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A scientist describes his unconventional approach to food safety
The sudden onset of a tic disorder in 15 upstate New York teens might be the result of a strep or other microbial contagion, not "conversion disorder"
Football players diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease may suffer from the effect of repeated blows to the head, controversial new research says
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A collaboration with an Israeli University will incubate start-ups from an East River island with a colorful past
An Indian clinic's claim of totally untreatable TB ignited public fears, but experts say poor disease management is the real threat
Submerged specks
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