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Popular At-Home Rapid Covid Test Accurately Detects Omicron Variant
Special Note: All residential households in the U.S. can order one set of 4 free at-home tests from USPS.com. Complete ... Read more
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Maya Angelou, First Black Woman On the US Quarter Coin
The first coin released from the United States Mint’s American Women Quarters Program will feature the writer Maya Angelou. She ... Read more
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Pregnant Women Are Dying From Chronic High Blood Pressure
A new study published in the journal Hypertension found that many American women with chronic high blood pressure are perishing ... Read more
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CDC Changes Recommended Isolation Times
The CDC now recommends that anyone who has tested positive for Covid but remains asymptomatic or has their symptoms go ... Read more
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In New National Labeling Standards, GMOs Are Now Called “Bioengineered”
The term “GMO” will no longer be used on food labels. A new national labeling standard requires that any food ... Read more
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CDC Recommends Boosters for Everyone 12 and Older
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CDC Recommends Moderna’s & Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccines Over Johnson & Johnson’s
The CDC recommends that Americans take the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines instead of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine because there ... Read more
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Abortion Pills Permanently Available Through the Mail Order
The FDA has decided to permanently allow abortion pills to be prescribed to patients via telemedicine visits and delivered through ... Read more
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Some Americans Will Have Medical Debt Wiped From Credit
The three major credit reporting companies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion, will no longer include paid medical debt in their credit ... read more
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Natural Gas Used to Heat Homes Contains Some Harmful Chemicals
A new study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology has found that several dangerous cancer-causing chemicals are present ... read more
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Uterine Cancer Claims Many Black Lives
Instances of endometrial cancer, also known as uterine cancer, are on the rise, especially among Black women. Cancer of the ... read more
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Babies and Toddlers Get COVID-19 Shots
The CDC has approved Pfizer’s and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines for America’s youngest citizens. Children as young as six months will ... read more
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