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Will omicron-specific booster shots be more effective at combating COVID-19? 5 questions answered
In a matter of days, eligible people will be lining up to receive the newly formulated booster shot. filadendron/E+ via...
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Canada’s low-risk alcohol use guidelines have been slashed to 6 drinks per week. Here’s why.
Canada's previous low-risk drinking guidelines were much more generous, allowing significantly more drinks per week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck New...
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Long COVID: How researchers are zeroing in on the self-targeted immune attacks that may lurk behind it
Approximately 30% of people who get COVID-19 develop long-term symptoms, or long COVID-19. Boy Anupong/Moment via Getty ImagesFor almost three...
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The U-shaped happiness curve is wrong: many people do not get happier as they get older
A comforting myth. tommaso lizzul/ShutterstockOn average, happiness declines as we approach middle age, bottoming out in our 40s but then...
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Coronary artery stents show no benefit in treating heart failure – landmark trial
Photo Oz/ShutterstockEvery year, 60,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with heart failure, and many are treated with stents. In...
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When abortion at a clinic is not available, 1 in 3 pregnant people say they will do something on their own to end the pregnancy
A self-managed abortion is the termination of pregnancy outside the formal health care system, often with self-sourced abortion pills. Liudmila...
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Serena Williams: why more athletes are retiring later
Forty is the new thirty. Leonard Zhukovsky/ ShutterstockSerena Williams has announced she’s retiring. The tennis star has had a long...
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What to know about the costs of traveling for abortion care in the US – here’s what I learned from talking to hundreds of women who’ve sought abortions
A plane ticket and hotel stay are not the only costs to consider when traveling to get an abortion. kieferpix/iStock...
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Low vaccine booster rates are now a key factor in COVID-19 deaths – and racial disparities in booster rates persist
As of August 2022, COVID-19 vaccination rates in Black and Hispanic people exceeded those of white Americans nationally, but only...
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Slime is all around and inside you – new research on its origins offers insight into genetic evolution
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