More than 50 other countries have already banned the substance, which has been known to lead to lung and ovarian cancer, mesothelioma and other deadly illnesses.
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Scripps Research Institute is mounting a study, aimed at learning how people who have it can reduce symptoms by rationing their energy.
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A Kansas family remembers Valentine's Day as the start of panic attacks, life-altering trauma and waking to nightmares of gunfire. They wonder how they'll recover from the Kansas City parade shooting.
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Sepsis is an out of control infection that’s hard to spot and explain. At UCSD doctors and med-tech engineers are trying to crack the code with new diagnostic machines and artificial intelligence.
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A bipartisan Senate bill, dropping Thursday, promises better health care for some of the poorest, sickest Americans, who are known as "duals" because they qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid.
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At a time when colorectal cancer is rising, researchers say a blood test can detect 83% of people with the disease. If the FDA approves it the test would be another screening tool for early detection.
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The San Diego County Office of Education partnered with VSP Vision Eyes of Hope to provide free eye exams and glasses to students.
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As part of an initiative for reproductive health care access, advocacy groups handed out emergency contraception pills and condoms to fans at the Olivia Rodrigo concert in St. Louis.
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The peer-reviewed study in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology says a pregnancy checkbox on national death certificates inflates the death rate. The CDC "disagrees with the findings."
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The San Diego College of Continuing Education Tuesday secured a $1 million state grant to work with regional education partners to expand opportunities for English language learners to begin health care careers.
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