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• A Bit of Mom's Poop Might Boost Health of C-Section Babies: Study

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• A Dangerous Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria May Now Lurk in U.S. Water, Soil

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• Advances in Treatments Against Severe COVID-19 May Have Stalled

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• Affection, at Least for Women, May Be Rooted in Genes

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• AHA News: Farms Flourish and Nourish in Philadelphia Neighborhood

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• AHA News: Smog May Shorten Life Span for Those with Heart Failure

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• AI Might Spot Which COVID-19 Patients Are at Risk of Severe Disease

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• Air Pollutants, Metals Are Reaching The Placenta, Study Finds

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• Air Pollution May Harm Older Women's Brains

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• Air Pollution Takes a Toll on Your Kidneys

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• Air Pollution Tied to Asthma in Young Kids

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• American Indians Face the Highest Odds for Stroke

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• Americans With Asthma Get First Updated Guidelines in Over a Decade

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• An Expert's Guide to a Safe Run in Cold Weather

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• Another Coronavirus Health Threat: Too Few Asthma Inhalers

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• Another Deadly Disease for Smokers: Pulmonary Fibrosis

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• Are Ventilators Helping or Harming COVID-19 Patients?

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• Are Your Symptoms From COVID-19 or Seasonal Allergies?

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• As Climate Change Lengthens Allergy Season, Pollen Travels Farther

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• As Pandemic Leads to Clearer Skies, Solar Energy Output Rises

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• Asian Tiger Mosquito Showing Up in Illinois

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• Asthma Isn't a Risk Factor for Worsening COVID-19: Study

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• Asthma May Not Boost Odds of Severe COVID-19

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• Asthma More Likely in Kids With Disabilities, Delays

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• Asthma Sufferers Win When Coal Plants Shut Down

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• Asthma Ups Ventilator Needs of Younger Adults With COVID-19: Study

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• Asthma, COPD Raise Odds for Severe COVID-19, Lung Experts Warn

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• Autopsies Show Microplastics in All Major Human Organs

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• Avoid Allergy Flare-Ups This Holiday Season

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• B 11/21 -- Which Kids With COVID Will Get Very Sick?

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• Bedroom Air Filters May Help Kids With Asthma Breathe Easier

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• Best Ways to Beat the Heat

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• Bringing the Forest to Kids' Daycare May Boost Young Immune Systems

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• Broiling in a Heat Wave? Wet T-shirt Can Safely Cool You Down

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• Cancer Plagues California Sea Lions, With Implications for Humans

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• Cheap, Effective Ventilator Made From Ambulance 'Resuscitation Bags'

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• Child Car Seat Safety Tip: Skip Puffy Winter Coats

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• Childhood Lead Exposure Tied to Brain Changes in Middle Age

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• Climate Change Could Bring Heat 'Health Crisis' to U.S. Cities

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• Climate Change Is Spurring Malnutrition in Kids Worldwide

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• Climate Change May Have Helped Emergence of New Coronavirus

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• Climate Change, Smog Could Mean More Preemie Babies: Study

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• Clinical Trial to Investigate Nitric Oxide Treatment of COVID-19

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• Cold Facts on Avoiding Snow and Ice Dangers

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• Cold Weather Exercise Could Burn More Fat

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• Coming This Way: Huge Saharan Dust Plume Will Affect Americans' Health

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• Coronavirus Doesn't Favor Crowded Cities, Study Shows

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• Coronavirus Fears Have People With Asthma, Emphysema Avoiding the ER

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• Could Americans Get to COVID Herd Immunity by Late Spring?

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• Could Common Asthma Meds Weaken Bones?

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• Could Dirty Air Help Speed Alzheimer's?

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• Could Going Vegetarian Lower Kids' Asthma Risk?

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• Could High Pollen Levels Trigger Pelvic Pain?

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• Could Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Be a Lifesaver Against Severe COVID-19?

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• COVID No More Deadly for People With Asthma, Large Study Shows

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• COVID Spreads Quickly in Crowded Homes, Poor Neighborhoods

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• 'COVID Toe' Lesions Probably Not Caused by COVID-19, Studies Find

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• COVID-19 Can Damage Lungs So Badly That 'Only Hope' is Transplant

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• COVID-19 Can Trigger Serious Heart Injuries

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• COVID-19 Cases Drop in Warm Weather, But Not Much

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• COVID-19 Damages Lungs Differently From the Flu: Study

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• COVID-19 Typically Mild for Babies: Study

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• Curbing COVID Brought Unexpected Benefit for Asthma Patients

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• Dangerously Hot Days for U.S. Farm Workers Could Double by 2050

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• Dirtier Air May Bring More COVID-19 Deaths

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• Dirty Air Endangers Homeless People: Study

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• Dirty Air Might Raise Your Odds for Dementia

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• Dirty City Air Might Raise MS Risk

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• Disasters Leave a Rise in Suicides in Their Wake: Study

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• Disparities in Stroke Care Put Rural Americans at Risk: Study

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• Do Bedbugs Dirty the Air Inside Your Home?

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• Do Genes Doom Some Kids to Obesity? Probably Not, Study Finds

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• Doctors' Choice of Anesthesia Could Help Curb Climate Change

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• Doctors Should Watch for Punctured Lungs in COVID Patients

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• Don't Be a 'Hot-Head': Study Suggests Head Overheating Impairs Thinking

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• Don't Count on Vitamin D to Ease Childhood Asthma

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• Don't Cut Back on Asthma Meds During Pandemic, Expert Advises

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• Double Lung Transplants Save Lives of Sickest COVID Patients

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• Drivers May Be Inhaling Dangerous Carcinogens Inside Their Cars

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• During Droughts, Many Poor Americans Will Lack Clean Tap Water: Study

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• Early On, Many Seniors Were Unfazed by Coronavirus Warnings, Study Finds

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• ECMO: Technology That Might Help COVID Patients When Ventilators Can't

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• Electric Cars Still Better for the Planet Than Gas Vehicles

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• Even for Preschoolers, Healthier Hearts May Mean Healthier Brains

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• Even in Dirty Air, Working Out Can Help Cut Risk of High Blood Pressure

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• Even Low Levels of Air Pollution Harm Heart, Lungs

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• Even Mild Cases of COVID Can Leave 'Long-Haul' Illness, Study Shows

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• Even Mild Obesity Raises Odds for Severe COVID-19

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• Even People With Lung Disease Should Wear Masks: Experts

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• Even Small Reductions in Air Pollution Help The Heart

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• Even 'Social Smokers' Up Their Odds of Death From Lung Disease

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• Exhaled 'Aerosols' Spread Coronavirus Up to 13 Feet, Shoes Carry Virus, Too

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• Expectant Moms: Take Care and Don't Panic About Coronavirus

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• Expert Tips to Help You Beat the Heat

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• Experts Warn of 'Sound Cannon' Hearing Loss at Protest Marches

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• Extreme Heat of Climate Change Could Triple Heart-Related Deaths

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• Face Shields No Good as Substitute for Masks, Study Shows

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• Fans Could Help Cancer Patients Breathe Easier: Study

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• Fauci 'Cautiously Optimistic' for COVID-19 Vaccine by Year's End

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• Fending Off Asthma Attacks During a Pandemic

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• Fireworks Are Bad News for Your Lungs

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• First Trial of Gene-Targeted Asthma Rx in Kids Shows Promise

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• Flipping the Odds: Turning Patients Prone Helps Fight COVID-19

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• Flu Virus Can Travel on Dust Particles. Does the Same Hold True for Coronavirus?

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• For Survivors, COVID-Related Heart, Lung Issues Can Ease Over Time

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• Formaldehyde in Hair Straighteners Prompts FDA Warning

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• Giving Back: Once a Lung Transplant Recipient, Now a Surgical Nurse

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• Global Warming Could Make Survival in Tropics Impossible: Study

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• Global Warming Could Trigger Even More Extreme Weather Than Thought

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• Global Warming May Be Triggering Toxic Algae Blooms Along U.S. West Coast

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• Greenhouse Gases Bad for Your Brain

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• Guard Yourself Against the Health Dangers of Wildfire Smoke

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• Handle DIY Cleaning Products With Care During Coronavirus Pandemic

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• Harmful Flame Retardants Detected in College-Classroom Dust

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• High Blood Levels of Cadmium May Be Tied to Worse COVID-19

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• High Heat, Humidity Could Affect More Than 1.2 Billion People by End of Century

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• Hot Asphalt Releases a Lot of Pollution Into the Air

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• How Climate Change Could Put More MS Patients in Danger

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• How Might Hot Summer Days Affect COVID Spread?

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• How Moving the Homeless to Hotels During the Pandemic Helps Everyone

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• How Streetlights Might Affect Your Colon Cancer Risk

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• How to Stay Safe From Falls, Freezing This Winter

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• How Your Neighborhood Can Hamper Your Teen's Sleep

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• Hurricanes Leave Rise in Hospitalizations in Their Wake

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• If Mom-to-Be Lives Near Airport, Odds for Preemie Birth Rise

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• Immune System May 'Remember' Infections From Previous Coronaviruses

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• Inhaler Use Up During Coronavirus Pandemic

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• Is Your Home Workstation Hurting You?

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• Join the Chorus: Singing Can Be Safe During Pandemic

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• Kids' Weight Rises When Convenience Stores Open Nearby: Study

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• Kids Who Need Steroids Face Risk of Diabetes, Other Ills

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• Lab Experiments Show How Masks Could Protect Against COVID-19

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• Last-Ditch Life Support System Is Saving Lives of COVID Patients

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• Legacy of Racist Neighborhood 'Redlining': Fewer Healthy Green Spaces Today

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• Like Flu, COVID-19 May Turn Out to Be Seasonal

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• Living Near Oil, Gas Wells Tied to Low Birth Weight Infants

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• Lockdowns' Benefits for Air Quality Weren't as Big as Thought: Study

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• Long Periods in Space Alter Astronauts' Brains

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• Loss of Smell, Taste Might Be Long-Term for Some COVID-19 Survivors

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• Many U.S. Homes Too Cramped to Stop COVID-19's Spread

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• Masks Vital to Stopping COVID at Gyms, Studies Show

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• Mental Health Trauma Plagues Wildfire Survivors

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• Microbes in Lungs Could Affect COVID-19 Outcomes

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• Misjudging Thin Ice Can Be Fatal, Check First

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• Modern Livestock Farming Can Pose Public Health Risk

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• More Evidence Masks Slow COVID's Spread

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• More Trees, Parks May Mean Longer Lives for City Dwellers

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• Multiple Studies Confirm Steroids Can Fight Severe COVID-19

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• New First Look at the Tiniest Babies' Lungs

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• New Hope Against Diseases Marked by Progressive Scarring of Lung Tissue

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• Normal Conversation Spreads Virus-Laden Droplets Beyond 6 Feet

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• Not All Nature Is Created Equal

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• Pandemic Could Complicate Hurricane Season

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• Pandemic Has Cut Global Carbon Emissions by 17%

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• Pandemic Has People Cleaning, and That Means More Asthma Attacks

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• Plastic Smells Like Lunch to Sea Turtles, Putting Them at Risk: Study

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• Pollen Fragments Linger After Rains, Leaving Allergy Sufferers Miserable

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• Preemie Babies End Up Hospitalized More as Kids

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• Preparing for Flooding During Hurricane Season

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• Replace That Old Carpet to Shield Your Kids From Toxins

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• Research Reveals Why COVID Pneumonia Is More Deadly

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• Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Doesn't Harm Lungs: Study

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• Risk of Severe COVID May Depend on Your Type of Asthma, Experts Say

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• Scientists Design Protective Respirator for Health Care Workers

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• Scientists Test Safest Way Driver, Passengers Can Avoid COVID Spread

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• Search and Rescue Dogs Fared Well After Working at 9/11 Sites

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• Silent Killer: Watch Out for Carbon Monoxide Dangers This Winter

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• Sleep Apnea Aid Eases Heart Problems in People With Prediabetes

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• Smog Harms Women's Brains, But One Food May Help Buffer the Damage

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• Smokers, Vapers in Special Danger From Coronavirus

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• Snow Shoveling, Slips on Ice Bring Cold Weather Dangers

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• Social Media Messages Can Lower People's Meat Intake

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• Streetlights Could Be Harming Your Teen's Sleep, Mental Health: Study

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• Stuck at Home, Suffering With COVID? Experts Offer Guidance on Care

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• Study Confirms Restaurants, Bars Are COVID Infection Hotspots

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• Study Probes Links in Asthma, Food Sensitivity and Irritable Bowel Syndrome

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• There's Another Benefit to Hand-Washing During Pandemic

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• There's No Healthy Alternative to Smoking Except Quitting: Study

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• Thin Ice: Global Warming May Be Raising Drowning Risks

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• Time Spent in Nature Boosts Kids' Well-Being

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• Tougher State Gun Laws, Less Gun Violence Among Teens: Study

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• Toxic Lead Fallout From Notre Dame Fire May Be Worse Than Thought

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• Toxins Form When E-Cigarette Chemicals Mix, Study Says

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• U.S. Air Quality Got Better During Pandemic: Study

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• Used to Gauge COVID Severity, Pulse Oximeters Can Be Inaccurate on Darker Skin

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• Vaping and Lung Damage in Teens: What's the Real Link?

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• Vaping May Addle the Adolescent Brain

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• Vaping-Related Lung Injuries Still Happening -- And May Look Like COVID-19

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• Venturing Out? Guard Yourself Against Disease-Carrying Ticks

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• Want Less Violent Prisons? Plant More Trees

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• Warming World Could Alter West Nile Transmission in U.S.

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• Wearing a Mask Doesn't Cause CO2 Poisoning

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• West Coast Wildfires, COVID a Double Whammy to Lung Health

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• What If NYC's Cleaner Pandemic-Era Air Continued?

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• What Is More Deadly in the U.S.: Hot Weather or Cold?

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• What You Need to Know About Coronavirus If You Have Asthma

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• Which Seafood Has the Highest Amount of Microplastics?

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• Which Symptoms Point to Severe COVID-19? Doctors Issue New Update

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• Why a Newborn's First Breath Is So Important

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• Why Do Obese People Have Higher Risk From COVID-19?

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• Why Some Dogs Are at Higher Odds of Dying From Heat

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• Wildfire Pollution Puts Kidney Patients at Risk

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• Wildfire Smoke Causes Rapid Damage to Your Health: Study

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• Wildfire Smoke Is Especially Toxic to Lungs, Study Shows

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• Will COVID Pandemic's Environmental Benefit Last?

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• Will Warmer Temps Help Contain Coronavirus? Two Studies Say Not Really

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• With 3D Printer, N.Y. Hospital Converts Sleep Apnea Machines Into Ventilators

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• With Hurricane Season Here, Watch Out for One Carbon Monoxide Danger

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• Woman With Severe COVID-19 Gets Life Saving Double-Lung Transplant

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• Women More Prone to Nighttime Cardiac Arrest Than Men

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• Women's Menstrual Cycles Tied to Moon's Phases

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• Wood-Fired Cooking a Cause of Lung Illness in Developing World

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• Working From Home Brings Its Own Health Perils: Survey

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• Worried About Catching Coronavirus From Surfaces? The City You Live in May Matter

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• Your Sleep Habits May Worsen Your Asthma

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• Youth Vaping Rates Have Plunged During Lockdown: Study