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I Tried the New Sunscreen Ingredient the FDA Is Finally Approving After Over 20 Years
Some unexpected good news from the FDA: bemotrizinol, a sunscreen ingredient that has been used in Europe and Asia for decades, is finally...
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MIT HEALS leadership charts a bold path for convergence in health and life sciences
In February, President Sally Kornbluth announced the appointment of Professor Angela Koehler as faculty director of the...
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With ACA subsidies set to lapse, millions of Americans face a painful spike in health plan costs
Mahwah, New Jersey, resident Tina Jump recently learned that the premium for her Affordable Care Act health insurance is set to surge from about $400 a month to more than $1,100 starting in January —...
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Three Changes Coming to Your Apple Watch With watchOS 26.2
watchOS 26 wasn't a huge update, but it did introduce some new features. You now have a Workout Buddy to help you exercise—though...
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Flu in five charts – how this year’s winter outbreak is different
Jim Reed,Health reporterandWesley Stephenson,BBC VerifyGetty ImagesThe NHS says it's facing its "worst-case scenario" after the number of people in hospital with flu jumped by 55% in a week in England.NHS England chief executive Sir Jim Mackey says between 5,000...
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Mum’s plea after daughter, 13, died copying social media trend
Sonia HopkinMrs Hopkin also called on TikTok to do more to stop actions, such as chroming, from becoming trends. "It's amazing that these videos aren't taken down," she said. "I can't understand why anyone would want to share that...
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Qubits break quantum limit to encode information for longer
The odd phenomenon of quantum superposition has helped researchers break a fundamental quantum mechanical limit – and given quantum...
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‘Super flu’ surge a challenge ‘unlike any’ since the pandemic, Streeting says
Nick Triggle,Health correspondentandTabby WIlsonPA MediaA surge in "super flu" cases will present the NHS with a challenge "unlike any it has seen since the pandemic", Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said.The number of patients in hospital with influenza has...
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NHS orders hospitals to cut back on treating patients
Nick TriggleHealth correspondentGetty ImagesAccess to hospital treatments is being restricted in many areas of England as the NHS struggles to balance its books, the BBC has learnt.Regional health boards have ordered some hospitals to cut back on the number...
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How I proved hair loss and dizziness aren’t just symptoms of ‘being a mum’
Joe McFaddenHealth reporterRose StokesAfter giving birth to her second child, Rose Stokes was exhausted all the time. "I couldn't really do anything more than the bare minimum in terms of looking after my kids. I'd put them down at...
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Finnish police seize ship suspected of sabotaging undersea telecoms cable
Finnish police have detained a vessel suspected of damaging an undersea telecoms cable running from Helsinki to Estonia across...