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Emily was combing her baby daughter’s hair when she first felt the lumps. It was a week before Christmas, and her youngest daughter, Isadora, had been feverish and listless, unwilling …
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Related: Companies and researchers are finally pouring resources into a search for better sickle-cell treatments. At first, Lena Harvey didn’t realize anything had changed. She just started doing strange, unexpected …
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SAN DIEGO — Rayyan Gorashi is keeping her options open. After all, she’s still a second-year bioengineering Ph.D. student at UC San Diego, and there are so many careers to …
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The first time I remember hearing the words “biology’s century,” it was a sales pitch. I was standing by the Long Island Sound in Sachem’s Head, Conn., in the shadow …
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Flooding, heat waves, wildfires, and other climate-driven weather extremes in recent years have catapulted hospitals into emergency mode and devastated the communities they serve, with Hurricane Ian’s deadly rampage through …
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WASHINGTON — Ask 10 people how a federal health care agency might tackle “environmental justice,” and you’ll get 10 answers. For Jackson, Miss., residents, it is ensuring potable water after …
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BOSTON — When a routine cancer screening came back showing an elevated PSA reading, George Brickhouse knew he should take it seriously. His father had been treated for prostate cancer …
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TRIALS AND TRUST: This is the second part of a series on health equity and diversity in clinical trials and cancer research. RICHMOND, Va. — The residents agreed: Nobody like …
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ST. LOUIS — The calls for help poured in throughout the day: Overdose after overdose at the Parkview Apartments here, a double-winged complex with red brick capping the ends. Six …
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