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FDA gives 2nd safety nod to cultivated meat, produced without slaughtering animals
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What to know about xylazine, the drug authorities are calling a public safety threat
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Ceylon House, Maryland's first cannabis lounge, operates in legal limbo
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Americans are delaying needed health care because of inflation and housing costs
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Medicaid renewals are starting. Those who don't reenroll could get kicked off
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The potentially deadly Candida auris fungus is spreading quickly in the U.S.
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The story of one man who was diagnosed with colon cancer at age 35
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As many as 18 million Americans may soon lose coverage and not realize it
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Colorectal cancer is on track to be the deadliest cancer among people under 50
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Colorectal cancer is rising among Gen X, Y & Z. Here are 5 ways to protect yourself
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The relationship between climate change and rising disease
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A new Arkansas law allows an anti-abortion monument at the state Capitol
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California enters a contract to make its own affordable insulin
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Opioids are devastating Cherokee families. The tribe has a $100 million plan to heal
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Frozen strawberries sold at Costco, Trader Joe's, recalled after hepatitis A outbreak
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Synthetic opioids threaten communities including the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma
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Two more drug companies joined Eli Lilly in lowering the cost of insulin
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How the overturn of Roe v. Wade is impacting medical students entering gynecology
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Read the transcript: What happened inside the federal hearing on abortion pills
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Cyclone Freddy shattered records. People lost everything. How does the healing begin?
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