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    US funding cuts have hampered response to the deadly Ebola crisis, aid workers say
  • A border health officer at the Busunga crossing between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo checks a traveler's temperature using a contactless infrared thermometer in Bundibugyo, on May 18, 2026.
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    How bushmeat, burial rites and disinformation make the DRC an Ebola hotspot
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    New surgeon general’s advisory raises alarm about screen time risks for kids and teens
  • Nebraska Medicine's Davis Global Center is seen on Sunday, May 10,2026 in Omaha, Neb. where American passengers from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship will quarantine. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)
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    American passenger on hantavirus-hit cruise feels ‘blindsided’ and ‘misled’ by new quarantine orders
  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), speaks during an announcement at the Health and Human Services (HHS) headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. The FDA formally introduced on Monday a pathway that seeks to accelerate the development of drugs for ultra-rare diseases, opening the door for treatments that often struggle to meet the agency's rigorous approval process.
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    Federal agents raid vape retailers and distributors across the US
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    Visualizing the Ebola outbreak in maps and charts
  • “People movers” or passenger shuttles transport travelers between the terminal and the concourses at Dulles International airport as the nation's air travel system begins to return to normal as the U.S. government opens back up following the longest shutdown in U.S. history, in Dulles, Virginia, U.S. November 13, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
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    Atlanta, Houston join list of airports that can receive passengers from three countries amid Ebola outbreak
  • FILE - In this April 16, 2019, file photo, a woman exhales a puff of vapor from a Juul pen in Vancouver, Wash. Juul is the largest U.S. seller of electronic cigarettes, controlling about 70% of the market. The San Francisco-based company rose to the top through viral marketing that promoted high-nicotine pods with dessert and fruit flavors. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer, File)
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    FDA staff blindsided by move allowing more e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches onto US market
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    Higher vitamin D intake in pregnancy linked to some cognitive benefits in children
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    Should you worry about the Ebola outbreak? Here’s what the numbers tell us
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    The most powerful rocket ever built is now even bigger and more powerful. But will it work?
  • Time lapse images from May 2 to 15 show the changing view of crescent Mars from the Psyche spacecraft.
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    Asteroid mission captures rarely seen perspective of Mars during close flyby
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  • A population of rare Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys has tripled between 2002 and 2025, according to a new census from conservation non-profit Fauna & Flora International.
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    This rare monkey is disappearing from one forest — but bouncing back in another
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