The Perottett government's promise to introduce mandatory "cashless gambling" in New South Wales by 2028—something for which anti-gambling activists and public-health experts have long lobbied—has elicited a strong response ...
Mar 21, 2023
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The US Justice Department sued Walmart over its role in the opioid crisis on Tuesday, alleging the giant retailer wrongly filled prescriptions and worsened a public health disaster.
Dec 22, 2020
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Throughout our work at the Coronavirus Resource Center, we have highlighted that state reporting methods for COVID-19 testing, hospitalization, death, and vaccination data are limited by lack of standardization and accessibility. ...
Jun 18, 2021
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Coronavirus infection rates have increased at "an alarming rate" in several New York neighborhoods, particularly among the Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn, city health authorities warned Sunday, threatening to sanction ...
Sep 28, 2020
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The potential harms of interventions are tricky to get a handle on. Our feelings about them are, too. It wouldn't be easy – even if we didn't have to deal with people trying to beat up, or minimize, the risks of treatments. ...
Sep 1, 2015
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More than one quarter of heart attack patients who are normally treated with stents to re-open their blocked arteries might be able to forgo this procedure and receive anti-thrombotic medications only, according to results ...
Aug 30, 2016
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Infectious diseases are a leading cause of death worldwide. Increased efforts to combat COVID-19 and other recent outbreaks like Ebola and Middle East respiratory syndrome cases have highlighted the challenges involved with ...
Mar 27, 2020
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US biotech firm Moderna said Tuesday that trials had shown its COVID-19 vaccine is "highly effective" in adolescents aged 12-17 and the company would seek regulators' approval in June.
May 25, 2021
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Little-known Chagas disease is a silent killer in Latin America, where it takes 10,000 lives a year, and more must be done to detect the condition early on, the Pan American Health Organization said Thursday.
Apr 13, 2023
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It's shaping up to be a big week for news on two eagerly awaited developments involving Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine: Booster shots and progress toward its first doses for children as young as five.
Sep 22, 2021
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