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New strain of bird flu is detected in a Nevada dairy worker, CDC says
A dairy worker in Nevada was infected with a new type of bird flu that's different from the version that has been spreading in U.S. herds since last year, federal health officials said Monday.
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Federal judge blocks Trump’s NIH cuts nationwide, sparing Georgia research grants for now
A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's effort to slash funding for National Institutes of Health research programs at universities and medical systems that threatened a key source of funding and jobs in Georgia for critical research on health discoveries such as cancer and basic science.
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Flu season in the US is the most intense it’s been in at least 15 years
The U.S. winter virus season is in full force, and by one measure is the most intense in 15 years.
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Devoted nap-takers explain the benefits of sleeping on the job
They snooze in parking garages, on side streets before the afternoon school run, in nap pods rented by the hour or stretched out in bed while working from home.
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The US is freezing and La Nina usually eases warming. Earth just set another heat record anyway
The world warmed to yet another monthly heat record in January, despite an abnormally chilly United States, a cooling La Nina and predictions of a slightly less hot 2025, according to the European climate service Copernicus.
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Second type of bird flu detected in US dairy cows
Dairy cattle in Nevada have been infected with a new type of bird flu that's different from the version that has spread in U.S. herds since last year, Agriculture Department officials said Wednesday.
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Racial gap widened in deaths among US moms around the time of childbirth
Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher than white women around the time of childbirth in 2023, as maternal mortality fell below prepandemic levels overall but racial gaps widened, according to federal health data released Wednesday.
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Multiple earthquakes are rattling Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini. Here’s what we know
Multiple earthquakes are rattling Santorini, a volcanic island in Greece, prompting authorities to dispatch rescuers with tents, a sniffer dog and drones, and to shut schools on four islands.
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Health data, entire pages wiped from federal websites as Trump officials target ‘gender ideology’
Public health data disappeared from websites, entire webpages went blank and employees erased pronouns from email signatures Friday as federal agencies scrambled to comply with a directive tied to President Donald Trump's order rolling back protections for transgender people.
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About half of Americans approve of using weight-loss drugs to treat obesity, AP-NORC poll finds
More U.S. adults believe it is a good thing than a bad thing for adults to use weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and other brands if they are struggling with obesity or have a health condition tied to weight, but they are not broadly supportive of teens who have obesity using the medications, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
