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Chest X-Ray pneumonia
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Flu season threatens to complicate diagnoses of vaping-related illness

By Megan Thielking

Vaping sign
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CDC reports another surge in number of cases of vaping-related illness

By Megan Thielking

Flu Vaccine
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Health officials: It’s time to give flu vaccine another shot

By Associated Press

DNA testing kit - 23andMe
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23andMe, moving beyond consumer DNA tests, is building a clinical trial recruitment business

By Rebecca Robbins

Margaret Arach
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A devastating illness rocked Uganda, then disappeared. Disabled children — and a mystery — remain

By Jacquelyn Corley

Norman E. Sharpless
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FDA ‘should have acted sooner’ on e-cigarettes, agency head tells Congress

By Megan Thielking

Teen Juul
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Juul, e-cigarette maker, to drop ads, won’t lobby against proposed ban on flavored products

By Megan Thielking

Malakkar Vohryzek
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‘I just want to live’: California man pleads with scientists around the world to ‘CRISPR me’

By Sharon Begley

Health

Mass. declares public health emergency, orders 4-month ban on all vaping products

By Matt Stout — Boston Globe

Pulmonary Disease and Vaping
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Spread of mysterious lung illness prompts a new question in the exam room: ‘Do you vape?’

By Megan Thielking

Ebola vaccine Goma
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Vaccination strategy in long-running Ebola outbreak comes under fire

By Helen Branswell

New England Journal of Medicine
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New editor says NEJM’s mission won’t change, but its execution will

By Elizabeth Cooney

EEE
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What to know about EEE, a mosquito-borne virus on the rise

By Helen Branswell

WHO logo
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WHO signals alarm over possible unreported Ebola cases in Tanzania

By Helen Branswell

MGH
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To speed drug development, Mass. General to begin ALS trials that test several compounds at once

By Jonathan Saltzman — Boston Globe

Vaping
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Under a formal new FDA proposal, e-cigarette makers will have to share marketing plans and safety studies

By Nicholas Florko

Vaping
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Number of vaping-related illnesses in U.S. has spiked, CDC says

By Helen Branswell

Health

Battling cancer, a psychiatrist gets personal with his patients

By Jonathan Saltzman — Boston Globe

Electronic cigarette close up
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Canada investigating a case of vaping-related illness

By Helen Branswell

Online support
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‘Please know you’re not alone’: For dementia caregivers, a place to share with strangers — and be honest

By Megan Thielking

FDA
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FDA and counterparts in Canada, Australia to collaborate on cancer therapy reviews

By Andrew Joseph

Silhouette of a vaper
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Health officials are hunting for the culprit behind vaping-related illnesses. Here are five questions about the outbreak

By Megan Thielking and Helen Branswell

Embryo crispr illo
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Could editing the DNA of embryos with CRISPR help save people who are already alive?

By Andrew Joseph

Kenya polio
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‘The switch’ was supposed to be a major step toward eradicating polio. Now it’s a quandary

By Helen Branswell

TOBACCO TRIAL
Pharma

Historians push to create public archive of documents from massive opioid litigation

By Andrew Joseph

Biotech

After nearly dying five times, a young doctor learned to treat himself. Now he wants to help others with rare disease

By Matthew Herper

HIV-1
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In a CRISPR first, therapy intended to cure HIV patient appears safe — though ineffective

By Sharon Begley

E-juice
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Trump administration prepares to ban flavored e-cigarettes

By Helen Branswell

Cancer Virus Men
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New evidence shows why the HPV vaccine is as important for boys as girls

By Matthew Herper

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