WASHINGTON — The maker of the only U.S. drug intended to prevent premature births is making a last-ditch effort this…
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The Bezos Family Foundation announced a $710 million gift to the Seattle-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, the largest gift the…
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NAIROBI, Kenya — Babies in Ethiopia‘s embattled Tigray region are dying in their first month of life at four times…
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Shares of Biogen and other drugmakers researching Alzheimer’s disease soared early Wednesday after Japan’s Eisai Co. said its potential treatment…
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NEW YORK — A number of scientists have wondered if aluminum, a vaccine additive that has been used for decades,…
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NEW YORK — Too few U.S. kids with sickle cell anemia get a needed screening for stroke, according to a…
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is set to channel John F. Kennedy on the 60th anniversary of the former president’s…
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NEW YORK — U.S. officials are considering broadening recommendations for who gets vaccinated against monkeypox, possibly to include many men…
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Read More » WASHINGTON — Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill appears to provide little or no benefit for younger adults, while still reducing the risk…
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