss and side effects

The development of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP1) receptor agonists, including semaglutide and tirzepatide, has transformed the clinical management of...

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Health news • Apr 08

Single-cell spatiotemporal dissection of the human maternal–fetal interface

The human maternal–fetal interface is characterized by mosaic intermingling of maternal and fetal cells1. Yet the underlying cellular, molecular and spatial...

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Health news • Apr 08

Engineered immunosuppressive dendritic cells protect against cardiac remodelling

Heart failure remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, yet no approved therapies effectively prevent or reverse pathological cardiac fibrosis and...

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Health news • Apr 08

US cases of COVID variant 'Cicada' up more than 15% and rising

While COVID-19 cases are down overall nationwide, the Cicada variant is quickly gaining ground, new data shows.

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Health news • Apr 08

Over 45? Sleep Apnea Is Strongly Linked to Worsening Mental Health, Major Study Finds

A large Canadian cohort has linked sleep apnea in midlife and older adults with worsening mental health over time. Drawing on data from 30,097 people aged...

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Health news • Apr 08

Deadly bacterial disease could be stopped with common pantry staple, study suggests

A high-protein diet rich in casein and wheat gluten could "disarm" cholera bacteria, cutting infection levels by 100-fold, a new UC Riverside study finds.

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Health news • Apr 08

Healthier Plant-Based Diet May Lower Dementia Risk

A study in Neurology® found that a high-quality plant-based diet may lower the risk of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias—even when adopted later in...

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