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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has selected University of California San Diego as one of three partner institutions to establish a groundbreaking pandemic preparedness initiative ...

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Two adults could face charges after a child was seriously injured in a shooting in northeast Charlotte, police said.

New research led by UTHealth Houston scientists uncovered two genes associated with variants linked to epilepsy, which showed specific traits that make them promising diagnostic biomarkers.

As health care services begin offering doxycycline to prevent bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs), real-world evidence demonstrates that the postexposure strategy, called doxy PEP, is ...

An up-close look at how patients respond to the drug at different times and doses adds nuance to a recent finding that Paxlovid does not work for long Covid.

The Kitsap County resident initially dismissed the lump in his left breast as a swollen sweat gland. For months, he ignored ...

In the most recent data available, deaths from drug overdoses in 2023 declined both nationally and in Virginia, according to ...