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One in 10 Who Menstruate Suffer from Endometriosis. Why Do We Know So Little about It?

Meghan McDonough

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Autism Treatment Shifts Away from ‘Fixing’ the Condition

Claudia Wallis

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Students with HIV Need Support

Joyce Ouma | Opinion

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Heralded Alzheimer’s Drug Works, but Safety Concerns Loom

Eisai and Biogen share clinical trial data confirming that lecanemab slows mental decline amid reports of potentially related deaths

McKenzie Prillaman and Nature magazine

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One in 10 Who Menstruate Suffer from Endometriosis. Why Do We Know So Little about It?

Meghan McDonough

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Autism Treatment Shifts Away from ‘Fixing’ the Condition

Claudia Wallis

Education

Students with HIV Need Support

Joyce Ouma | Opinion

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Three New Ebola Vaccines Will Soon Be Tested in Uganda

Paul Adepoju

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What the Triple Threat of COVID, RSV and Flu Means for Children

Rebecca S.B. Fischer, Annette Regan and The Conversation US

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These UV Devices Could Keep Indoor Air Free of Viruses

Eric Bender

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Antivirals Could Reduce Long COVID Risk and How Well the New Boosters Work: COVID, Quickly Podcast, Episode 43

Tanya Lewis and Jeffery DelViscio

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How Viruses Hop from Wild Animals to Humans

Simon Makin

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The Number of Children Orphaned by COVID Keeps Rising

HIV has taught us how to care for children who have lost a parent, but more countries need to step up

Juliette Unwin | Opinion

It’s Time To Rethink the Origins of Pain

Chronic pain is biochemical, but it’s also psychological, and treatment needs to address how we think and feel about it

Haider Warraich | Opinion

Why So Few Young Kids Are Vaccinated against COVID—And How to Change That

A small fraction of young children in the U.S. are vaccinated against COVID. Pediatricians can help

New Gene-Editing Tool Could Fix Genetic Defects—with Fewer Unwanted Effects

“Prime editing” can potentially correct almost any type of mutation, but it requires much more testing before clinical use

Most People at Risk for Lung Cancer Never Get Screened: Here’s How to Fix That

U.S. lung cancer screening guidelines miss people who have never smoked, as well as many women and Black people. Expanding outreach and eligibility could help

Antibiotic Resistance: Blame It on Lifesaving Malaria Drug?

Resistance to ciprofloxacin has emerged in people without access to the antibiotic, but who have taken a related antimalarial

Barbara Juncosa

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The Monkeypox Outbreak

The Monkeypox Outbreak

What the virus is, how it spreads, and how it is being handled: here’s what you need to know about monkeypox

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One in 10 Who Menstruate Suffer from Endometriosis. Why Do We Know So Little about It?

Compared with other diseases with similar economic burdens, research on endometriosis is severely underfunded, in large part because we don’t talk about periods.

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A Black Mother's Loss Explains Why U.S. Maternal Health Care Is Broken

October 20, 2022

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How to Improve Indoor Air Quality

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July 15, 2022

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COVID Deaths Left Orphans: To Their Loss, Add Lifelong Health Risks

June 8, 2022

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Antivirals Could Reduce Long COVID Risk and How Well the New Boosters Work: COVID, Quickly Podcast, Episode 43

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