Chipmunks in the South Lake Tahoe area have tested positive for plague, prompting officials to close several spots in the
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Chile’s hospital ICUs near full capacity as pandemic rages
Intensive care units in Chile’s hospitals are nearly at capacity amid a flood of coronavirus patients, authorities said Tuesday, and
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Children near lead smelters exposed to lead in the womb
The environmental tragedy in Flint, Michigan, in which drinking water contaminated with lead raised fears of potential health effects for
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Potential mechanism by which BCG vaccine lowers blood sugar levels to near normal in type 1 diabetes discovered
Previous research has shown that the bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine, used to prevent tuberculosis, can reduce blood sugar levels in
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