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Cancer ‘moonshot’ panel names top 10 ways to speed research
One of the most significant initiatives calls for the creation of a network to offer comprehensive genetic profiling of patients’ cancerous tumors.
Zika travel warning extended to Miami’s South Beach
The virus can cause severe brain-related birth defects, including a dangerously small head, if women are infected during pregnancy.
Pregnant women fearful living in Miami’s Zika zone
Health officials are urging pregnant women to avoid a section of Miami because of the mosquito-borne illness, which can cause severe birth defects, including stunted heads.
Eradicating Zika-spreading mosquito proving difficult in Miami
Mosquito-control experts aren’t surprised, and point out that the insect is capable of breeding in just a bottle cap of standing water.
New study shows chronic fatigue may be linked to gut bacteria
One of the study’s authors notes that it provides evidence against the ‘ridiculous concept that the disease is psychological in origin.’
Foundation gives $5 million to fight lung cancer in Maine
The grant to Maine Medical Center from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation will be used to improve prevention, early detection and treatment of lung cancer.
Adult smoking rate in U.S. is falling fast
The percentage of adults who smoke dropped to 15% in 2015, the biggest one-year decline in 20 years.
Health officials try to get jump on Zika preparations with money in limbo
The CDC is already tracking 157 Zika-infected pregnant women in the U.S., plus another 122 in U.S. territories.
Research raises questions about link between folic acid, autism
A new study is far from conclusive, and adequate amounts of the vitamin have been shown to prevent birth defects.