Rates of the world's deadliest cancer appear to be low in sub-Saharan Africa. But that statistic is masking the scope of the disease, doctors say.
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The European Union has banned certain additives that are used in American candies and baked goods.
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An estimated 75,000 Kaiser workers were taking part in the strike, according to the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions.
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Dollar General's primary care experiment could help solve rural America's care shortage. But it's getting a chilly reception in Tennessee.
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Researchers have identified genes linked to vegetarianism. This may help explain why some people who are motivated to give up meat for ethical, environmental or health reasons, don't always adhere.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law to increase the amount of minimum sick days for workers from three days to five.
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Thousands of Kaiser Permanente health care workers began a three-day strike Wednesday in what their union says in the largest action of its type in U.S. history.
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One of this year's MacArthur fellows — the so-called 'genius grant' — the artist Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons is inspired by her family's African roots, her Cuban childhood and modern American life.
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When COVID-19 first emerged, Linsey Marr suspected right away it spread through the air. Time has proved this aerosols engineer right. Now she's being honored with a MacArthur "genius grant."
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A physician decided to stop talking to patients about weight, and focus on health instead. But the new weight-loss drugs forced her to rethink how to help patients without feeding into stigma.
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In the largest health care strike in U.S. history, over 75,000 workers at Kaiser Permanente hospitals and medical facilities across the U.S. walked off the job on Wednesday morning.
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