Category: 6. Health
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Carle Health adds visitor restrictions amid rise in respiratory illnesses
Carle Health has placed temporary visitor restrictions to limit the spread of respiratory illnesses at each of its facilities, including Carle BroMenn Medical Center in Normal.
The Urbana-based health care…
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Genetic variant appears to protect against blood cancers
Over time, hematopoietic or blood stem cells can quietly acquire mutations that push them to divide just a little more aggressively, creating a larger group of clones in the bone marrow. In a fraction of people with this phenomenon, called clonal…
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Thinking of getting a tattoo? This is what we know about health risks
With summer being a time for showing off skin, you might be considering a new tattoo or two.
If so, you’d be part of a long-running tradition — we’ve been inking ourselves for thousands of years.
Ötzi the Iceman, a well-preserved mummy from…
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Japan tops 13,000 syphilis cases for the 4th consecutive year
Through December 17, 2025, officials with the Japan National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) report 13,085 syphilis cases after reporting 185 during week 50.
Tokyo reports the most cases with 3264, accounting for 25 percent of all cases…
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Measles cases reach highest level in 30 years: CDC – NewsNation
- Measles cases reach highest level in 30 years: CDC NewsNation
- US adds 53 more measles cases to total, largely fueled by outbreaks in 3 states CIDRAP
- Congrats to RFK Jr., As the U.S. Is Poised to Lose Its Measles Elimination Status After 25…
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Polio risk persists in Lahore as virus detected again in sewage – Pakistan
The risk of polio remains in Lahore after the virus was once again detected in the city’s sewage system, despite ongoing immunisation campaigns, health department sources said on Thursday.
According to officials in the Punjab Health Department,…
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A key Alzheimer’s gene emerges in African American brain study
Alzheimer disease (AD) affects African Americans (AA) at roughly twice the rate seen in White or European-ancestry (EA) individuals living in the U.S. Researchers attribute part of this disparity to social and structural factors, including…
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