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Alzheimers New Experimental Drugs
These brain scan images provided by Biogen show how high levels of Alzheimer's-related tau protein, in red, dropped in a recipient of the company's experimental drug diranersen. (Biogen via AP)

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An experimental Alzheimer’s drug shows promise targeting a different brain protein, new study shows

JULY 14, 2026

Be Well-Fermented Foods
Kimchi, sauerkraut and yogurt are displayed on a kitchen table in New York on July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon)

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People have been fermenting food for millennia. Here’s why more people are focused on gut health now

JULY 11, 2026

Legionnaire’s Explainer
FILE - This 1978 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Legionella pneumophila bacteria which are responsible for causing the pneumonic disease Legionnaires' disease. (Francis Chandler/CDC via AP, File)

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What to know about Legionnaires’ disease making people sick on New York’s Upper East Side

JULY 7, 2026

Be Well-Calorie Math
FILE - A customer shops at a Grocery Outlet store in Pleasanton, Calif., on Sept. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Terry Chea, File)

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Why losing weight isn’t just about counting calories — and what to do about it

JULY 7, 2026

DEA Unseized Fentanyl
DEA Special Agent David Howell, who filed a whistleblower complaint, poses for a portrait outside the U.S. district courthouse in Albuquerque, N.M., on Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

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Staggering amounts of fentanyl hit streets as the DEA watched and took no action, records show 

JULY 6, 2026

APTOPIX Kenya Mental Health
A barber shave a patients hair during a grooming session at the largest mental health referral hospital, Mathari in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)

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Restoring dignity one haircut at a time in Kenya’s largest mental health hospital

JUNE 30, 2026

New Flu Vaccine
FILE - A sign marks an entrance to a Moderna building in Cambridge, Mass., May 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes, File)prnto

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FDA panel backs first-of-its-kind flu vaccine using mRNA technology

JUNE 18, 2026

FTC Transgender Health Group
FILE - The official seal of the Federal Trade Commission is seen on an office building in Washington, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

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Federal Trade Commission sues leading transgender health group

JUNE 17, 2026

Be Well Tick Allergy
This photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control shows an adult female lone star tick crawling on a blade of grass in 2023. (Lauren Bishop/CDC via AP)

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What to know about alpha-gal syndrome, the life-threatening meat allergy caused by tick bites

JUNE 17, 2026

Infant Mortality
FILE - The toes of a baby peek out of a blanket at a hospital in McAllen, Texas, July, 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

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The US infant mortality rate fell to an all-time low, though it still trails other similar nations

JUNE 16, 2026

Netherlands Hantavirus Ship
The MV Hondius cruise ship arrives at the Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)

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US puts up $750K to evacuate an American who was aboard hantavirus cruise ship from remote island

JUNE 11, 2026

Congo Ebola Wedding
A newly married couple walks down the aisle at their wedding amid an Ebola outbreak in Ituri Province in Bunia, Congo, Saturday, June 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

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How the Ebola outbreak is changing weddings in Congo

JUNE 8, 2026

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