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  • A micrograph of malignant melanoma. Melanoma is cancer that originates from melanocytes, or cells that produce melanin pigment, most commonly from the skin.
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    Moderna and Merck say melanoma vaccine succeeded in large trial
  • Chuck Manski, an economist at Northwestern University, at home in Chicago. His cancer doctor couldn’t provide him with clear evidence that a year of immunotherapy was better than six months on the drug. “There is incredible uncertainty in drug dosing,” he says.
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  • President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order about vaccines as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looks on, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.
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    London restricted highly polluting cars. Children’s lungs are getting healthier, study suggests
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    Popular cleaning products with germ-killing chemicals may be dangerous to health
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    What an undergrad wants you to know about college parent Facebook groups

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  • 'Shark nannies', such as Maryrose Tapilatu (pictured) are trained aquarists who monitor leopard shark eggs, care for the pups and prepare them for life in the wild.
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    The ‘world’s first rewilded sharks’ are being raised by shark nannies
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  • A shopper browses products at a grocery store in Wilmington, North Carolina, US, on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026. Global food prices ticked up in July to the highest in more than three years as renewed concerns over key grain export corridors compounded adverse weather across major growing regions. Photographer: Allison Joyce/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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