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Smokers can earn $380 if they are willing to kick cigarettes for four weeks and participate in a University of ...

President Donald Trump’s candidate to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advanced out of a Senate committee ...

Bavarian Nordic A/S (OMX: BAVA) announced today that Health Canada has accepted for review the Company’s application for ...

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Researchers examined the link between incidental physical activity intensity and a lower risk of things like heart attack and ...

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Distrust of science is fueling such misguided proposals as scaling back critical public-health agencies.