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Demography and reproductive rights are environmental issues: Insights from sub-Saharan Africa (theconversation.com)
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Experts Confirm: US Is Dealing With an 'Out-of-Control' STI Epidemic (www.sciencealert.com)
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PCOS linked to higher suicide risk (www.scimex.org)
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Cannabis use linked to anxiety diagnoses, worsened anxiety disorders: Ontario study | Globalnews.ca (globalnews.ca)
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Silicon Valley county becomes first in U.S. to declare loneliness a health emergency (www.nbcnews.com)
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DNA damage and somatic mutations in mammalian cells after irradiation with a nail polish dryer - Nature Communications (www.nature.com)
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First ever cancer vaccine administered in Britain as part of global trial (www.telegraph.co.uk)
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Flesh-Eating Infections Rising On The East Coast, Scientists Warn — Global Warming Is Making It Worse (www.forbes.com)
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Panama to host anti-tobacco talks as industry courts new, younger smokers (medicalxpress.com)
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China reports death of woman from combined H3N2, H10N5 bird flu (www.reuters.com)
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China on Wednesday reported the death of a woman due to an infection of combined H3N2 and H10N5 strains of bird flu after a cross-species transmission, but said the risk of human-to-human transmission is low. The 63-year-old woman from Anhui province had underlying health conditions and developed cough, sore throat, fever and other symptoms on November 30 and died on Dec. 16, the National Disease Control and Prevention Administration in a statement.

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Top EU officials have toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in their blood (www.politico.eu)
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Measles Cases Soaring Worldwide as WHO Reports Alarming 45-Fold Rise in Europe (www.sciencealert.com)
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New Zealand to ban PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ in cosmetics in 2026 (www.theguardian.com)
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Alzheimer’s can pass between humans in rare medical accidents, suggests study (www.theguardian.com)
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‘I don’t see how it ends’: expert sounds alarm on new wave of US opioids crisis (www.theguardian.com)
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Shipyard veterans may have been exposed to cancer-causing radioactive materials. The Navy has not told them. (www.nbcnews.com)
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Cameroon starts world-first malaria mass vaccine rollout (www.bbc.com)
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Arctic zombie viruses in Siberia could spark terrifying new pandemic, scientists warn (www.theguardian.com)
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Colon cancer is killing more younger men and women than ever, new report finds (www.nbcnews.com)
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Alzheimer’s blood test revolution for over-50s (www.telegraph.co.uk)
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A little too old for HPV vaccine? Cervical cancer rising among women in their 30s and 40s (www.nbcnews.com)
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Medical AI could be ‘dangerous’ for poorer nations, WHO warns (www.nature.com)
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EU silver filling ban could lead to dental care crisis in Northern Ireland, says BDA (www.theguardian.com)
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Fingertip oxygen sensors can fail on dark skin — now a physician is suing (www.nature.com)
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A cholera outbreak in Zambia has caused more than 400 deaths and infected 10,000 (apnews.com)
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