Annemarie Gibson's son Owen was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2011. Six years later, in 2017, her other son Thomas got the same diagnosis. The San Diego mother, 49, has health insurance. Each mon

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December 21 2022, BioNTech announced they had dosed the first clinical trial participant. This is the first-in-human study aims to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of prophylactic herpes virus v

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CNN — Seasonal flu activity remains high in the United States but continued to decline in most areas last week, leading up to Christmas, according to data published Friday by the US Centers for Disea

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A new test developed by neuroscientists at the University of Pittsburgh can detect signs of Alzheimer’s disease in a blood sample more accurately than previous tests, by spotting an elusive sign of th

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A British historian, an Italian archaeologist and an American preschool teacher share a prominent pandemic bond: They’re each credited with describing, naming and helping bring long COVID into the pub