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Pfizer and Valneva are seeking approval for a new Lyme disease vaccine after 476,000 Americans contract it annually. Hunters, a high-risk group, express cautio…

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The CDC elevated its Ebola response to the highest level, deploying senior officials to Congo and Uganda, where the outbreak has killed over 2,000 and spread a…

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A 6-year-old boy with a rare neurodegenerative disease became the first to receive life-changing gene therapy, after his mother’s fundraising and Sikh teaching…

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