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Nearly 3 in 4 NFL players who died over 15-year span had CTE: peer-reviewed study
CTE is a brain disease linked to repeated blows to the head, and it can only be diagnosed by examining brain tissue after someone dies.
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HHS study finds opioid deaths are at lowest rate in nearly a decade
The report considered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's provisional finding that the overall age-adjusted death rate reached 689.2 deaths per 100,000 people in 2025.
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Texas Children’s Hospital officially opens nation's first transgender detransition clinic
The new clinic will provide services including endocrinology, surgery, primary care and fertility counseling to minors who underwent so-called gender affirming care.
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EPA launches study to understand what pollutants are in drinking water
The study will screen for a wide range of pollutants, including pharmaceuticals, PFAS, and more than 1,000 potential contaminants.
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More than half of Americans support healthcare price controls, poll finds
As the 2026 midterm elections approach, healthcare affordability has become a key issue for the battle of control of Congress.
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‘So vulnerable:’ Trump administration’s MAHA chiefs declare war on kids’ screen addiction
Parents are being given a toolkit to unplug their kids dubbed the 5 D’s: discuss, do, delay, divert and disconnect.
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Horse smuggling raises new concerns over U.S. screwworm threat
The New World screwworm was eradicated from the United States decades ago, but it has recently returned to the region, reports say
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American Medical Association releases independent COVID, flu vaccine recommendations
The two medical groups released evidence reviews for the vaccines targeting COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and the flu.
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North Carolina teen critically ill from brain-eating amoeba that recently killed Louisiana child
According to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, "once symptoms start, the disease progresses rapidly and usually causes death within about five days."
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FDA approves updated COVID vaccines for 2026-27 season
All manufacturers said they'll have vaccines read for the 2026-27 immunization season.
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FDA approves pancreatic cancer drug that nearly doubles survival time over chemotherapy
In a key clinical trial, patients receiving the drug achieved a median overall survival of 13.2 months, compared to 6.7 months for patients offered standard chemotherapy.
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1 in 4 former NFL players who died had brain disease linked with repeated blows to head: study
The study also found that nearly two-thirds of former NFL players with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) who donated their brains for the research met the clinical criteria for dementia, and severe CTE was associated with dementia more frequently.
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Two people died of measles in Pennsylvania, state health officials said
Both of the cases were in unvaccinated people. They are the first deaths from measles this year in the U.S., and the first in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 35 years.