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Yes, we should be keeping the healthier hand-washing habits we developed at the start of the pandemic
Washing your hands is an easy and effective way to reduce the spread of illness. Krisanapong Detraphiphat/Moment via Getty ImagesPeople...
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Simple safety tips for trick-or-treating after Fauci greenlighted Halloween 2021
Experts give trick-or-treating the green light this year. Anchiy/E+ Collection via Getty ImagesThe air is getting chillier, pumpkins are perched...
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COVID vaccines are safe during pregnancy – but catching the virus isn’t
Marina Demidiuk/ShutterstockAny new infectious disease is an unknown to pregnant women, as it might affect the pregnancy and the developing...
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Sleep loss affects how paramedics and health-care workers respond to patients’ feelings
Sleep-deprived paramedics are less able to understand how their patients feel. (Shutterstock)A lack of sleep affects people’s ability to feel...
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Thailand inmates are taking green chiretta to fight mild COVID – here’s what we know about this herbal drug
The news that inmates in Thailand are being handed capsules of a herbal medicine called green chiretta (Andrographis paniculata) to...
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Is chewing on ice cubes bad for your teeth?
Your teeth will be better off if you refrain from chomping on ice cubes. Credit: Laurence Monneret/The Image Bank via...
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How the puzzle of viral vector vaccines was solved, leading to today’s COVID-19 shots
A mural in Rome depicts a white dove parachuting vials of COVID-19 vaccine. Several COVID-19 vaccines are based on a...
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Breastfeeding is tough: new research shows how to make it more manageable
Jacob Lund/ShutterstockThe benefits of breastfeeding are wide-ranging and life-changing. Breast milk contains antibodies that reduce the risk of asthma, allergies,...
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Relaxing restrictions hasn’t made COVID cases spike – but this doesn’t mean herd immunity has arrived
Varavin88/ShutterstockBack in the summer of 2021, the UK government’s pandemic modellers predicted that there would be a significant COVID outbreak...
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More accurate way to predict who will develop Alzheimer’s disease – new study
Orawan Pattarawimonchai/ShutterstockBeta-amyloid and tau are two proteins that serve useful functions in the brain, but in Alzheimer’s disease – the...
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