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Early data from hospitals suggests the latest COVID variant, known as JN.1, is not leading to more severe disease, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official said Monday, as the agency has tracked the strain’s steep rise to an estimated 85.7% of COVID-19 cases nationwide. The agency is still waiting for more weeks of
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Johnson & Johnson has reached tentative agreement to resolve talc baby powder claims with more than 40 states, the world’s biggest maker of health care products confirmed on Tuesday. “As was leaked last week, that progress includes an agreement in principle that the company reached with a consortium of 43 State Attorneys Generals to resolve
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Why waning herd immunity is leading to measles outbreaks – CBS News Watch CBS News Measles were eradicated in the United States decades ago, but decreased vaccination rates have threatened the country’s herd immunity against the disease. New outbreaks have been reported, including nine cases in Philadelphia that affected a hospital and a day care
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Every year, thousands of bankers, venture capitalists, private equity investors and other moneybags flock to San Francisco’s Union Square to pursue deals. Scores of security guards keep the homeless, the snoops and the patent-stealers at bay, while the dealmakers pack into the cramped Westin St. Francis hotel and its surrounds to meet with cash-hungry executives
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New York City will purchase millions of dollars of medical debt and then erase it in effort to help as many as 500,000 residents, Mayor Eric Adams announced on Monday. The program involves partnering with a nonprofit organization, RIP Medical Debt, that buys unpaid medical debt from hospitals at a steep discount and then clears
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Johannesburg — It seems hard to believe that Africa’s biggest killer is a tiny insect, but almost every minute, an African child dies with malaria. The continent bears the brunt of the mosquito-borne disease, with 95% of the fatal cases recorded every year, and children under the age of 5 make up about 80% of those
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More health concerns for British royals Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, diagnosed with skin cancer 01:36 Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, has been diagnosed with skin cancer just months after she battled breast cancer, her spokesperson confirmed Sunday. Ferguson, widely known as Fergie, announced she’d beaten breast cancer in a New Year’s Eve post
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So, what is the prostate and why does it cause so many problems for men? It’s a topic most people don’t want to discuss. But it can have a big impact on your life. The prostate is a small organ that sits just beneath the bladder. Its main function is to provide a nourishing fluid
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The prostate, and why it causes so many problems for men – CBS News Watch CBS News In recent weeks, two prominent men, Britain’s King Charles and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, revealed they were dealing with prostate issues. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook offers us a prostate “user’s guide,” and explains PSA
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Forty-four-year-old LaQuita Clark says memories of being overweight – and ridiculed – go back to middle school. “I remember sitting on the school steps with a group of my friends, and just a group of other kids walking by: ‘Oh my God, you’re so fat!’ It was very hurtful.” Over the years, Clark, a nurse
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