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Less than a third of insured hepatitis C patients get timely treatment, study shows

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[ad_1] The researchers on the study, published Tuesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that among about 48,000 people who tested positive for the potentially life-threatening disease from early 2019 to late 2020, the percentage who started treatment within a year was 35% with private insurance, 28% with Medicare and 23% […]

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Mystery ingredients in ancient recipes for bronze objects deciphered by researchers

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[ad_1] The Kao Gong Ji, the oldest known technical encyclopedia, was written around 300 BC and is part of a larger text called The Rites of Zhou. The ancient text includes six chemistry formulas for mixing bronze and lists items like swords, bells, axes, knives and mirrors, as well as how to make them. For

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Only Lyme disease vaccine in development goes to Phase 3 trial

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[ad_1] The participants will get three doses of the vaccine, called VLA15, or a placebo, followed by a booster dose. “With increasing global rates of Lyme disease, providing a new option for people to help protect themselves from the disease is more important than ever,” Annaliesa Anderson, senior vice president and head of vaccine research

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To prepare for possible monkeypox spread, colleges focus on educating students

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[ad_1] “As we head into the fall, I’m concerned about outbreaks on college campuses as they are often a place where individuals engage in higher risk sexual activity and are in close contact with many different people,” Dr. Rachel Cox, an assistant professor in the School of Nursing at the Mass General Health Institute of

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Biden administration to move forward with plan to stretch monkeypox vaccine doses

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[ad_1] The Biden administration is set to announce a new emergency declaration as early as Tuesday afternoon that would enable providers to inject one-fifth of the currently authorized dose into the skin, rather than a full dose into underlying fat. The move was first reported by the New York Times. The move comes less than

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Your kids may need help making friends after the big pandemic pause. Here’s how

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[ad_1] At first, there was physical isolation, a clear and obvious hindrance to building or maintaining connection. Then we moved on to navigating each individual family’s Covid-19 policies. Sure, our kids want to hang out. But are the parents and caregivers on the same page with masking, open windows and runny-nose monitoring? This was hard

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Dangerous artificial marijuana, with names like K2 and Spice, is used less in states where weed is legalized

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[ad_1] Sometimes packaged as e-juice for vaping or as edibles, most synthetic cannabinoids are sold as dried plant materials sprayed with acetone, embalming fluid or other solvents laced with lab-made psychoactive substances. Between 2010 and 2015, synthetic cannabis poisonings were on the rise, according to the ToxIC Case Registry, with more than 42,000 cases of

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Ashton Kutcher says he battled the debilitating disease ‘vasculitis.’ Here’s what it is

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[ad_1] “Like two years ago, I had this weird, super-rare form of vasculitis,” Kutcher said in an exclusive video clip released to “Access Hollywood” from an upcoming episode of National Geographic’s “Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge.” “Knocked out my vision, knocked out my hearing, knocked out like all my equilibrium. It took me

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Global study finds surprising results for alcohol consumption | CNN

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[ad_1] CNN  —  No amount of alcohol is healthy if you are younger than 40, mostly due to alcohol-related deaths by auto accidents, injury and homicide, according to a new global study. If you are 40 or older without underlying health conditions, however, the new research found small amounts of alcohol might reduce the risk

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