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• Bacteria Could Be Weapon Against Mosquito-Borne Dengue

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• E. Coli Outbreak Tied to Ground Beef Climbs to 177 Cases

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• Eating More Red Meat May Shorten Your Life

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• Ebola Survivors Continue to Suffer Years After Recovery

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• Flu Rides the Subway, Too

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• Here's to a Healthy Holiday Season

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• Is a Chlamydia Vaccine on the Horizon?

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• Itchy Skin Common Alongside Kidney Disease

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• Kidney Failure Patients Face Higher Risk of Cancer Death

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• Kidney Injury on the Rise in Women Hospitalized During Pregnancy

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• Kidney Transplants Between People With HIV Are Successful

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• Major Flooding Can Bring Skin Infection Dangers

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• Many Paramedics Ignore Hand Hygiene Rules, Study Finds

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• Many Pneumonia Patients Get Too Many Antibiotics

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• Measles Leaves People More Vulnerable to Future Infections

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• Med Students' Smartphones Loaded With Staph, Other Germs

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• New Hepatitis Meds Are Saving Lives: Study

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• New Tool Predicts Odds of Kidney Disease

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• Newer Drug Extends Lives of Young Breast Cancer Patients

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• Ocean Swimming Causes Skin Changes: Study

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• Only a Third of Pregnant Women Getting Vaccinations They Need

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• Only Thing Certain About Flu Season: You Need to Get Your Shot

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• Packaged Caesar Salad Suspected as Possible Source in E. coli Outbreak

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• Pancreatic Cancer Survival Odds Linked to Weight Before Age 50

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• Pet Hedgehogs Still Spreading Salmonella, CDC Warns

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• Prescription Opioids Linked to Poor Outcomes in Kidney Patients

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• Reacting Against a 'Too Clean' World, Some Parents Go Too Far the Other Way

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• Risks Mount for Lonely Hearts After Cardiac Surgery

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• Scientists Develop an Antibiotic Alternative Against 'Superbugs'

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• Scientists Spot Clues to Predicting Breast Cancer's Return

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• Seniors With UTIs Need Antibiotics ASAP, Study Says

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• Simple CPR Doubles Survival Odds

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• Sinus Infections: What You Need to Know

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• Statins May Lower Risk of Stroke After Cancer Radiotherapy

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• Still No Source as E. Coli Outbreak Grows to 96 Cases Across 5 States: CDC

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• 'Superbugs' Hang Out on Hospital Patients

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• Supplements Don't Prevent Kidney Disease in Type 2 Diabetics

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• Texas Cities Are Ripe for Measles Outbreaks, Study Finds

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• The Happiness Dividend: Longer, Healthier Lives

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• Thousands of Kidneys Thrown Away by U.S. Transplant Centers

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• Tiny Genetic Tweak May Stop Ebola Virus in Its Tracks

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• Traveling Abroad? Make Sure Your Measles Shot Is Up to Date

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• Treatment Advances Making Pancreatic Cancer a Less Deadly Disease

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• Two Lives Saved in Rare 'Paired' Liver Donation

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• 'Two Wave' Flu Season Unusually Long: CDC

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• U.S. Cancer Cases, Deaths Continue to Fall

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• U.S. Cases of Infant Gut Illness Plummet After Vaccine Introduced

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• Vaping Habit Might Make You More Prone to Flu

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• Weight-Loss Surgery Drops Heart Disease, Death Risk for Diabetics

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• Weight-Loss Surgery Typically Pushes Type 2 Diabetes Into Remission

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• Where Is Your Risk of Dying Greatest After Surgery?

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• WHO Declares Congo Ebola Outbreak a 'Global Health Emergency'

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• Whooping Cough Vaccine Effectiveness Fades With Time: Study

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• Whopping Numbers on Whooping Cough

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• Why So Many Older Women Develop UTIs

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