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The pills for adults and school-aged kids aren't the right dose for preschoolers. Plus they taste bad. Now there's a new pill for little ones — but it seems like an uphill battle to get it to them.
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Oversharing can make children vulnerable to identity theft, harassment and predators. To protect their privacy, share a 'holiday card-or-less' amount of data online, says expert Leah Plunkett.
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U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said earlier this month that adoption of the resolution would be a "historic step forward" in fostering the safe use of AI.
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The National Institutes of Health is sunsetting its influential COVID-19 treatment guidelines, used by millions of doctors to guide care during the pandemic.
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That's the highest number in more than a decade, according to new research. Medication abortion made up a larger share of the total than in 2020.
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More than 50 other countries have already banned the substance, which has been known to lead to lung and ovarian cancer, mesothelioma and other deadly illnesses.
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The peer-reviewed study in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology says a pregnancy checkbox on national death certificates inflates the death rate. The CDC "disagrees with the findings."
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In 2018, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — whose jurisdiction includes nine Western states — ruled it was unconstitutional to punish people who are "involuntarily homeless" for sleeping outside if there are not enough shelter beds.
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The state partnered with an insurance brokerage company to call all 21,300 households that were disenrolled because the state believed they earned too much to ask whether they’d found other insurance or wanted help doing so.
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The service allows patients to see a doctor virtually for less urgent issues. The doctor may be able to handle it virtually or refer a patient to the appropriate location for care – potentially sparing them an unnecessary wait in the ER.
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Opill, an over-the-counter birth control pill, goes on sale online today. The pill is expected to be available in stores within a few weeks.
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The data comes from the latest edition of the #WeCount report conducted for the Society of Family Planning, a nonprofit organization that promotes research on abortion and contraception.