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More than 69 new cases of cyclosporiasis were reported in Florida during the most recent week of data released Thursday by the state health department

US President Donald Trump signed the executive orderon Monday, recommending reducing the number of diseases covered by universal routine childhood vaccination recommendations from 18 to 11

Several Democratic lawmakers are calling for answers after concerns were raised by families of sailors aboard USS Abraham Lincoln about the deteriorating living conditions and worsening mental health during the ship’s record-breaking deployment amid the war with Iran

Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered a mechanism that may explain why people with Darier disease, a rare genetic skin disorder, often develop symptoms years after birth and experience painful flare-ups triggered by heat, sunlight and psychological stress

Poor sleep is a modifiable risk factor that worsens mental health and chronic disease and plan sponsors aren’t giving it enough attention, consultants say

A generative artificial intelligence platform is being developed by the international AIRIS collaboration to help scientists integrate complex biomedical data, explore how chronic diseases develop and produce testable hypotheses that could point towards new treatment approaches, with input from UCL on lung and liver disease

Finding out you have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, also called COPD, can feel overwhelming. Many people who are newly diagnosed have questions about what their diagnosis means, what happens next and how it will affect their future

Utility workers in Lima, Peru, recently uncovered a 1,000-year-old mummy predating the Inca Empire. The mummy likely belongs to the Chancay culture that existed from 1000 to 1470 A.D

Overreactions to ordinary sensory stimuli — a scratchy shirt tag, a roaring vacuum cleaner, an unfamiliar smell — are commonly associated with autism. But in fact, an estimated 15% to 20% of children experience such reactions, known as sensory over-responsivity or sensory distress, and they show up across a range of psychiatric conditions

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