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FDA gives 2nd safety nod to cultivated meat, produced without slaughtering animals npr.org/sections/health-shot…
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What to know about xylazine, the drug authorities are calling a public safety threat npr.org/2023/03/21/116500674…
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Ceylon House, Maryland's first cannabis lounge, operates in legal limbo npr.org/2023/03/21/116491701…
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Americans are delaying needed health care because of inflation and housing costs npr.org/2023/03/21/116491700…
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Medicaid renewals are starting. Those who don't reenroll could get kicked off npr.org/sections/health-shot…
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The potentially deadly Candida auris fungus is spreading quickly in the U.S. npr.org/2023/03/21/116491242…
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The story of one man who was diagnosed with colon cancer at age 35 npr.org/2023/03/20/116482872…
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As many as 18 million Americans may soon lose coverage and not realize it npr.org/2023/03/20/116482870…
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Colorectal cancer is on track to be the deadliest cancer among people under 50 npr.org/2023/03/20/116464171…
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Colorectal cancer is rising among Gen X, Y & Z. Here are 5 ways to protect yourself npr.org/sections/health-shot…
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The relationship between climate change and rising disease npr.org/2023/03/19/116462042…
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A new Arkansas law allows an anti-abortion monument at the state Capitol npr.org/2023/03/19/116461499…
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California enters a contract to make its own affordable insulin npr.org/2023/03/19/116457275…
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Opioids are devastating Cherokee families. The tribe has a $100 million plan to heal npr.org/2023/03/19/116369407…
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Frozen strawberries sold at Costco, Trader Joe's, recalled after hepatitis A outbreak npr.org/2023/03/18/116455786…
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Synthetic opioids threaten communities including the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma npr.org/2023/03/16/116383503…
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Two more drug companies joined Eli Lilly in lowering the cost of insulin npr.org/2023/03/18/116452315…
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How the overturn of Roe v. Wade is impacting medical students entering gynecology npr.org/2023/03/18/116452313…
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Read the transcript: What happened inside the federal hearing on abortion pills npr.org/2023/03/17/116411226…
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Cyclone Freddy shattered records. People lost everything. How does the healing begin? npr.org/sections/goatsandsod…
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