The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines, but is restricting them to people at high risk for COVID complications.
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The Double Up Food Bucks program can cut produce costs in half, up to a $60 total value, for SNAP recipients at participating grocery vendors and farmers markets.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday reported the first human case in the United States of travel-associated New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, from an outbreak-affected country.
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Previous guidelines allowed for limited amounts of alcohol, but the latest recommendations suggest you're far better off without it.
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An anti-aging medication called rapamycin seems to work better in female mice than in males, and it's the only one studied as part of the National Institute of Aging's Interventions Testing Program to do so. Most of the medications singled out for their effectiveness in a recent review only work in male mice.
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Most sunscreens protect skin from UV light but the tinted variety also block visible light. And that can be important for people with hyperpigmentation or melasma, especially those with darker skin.
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Some food industry experts hope the state's law will play a role in influencing more federal regulation of food additives.
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The study suggests excessive cellphone use and infrequent physical activity may lead to risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and insulin resistance.
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A study in Poland found that doctors appeared less likely to detect abnormalities during colonoscopies on their own after they'd grown used to help from an AI tool.
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Once eradicated in the United States, a maggot that feeds on living, warm-blooded animals is inching back toward Texas. It may cross the Southern border before the end of the year. Petrie Dish host Bonnie Petrie talks with Sonja L. Swiger, Ph.D., from the Texas A&M University Department of Entomology and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension about the screwworm, the threat it poses to animals and humans, and what can be done to minimize the damage.
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After eight months, Texas DSHS reports the west Texas measles outbreak is over.