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Celebrity diets and food fads have been around for centuries – and some of them even worked
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HIV prevention pill PrEP is now free under most insurance plans – but the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act puts this benefit at risk
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Drug companies protest when Health Canada withdraws their products for safety reasons
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Who’s in? Who’s out? The ethics of COVID-19 travel rules
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Will omicron – the new coronavirus variant of concern – be more contagious than delta? A virus expert explains what researchers know and what they don’t
The omicron variant possesses numerous mutations in the spike protein, the knob-like protrusions (in red) that allow the virus to...
Read moreWill omicron – the new coronavirus variant of concern – be more contagious than delta? A virus evolution expert explains what researchers know and what they don’t
The omicron variant possesses numerous mutations in the spike protein, the knob-like protrusions (in red) that allow the virus to...
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