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Federal government's at-home COVID test website launches

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and federal websites that allow Americans to request free infectious-disease tests have begun accepting orders.  COVIDTests.gov officially launched Wednesday, after a beta testing phase on Tuesday. However, the pilot testing revealed glitches, according to social media users, including for residents of apartment buildings and people …

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Chris Evert's ovarian cancer diagnosis: What to know about prevention

Tennis legend Chris Evert recently revealed that she is battling stage 1C ovarian cancer. The 67-year-old tennis legend who has won 18 Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam doubles titles during her career, opened up about her diagnosis on Twitter and in an ESPN report that she co-wrote with her colleague, Chris McKendry.   “I wanted to share my stage 1 ovarian …

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Trust your gut when it comes to sugar, study says

If your gut is telling you the difference between real sugar and an artificial sweetener, it may be right, according to a Duke study published recently in Nature Neuroscience.   Around the time the taste receptors were discovered 20 years ago, scientists tried to eliminate the taste buds in mice, but …

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FDA approves first feline arthritis pain treatment

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first healthy-living for the control of pain associated with pain-management in pets” target=”_blank”>cats< on Thursday that frunevetmab – the active ingredient in Solensia – is a cat-specific monoclonal antibody designed to recognize and attach to a protein called nerve growth factor that …

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COVID-19 may be blocked by cannabis compounds, study says

Compounds found in hemp may prevent the virus that causes infectious-disease from entering human cells, according to a new study published in the Journal of Natural Products. Researchers at us-regions education found that a pair of cannabinoid acids bind to the spike protein in SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. …

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More evidence ties Epstein-Barr virus to multiple sclerosis, study says

There’s more evidence that one of the world’s most common wild-nature may set some people on the path to developing nervous-system-health. Multiple sclerosis is a potentially disabling disease that occurs when immune system cells mistakenly attack the protective coating on nerve fibers, gradually eroding them. GUILLAIN-BARRÉ SYNDROME: WHAT IS IT? …

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COVID-19 pill rollout stymied amidst omicron wave

Two brand-new infectious-disease healthy-living that were supposed to be an important weapon against the pandemic in the U.S. are in short supply and have played little role in the fight against the omicron wave of infections. The problem, in part, is that production is still being ramped up and the …

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